all in a day's (or night's) work

[BGirl]

Okay, so last night or this morning rather I had a little mini bitchfest on here while on break from a marathon day/night of bookbinding. (It's in the thread about comix in BF.) Now our flight to Ohio has been cancelled, we're leaving tomorrow, so I thought I'd share what I was up to.


makin a box


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Here I've assembled a tray out of binder's board (the stuff that's in the hard covers of hardcover books) and am getting ready to cover it with fabric. My mom passed down her neglected stash of fabric when I was home for Christmas, figuring I'd be more likely to use it with my newfound passion for quilting. So when I decided to make her a box for her birthday I figured I couldn't go wrong using fabric from her stash. Pretty safe bet that she would like it.




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You can see the covered tray here and in front of it is what I spent the better part of last night (or rather this morning) working on. I got to the part where I had to hammer a chisel through the case so I could thread the ribbon through and, not wanting to disturb my neighbors, took the opportunity to go to sleep. I picked it up here this morning.




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The tray and the case are ready to be glued together. That was a good feeling.




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Everything is drying under weights. Also a good feeling. Inside the tray you can see a black box which is a smaller version of the same box being made here. Inside it is a tall stack of photos so it's nice and heavy. The Altoids tin is full of coins and makes a handy weight. As you can see, art books also make very good weights and have served me well over the years (as weights and for inspiration).




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Done! The box open, and closed.

One good thing about our flight being cancelled is that now the flap that's a little curved in the photo can dry under weights overnight and should be be nice and flat tomorrow and evermore.



Hope you enjoyed this! Now I'm off to take a nice long nap. (y)




(If you would like to share a similar photo essay, by all means...!)

[beastiegirrl101]

it's times like these I wish I was crafty.

Bgirl...awesome.

[BGirl]

Thanks!

Yeah, I have to say it is nice to be able to reach into my bag of tricks when I want a special gift for somebody. Up till now it was mostly books but I've been doing a lot of box making at work lately and foresee making more boxes for people.

I'm sure you're crafty, you just need to find your craft(s)! Anything can be learned if you put your mind to it. :)

[Dr Deaf]

everytime i try being crafty it comes out looking like shit. that puts me off being crafty until the next time -- which also comes out looking like shit.

your box came out sweet BGirl, congrats.

oh, i did help josh (step-son) make a pretty sweet valentine's mail box out of a purple crown royal box. that came out, pretty ill. we cut neon green straws to cover the slot marks and used the picture corner stickie things for the name-plate. it was probably the illest, most mackinest valentine's day mail box in all the 5th grade. he was impressed and we both had fun making it.

:cool:

[b-grrrlie]

Very nice, Bgirl!
I'd never thought of box having a cover like that!
I've made some gift bags the other week and I plan to make some marbled paper to cover some albums or just to be used as giftwrap. Some + sides of working in pre-school :D

[cosmo105]

that's beautiful! the fabric and ribbon remind me of a book i made for a collection of photos for my grandparents' 60th anniversary two years ago. it was so badly done, though. tacky glue everywhere :o

[kaiser soze]

top notch box!

(y)

I've never made a box, but I do have a fuzzy one from my friend!

[BGirl]

it was probably the illest, most mackinest valentine's day mail box in all the 5th grade.

haha (y)


Wow, thanks y'all. I didn't expect so many responses. I enjoyed reading about your own adventures in craft.

b-grrrlie, I love marbled paper. When I have a larger studio I would love to take up marbling (not that you need that much space but my studio space is all pretty well accounted for).



So I gave Mom the box and she said "You're gettin good!"

haha, I thought everything I'd made for her over the years had pretty respectable craftsmanship but I guess I've gotten to a new level. :)

[BGirl]

p.s. the box had some stuff in it when I gave it to her

:p



thanks for looking :o