Dictionary shoes! Remember that book safe I made a few weeks ago? I had hundreds of beautiful, thin, black and white pages on my hands as a result of carving out the dictionary. A normal person would have simply recycle them, but I couldn't. I knew they would come in handy for other projects, like this one. ... [ Read More ]
DIY Book Safe
Making a book safe is one of those projects that I've long had on my to-do list, but put off. How fun would it be to secret away something special and hide it in plain site in a book? In the end, it was simple and somewhat meditative. I can't wait to make another one. ... [ Read More ]
How to Do Book Graffiti
before I got the idea to do book graffiti from my friend Akemi, who often does interesting things with her boys. I picked up an old picture book at a recent garage sale. It was in decent shape, but beyond its prime, so I designated it for my project. I thought this *might* be something the Young Maker Teen would enjoy, but alas, he is too old to get a thrill from the otherwise verboten act of marking up a book. The idea with book ... [ Read More ]