Last night I was feeling ambitious and wanted to get stuff done. I saw that my picnic table needed to be stained and my car needed to be cleaned but I wanted to do something more fun. Plus with visitors coming this weekend it would be a great time for people to admire my craftiness if I were to complete the shadow box.
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| Beginning Shadow Box |
I found an old TV cardboard box in the basement and was able to cut out a giant piece (41x22) that was going to be the backing to my shadow box. I used a few nails in the corners but mostly I used wood glue to try to get the cardboard to stick to the box. Then after letting that dry for a while I brought the whole thing inside and started planning on how I would fill it.
I had 45 pictures, 3 postcards, and then a bunch of nick-knacks that were going to be used to fill up the shelf space.
After a quick trip to Walgreens to pick up some double sided tape and stumbling across a glue stick I began arranging pictures. I am very glad that I found that glue stick for three reasons: it was quicker and easier than tape and also using a glue stick makes you feel like you are 3rd Grade again. Mrs. Wizenski would be proud!
I first worked on the background and quickly realized that with all the pictures there was no need or room for a map to be the background. So that immediately cut out part of the process which was already coming along rapidly. I worked my way from 1 rectangle to the next, placing pictures, moving them, rearranging them, replacing them, trimming some corners until I had them just right. I decided that there would be no order, rhyme, or reason to the pictures that way the nick-knack souvenirs could be randomly put in where they fit best as well.
I ended up using 44 pictures, 12 magnets, 4 stickers, 3 coins, 3 figurines, 2 ornaments, 2 key chains, 2 patches, 2 pins, 1 postcard, 1 rock, and 1 cork.
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| The RoadTrip Shadow Box |
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