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Monday, December 15, 2008

"being a couple": a very tiny book

some time ago, i received a package of miniature books. i wondered if i could alter one. this book can be covered by a quarter. it took a bit of time, patience and tweezers. it turned out well.



"wish on a star": altered tin

i made this small altered altoid tin some time ago.

outside:

+ sanded to expose the aluminum and left scratchy
+ drilled a small hole in the top for the jack and adhered with e-6000
+ placed label holder by drilling holes and fastening with brads


inside:

+ covered inside with dark blue mulberry paper
+ stamped
"believe" on inside of lid and glued a cork
+ coated inside of bottle with dimensional magic, filled with holeless beads and poured out excess
+ adhered bottle to corner of tin and covered with mulberry paper
+ covered lower half of tin with dimensional magic and pressed in star confetti
+ added more dimensional magic to highlight various areas and poured beads over it
+ made a trail of dimensional magic from lip of bottle to half-way point and coated with beads
+ after each application, spilled out beads and confetti that were not held by the glue
+ built up areas with more layers of glue and beads