There was another project day on Leadbetter Rd. recently. Two grandmothers went at it with tissue paper, old children's book illustrations, scraps of this and that and a new found medium called Mod Podge. That turns out to be a sort of glue and varnish that holds stuff, like ephemera, together on a surface. I decided to try out using Trader Joes coffee canisters of which I had only two, and a shoe box which had been sent to me by the other grandmother on my birthday a couple of weeks ago.
As I worked I had very little patience and a lot of drive to get the project done as quickly as possible. I doubt that I'll ever do this again. BUT, I was pleased with the results. They looked pretty colorful and the Mod Podge definitely worked in creating a glaze over the whole "design." Design? It was so haphazard, I can't really claim to have had the foresight which the word design implies.
Filling the boxes is what counts for the kids, and the boxes are FULL! (of surprises)
There was another project day on Leadbetter Rd. recently. Two grandmothers went at it with tissue paper, old children's book illustrations, scraps of this and that and a new found medium called Mod Podge. That turns out to be a sort of glue and varnish that holds stuff, like ephemera, together on a surface. I decided to try out using Trader Joes coffee canisters of which I had only two, and a shoe box which had been sent to me by the other grandmother on my birthday a couple of weeks ago.
As I worked I had very little patience and a lot of drive to get the project done as quickly as possible. I doubt that I'll ever do this again. BUT, I was pleased with the results. They looked pretty colorful and the Mod Podge definitely worked in creating a glaze over the whole "design." Design? It was so haphazard, I can't really claim to have had the foresight which the word design implies.
Filling the boxes is what counts for the kids, and the boxes are FULL! (of surprises)
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