May 23, 2008
10 day challenge
Really it's just the 30 day challenge abbreviated. Amy and I are challenging each other to create one thing each day for ten days. As she is the writer, her task is to write at least 150 words each day and then email them to me. I'm supposed to take a picture of what I make and email it to her. Unfortunately I ran out of batteries for my camera, so there's no picture today. But I did make things.
I rescued a wooden box from the cheese department today, but it was missing it's lid. Enter the second green frame Kate found for me (the first became a clock). I ripped out the old canvas board from the frame and cut it down to size, then slid it into the grooves in the box to make a lid. A simple fix, but it makes all the difference. With it's rope handle (and if you throw in my old-school mason jar Nalgene) it could almost be a vintage lunch box. Or just a box with a handle...your choice.
Of course after ripping out the canvas, I had an empty frame. I discovered that a hand-printed card I had fit perfectly into another wood frame I had been looking to fill. I mounted the two frames together, one inside the other, on my wall, next to the IKEA mirror I finally got around to finishing (so that makes three projects completed).
With three projects done in an afternoon, I can't imagine that the creativity will always flow so freely. Nonetheless, I will try. I suppose, as I learned while doing the "100 things" project, that the value of making a lot is sometimes in stumbling across the few precious accidents. Plus, mistakes only make successes that much more exciting.
On with the challenge then!
Posted by libbystokes at May 23, 2008 09:45 PM