Don't Throw It away!

OK I admit it. My name is Dolly and I am a hoarder. I HATE throwing things away.

Nij was about to throw this plastic paper clip box out the other day and I said …. OK shouted …. ‘NO! I want it!’

He is reasonably used to my oddities, but even he was a little surprised that I wanted such a piece of rubbish. I set out to show him why.

The box measures 2 ¼ ” x 3 ¾ “ and is ½” deep

I peeled all the labels off it and used a sharp knife to slice off the piece of plastic used to hang it on the store display stand.

I then cut a strip of card and made it into an accordion fold base.

As it was for Nigel I decided to make it about one of our favourite places in the world … Las Vegas.

I selected and printed the photos and, as it was so small I knew there would be little or no room for embellishment and that I didn’t have any that small. So I googled suitable images and added them to the photo sheet before printing. In this case it was lots of poker chips, dice and playing cards.

 

There was no real room for journaling so it was a case of letting the pictures speak for themselves on most of the pages. I stitched the front cover to make it a bit different.

I was planning on covering the box but actually, I liked the look of it when it was in the case that you could see through, so in the end I didn’t cover it.

Once printed, it was a question of lots of cutting out, appropriate scraps of paper and the book was assembled.

 

 

It was a great way to use up scraps, cost just a bit of time, half a sheet of card and a sheet of photo paper, and it proved a point!

 

DON’T THROW USEFUL THINGS AWAY!

 

OK so my version of useful may not be everyone’s but you get the idea. Give it a go – think before you throw out packaging!

Comments

[Cal]

Fab idea!!

[Allycat]

That is absolutely fantastic - and just the sort of thing I keep to use one day! Thanks for the inspiration!