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I'll be filling one page of this sketchbook every 2 days, to work on my painting speed.

Here's one from 25th and 26th August

D I Y m a t c h b o x

Two months ago, I planned on making matchboxes. that was somewhere in June actually it was 13th June to be precise. Everyone barging in and making plans, without ever asking me, lead to a series of events that made me put paper crafts inside a place in my cupboard where it slept sound for two months. Regardless I made the matchboxes after two months and it took me a total of 3 days to make each. Well, actually, it really took half a day when you count the hours only.

Here are the things I used to create a matchbox: 

+ card stock

 + coloured paper (I didn't really use it much)
+ acrylic paints
+ glue
 + scissors
+ paint brushes (if you want to paint)
+ cardboard (not shown here) 

First I outlined the templates of a matchbox by deconstructing one. So I got two templates, one for the inside and the other for the outside.

Then I cut out the templates and creased and folded the flaps. 

Gluing the flaps together, I got the basic structure of a matchbox. Next, I measured and cut black paper for the base of the inside of the matchbox and some patterned paper (which I think is from the Gather collection by Maggie Holmes) to decorate the insides. I glued these in. I then painted the outsides of the matchbox, and then crafted the insides, using cardboard to give dimension. Also ended it by adding an embellishment to the outsides of each matchbox.

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a u g u s t

I made an august calendar for myself that you can now download and use too! heres the link to download the calendar.

This calendar has the lunar calendar fused with the solar calendar.

behind the crafts

messy desk while the making of a snail mail