So I made this for Megan this Christmas. I Mod Podged a book shaped box with paper and ribbon. I wanted it to be fun, but also look realistic.
I took paper with writing, cut it into strips and antiqued the strips with a gold stamp pad. Then I Mod Podged the strips.
Here's the inside of the box. I used a rub on pack of letter's to make the "Megan's Library" plaque and used raised stickers to adhere it to the inside of the box. I bought a date stamp, pencil and stamp pad for documenting borrowed books. Finally, I cut out cards from manila card stock and used the gold stamp pad to monogram the cards and antique the edges. Then I tied them up into a little pack with a cute bow and stuck everything in the box.
I also Mod Podged the top of the inside of the box with a piece of scrap book paper that had a story "hand written" on it. I left the inside of the box plain so none of the contents could get stuck to the Mod Podge.
I was excited to give this to Megan (a future librarian and current employee of the library on campus) because I knew she would love it. It would be a great gift for anyone who loves to read and can be made for various prices (I found everything on sale, used a coupon and used paper I already had on hand so this was all done for about $5).
I took paper with writing, cut it into strips and antiqued the strips with a gold stamp pad. Then I Mod Podged the strips.
Here's the inside of the box. I used a rub on pack of letter's to make the "Megan's Library" plaque and used raised stickers to adhere it to the inside of the box. I bought a date stamp, pencil and stamp pad for documenting borrowed books. Finally, I cut out cards from manila card stock and used the gold stamp pad to monogram the cards and antique the edges. Then I tied them up into a little pack with a cute bow and stuck everything in the box.
I also Mod Podged the top of the inside of the box with a piece of scrap book paper that had a story "hand written" on it. I left the inside of the box plain so none of the contents could get stuck to the Mod Podge.
I was excited to give this to Megan (a future librarian and current employee of the library on campus) because I knew she would love it. It would be a great gift for anyone who loves to read and can be made for various prices (I found everything on sale, used a coupon and used paper I already had on hand so this was all done for about $5).
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