Wreck This Journal

Last year I started a project called 'Wreck This Box' by Keri Smith. It's a collection of art journals that makes you experiment, explore and extend your imagination with a series of tasks that you need to complete.


I finished 'Wreck this journal' last year in August,  'Mess' will be finished in a couple of weeks and I'm currently working on 'This is not a book' and 'The pocket scavenger' but more slowly, as well as in other journals that I will talk about in future posts.

Since then I've been posting daily pictures of the progress on Instagram and weekly videos on my Youtube channel. But I noticed that some of you ask me the same questions and often my answers get lost on the comments... So I thought It could be useful to post a detailed description of every page here, how I did it and what did I used.


Watch the flip through here:

My Basic Gothic makeup

How to revamp your old T shirt

Hello everyone! Today I'm gonna share with you how to revamp your old T shirt that is forgotten in the bottom of your wardrobe.

What do need?

• An old T shirt
• An old over-the-knee socks
• scissors
• threat and needle
• Tape or a marking pen
• Ribbon

Step 1:  Mark your T shirt with a pen or tape at the height you like.

Step 2: Cut out below the mark.

Step 3: Do the same with the back, but this time cut over the mark.

Step 4: Take your old sock and cut it out the top and the bottom. Cut it in half so you can have two long parts.

Step 5: Fold them and sew them to the top of the T shirt. Pass a ribbon across the sock pieces and tide a knot. I sew it by hand, but if you have a sewing machine it's much easier. And that's it!

 I hope you like it! And as always share your own version with me!!

How to recycle cat food boxes II

Hello! In the last weeks I didn't have enough time that's why I haven't post anything, but I'm back!

This is another project you could do to recycle dry cat food boxes:

Materials:

• Cat food boxes
• Acrylic paint
• Brushes
• Glue gun
• Hot glue sticks
• Cutter
• Sealer
• Old net tights

Step 1: Take the boxes and cut the top.

Step 2: Put the boxes on top of each other and glue the edges only with hot glue. Be careful! You have to hold them well together, you could use a ribbon around so it is tight and doesn't move while gluing it.

Step 3: Paint the boxes with acrylic paint, the color of your choice. Mine as always BLACK!  ^.^

Let it dry, apply the sealer and let it dry a few minutes more.

 Step 4: Take those old net tights out of your closet, (I'm sure you all have, hehehe) break them if they are not broken enough. Put some hot glue on the corners of the box or wherever you like and add the net. You only need a little amount of glue for this.

And that's it!! I use mine to store craft papers, you could use it for magazines, letters, recipes...
It's cheap, good for the environment and entertaining!

A different way to hang your puzzle

Hello again!

Now I'm gonna share with you a different way to hang your puzzles...
I don't like spending more money on a frame than on the thing I wanna hang. And I couldn't find a cheap frame in this size, so this is what I did:

Materials:

• Puzzle
• Foam board
• Lace / ribbon
• Hot glue
• Glue gun
• Liquid glue
• Puzzle conserver

Steps:

1.Cut the foam to the size of your puzzle.

2. Glue your puzzle to the foam using liquid glue, then use the puzzle conserve to seal the puzzle and let it dry for an hour.

3. Take the lace or ribbon and glue it to the puzzle with hot glue. If you like you can fold the ribbon a little bit while you are gluing it so it is not straight.

4. Make 4 little bows with ribbon and glue them to the corners. And that's it!!

I know that in this case I didn't use a glass or something like that to cover the puzzle, but the Puzzle conserver makes a pretty good job, so I think it's gonna last.

As always feel free to share your own version!

P.S.: If you wanna hang it in the wall you can glue a hanger on the foam making a little hole.

How to recycle cat food boxes

Hello!
I didn't like the idea of throwing away all the cat food boxes, because it's like 16 boxes at month. So I came up with a few ideas and today I'm gonna share with you the first one.

I wanted to tide up my bathroom and I decorated two boxes and this is how I did it:

Materials:

• boxes
• fabric
• ribbon/ fabric scraps
• hot glue
• glue gun
• cutter
• pencil/ marker

1. I always open these boxes on the side so I can recycled them, so the first step is glue the flaps back on.

2. Lie the box towards the widest side an cut out the part on top using a cutter.

3. Take the fabric an make 2 patterns to cover the inside and the outside of the box. Remember to leave enough fabric (0,5 cm) for the outside pattern so you can fold it and glue it to cover the edges.

4. Cut out the fabric and take the fabric for the inside first.

Place it in carefully, make sure that the measurement is correct and glue it.

5. Now place the box upside down and take the outside fabric.

Glue delicately the bottom and then glue the sides, but remember to fold in the fabric when you glue the 

sides. And fold the fabric to cover the edges too.

6. Add a ribbon, make a knot and... that's it!

I hope I explained well...

Enjoy and share your own!

P.S.: When I finished this project I thought it was very plain so I'm gonna order some studs and add them to the boxes. I'll post the update soon!

How to cut up a T shirt

Hello! Today I'm gonna share with you ... How to cut up a T-shirt! About 5 minutes is what it takes to do this so it's a very simple project, and you don't have to spend a penny ;)

You will need:
- An old T-shirt (for better result use a t-shirt of your actual size)
- Fabric Scissors

Let's begin!

1. Get an old t shirt and lay it out on a flat surface. I choosed to do it on the back.

2. Fold the back of the t shirt in half and cut straight lines. 

3. Stretch the strips by pulling them to the sides.

4. The trick! 

•   Hold the first strip 

• Take the second strip and pull it up from behind and down in the front

• Now take the third and do the same, pull it up from behind of the second strip and down in the front. Continue this step until you reach the very last strip.

•  Hold the last strip and cut it in half and tie it on to the sides and in the middle.

And Done!

This picture is to show you what happen if you use an oversize t-shirt  ;)