The part of this project that took up most of my time was creating the box. Each piece of balsa wood needed to be glued on separately and there needed to be time between when each would be glued on. I wanted to make sure that each side was set before beginning another side. Once all of the sides were glued on and set, I needed to trim off the part of the balsa wood that went over the edges. Then to make it look more polished, I sanded each edge so the pieces of balsa wood matched up. If there were any gaps between the pieces, I made a filler paste using regular glue and some of the shavings from the balsa wood. The last element to the box was the label on the lid. I printed a simple design (that matches the cover of the additional album cover booklet) and transferred it to the box lid using wintergreen oil.
Making the recipe cards took a good amount of time as well. I had to cut the paper I bought to fit an 11x17 size so it could be fed through the printer. I have four different recipe card designs, and each of them is unique. Some of them use the American Typewriter font, but others are in my handwriting. I wrote out each card information on a separate sheet of paper, and scanned that paper into the computer. Then I worked in Photoshop to select only my handwriting (and not the background paper). Next, I transferred this Photoshop file of my handwriting onto the recipe card file and printed that document. This way, it looks handwritten, but there is no chance for pen ink to smear. (Also, if this was actually produced, a person would print out the same handwriting scans instead of handwriting each individual one.)
The elements I have completed for this project include the box, the recipe cards, the CDs, and the additional album cover booklet. The only thing that I have left to do is an additional bonus element that goes with the package. After having the critique on Thursday, I have decided to create multiple options, and choose from those. Some of my ideas are a free one-year membership for the Vegan Society, or possibly an actual recipe book (similar in appearance to the album cover booklet) that contains a few vegan recipes.
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| Recipe cards 1 and 2 before trimming |
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| Recipe cards 3 and 4 before trimming |
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| Finished box with finished recipe cards inside |
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| Finished recipe cards of all varations |
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