After several trips to Michael's I finally got all of my supplies to starting making the box for the project. This weekend I cut out the base of the box and started gluing that. I also pieced together some pieces of balsa wood to fit on a couple of the sides and the bottom of the box. I was going to glue some of the balsa wood pieces on the box, but decided not to since the glue holding the box together should sit for a while before I glue anything else on. Assembling the balsa wood on the box is going to be a long process just because I will have to spend a lot of time waiting for the glue to dry. Putting on the balsa wood also makes the thickness of the box increase, so I have to wait to make the lid until the bottom is completely done to make sure that the lid fits.
In the mean time, I have made a few templates for the recipe card designs. I plan on having four different types of cards: one that looks like a notecard and handwritten, one that features a bird from the CD cover and is typed, one that is a cream color and has a tab (handwritten or typed), and the last being one with the CD cover image faded in the background. This week I plan on finishing the box by Wednesday hopefully, and continue to refine the design of the recipe cards. I also need to come up with a design for the additional booklet of the CD cover art that will also go in the box. Having another critique might help finalize my ideas as well.
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| This is the main portion of the box. The masking tape is temporarily there to help keep the sides together. |
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| These are portions of balsa wood that I glued together to put on the sides and the bottom of the box. |
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| The pieces of balsa wood will be trimmed after they are glued to fit the sides they are up against. |
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