Sunday, January 8, 2012

Botanical Matchbox swap

I have been working on a few little art projects while I am recovering from an injury. This one is for an upcoming swap over on Millande. It is a botanical matchbox .. I made a little tag book to go inside from brown kraft paper with a tag punch.
On each page is one word which in total says "take time to smell the flowers." I made one for myself (as I have learned to do). Sometimes people don't follow up with their end of the swap, like the last one I did.   So here is mine..


I made the little butterflies using a picture off google images and covered it with glossby acccents, when dry I pinched it a bit so it had some body. The lovely green paper was from a matchbox swap I just got from Australia... if I can find a picture of that one I will post.. it was very inspiring.
If you can't tell the flower in the box is supposed to be sprouting from the ground.. hence the beads (seeds) and root (hemp cord) below it.
OK.. I am back to edit. I changed the insides,made the flower prettier (they are yellow and pink now with a spangle) and changed the tail to curly wire with a spangle and one bead...of course this is like the 4th time I have changed the tail. . I like it better, take a look.


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