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WHY? did the deep-sea diver turn green?
Here are some more questions, asked by Nancy, the owner of my favorite local antique shop ~ WHY? would someone cut a puzzle off of the back of a cereal box? And WHY? would they save it for so many years? And WHY? would they neatly package it and try to sell it? (for $1 !!) And the biggest question is WHY? WOULD YOU BUY IT???? I laughed, paid her my $1 for it, and happily carried home my insane little treasure. The puzzle was already very neatly cut, so I just edged each piece with Krylon's gold leafing pen and coated each piece with Ranger's glossy accents. When dry, I popped a little snip of self-adhering magnet to the back of each piece.
Then I grabbed a beautiful old copy of Moby Dick. On the front cover, I painted a few coats of magnetic paint, found at the hardware store, and a light coat or two of acrylic paint. I glued on the "question" panel (leaving plenty of free space to do the puzzle), followed by a light coat of decoupage gel, coating the entire cover to give it a nice, smooth texture.
And the inside cover was already awesome, so I just cut a square hole deep enough to store the puzzle pieces, glued the inside edges of the hole as well as the outside edges of all the book pages; stamped on it (Fancy Pants stamps), and applied decoupage gel to protect it. Finished off the book with a simple beaded & knotted piece of faux leather lace. I think Nancy still thinks I'm a dork, but that's okay. I'm still her favorite customer, and my kids love our one-of-a-kind puzzle book!
Here are some more questions, asked by Nancy, the owner of my favorite local antique shop ~ WHY? would someone cut a puzzle off of the back of a cereal box? And WHY? would they save it for so many years? And WHY? would they neatly package it and try to sell it? (for $1 !!) And the biggest question is WHY? WOULD YOU BUY IT???? I laughed, paid her my $1 for it, and happily carried home my insane little treasure. The puzzle was already very neatly cut, so I just edged each piece with Krylon's gold leafing pen and coated each piece with Ranger's glossy accents. When dry, I popped a little snip of self-adhering magnet to the back of each piece.
Then I grabbed a beautiful old copy of Moby Dick. On the front cover, I painted a few coats of magnetic paint, found at the hardware store, and a light coat or two of acrylic paint. I glued on the "question" panel (leaving plenty of free space to do the puzzle), followed by a light coat of decoupage gel, coating the entire cover to give it a nice, smooth texture.
And the inside cover was already awesome, so I just cut a square hole deep enough to store the puzzle pieces, glued the inside edges of the hole as well as the outside edges of all the book pages; stamped on it (Fancy Pants stamps), and applied decoupage gel to protect it. Finished off the book with a simple beaded & knotted piece of faux leather lace. I think Nancy still thinks I'm a dork, but that's okay. I'm still her favorite customer, and my kids love our one-of-a-kind puzzle book!
