March 2010 Craft Along Now Open
LeakyLounge
Posted by: Rosi
March 06, 2010, 07:26 PM
Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new environmentally-conscious Craft-Along, in time for the upcoming Earth Day on the 22nd of April. The challenge for this month is to turn your favourite Harry Potter book into a small reusable bag, enabling you to better help the planet by turning down the plastic carrier bags offered in shops.
MyLeaky points will be awarded to everyone who participates in the Craft-Along as follows:
- 1 MyLeaky point for signing up for a Craft-Along
- 1 MyLeaky point for every suggestion you give on how to use the book pages
- 5 MyLeaky points for posting pictures of one finished product
- 10 MyLeaky points for posting pictures of every extra finished product
You can sign up to participate
at the Craft-Along thread or find more information on the Craft-Along page
here. The March Craft-Along page can be found
at this link with information about tutorials and this month's project. If you're not registered at the Leaky Lounge, you can sign up
right here. Happy crafting!
27 Points
While I wouldn’t destroy MY copies, I would imagine that it wouldn’t be hard to pick up a used copy online fairly cheap! Here’s where I ran into trouble. This method works great for older hardcover books with art printed directly onto the covers, but most newer books have all the artwork on book jackets. So I was thinking as I was watching, and it seems like the best thing to do would be to decopage (with Mod Podge or similar) the book jacket onto the cover itself. Or onto a good stiff chip board, or thin, lightweight wood for a really sturdy bag. I would likely use a lightweight canvas for the fabric. As for the pages of the book, that’s easy! Take and cut out favorite sections or quotes and decoupage them onto a journal, table, box, picture frame, anything really!
160 Points
I certainly wouldn’t want to destory any book and especially not my HP books. I have had them for 12 years and would be devestated if anything happened to them. I’m sure that there will be some wonderful creations which come out of this project but I know for certain that I can think of much better uses for my books than tearing them up and making a shopping bag from them.
311 Points
It’s a great idea! And although true fans wouldn’t destroy their (our!!!) precious books for any cause, there are some people who might at the present time. It’s that colleague from work or friend from school that you (with great effort) managed to convince to read the HP series but that wouldn’t have read it at all if it wasn’t for you insistence. I guess many of us know people like that…
690 Points
I would make a bag inspired by…out of scrap fabric…but I wouldn’t use the books, even my “retired” book that is falling apart, gets a place on the shelf.
5550 Points
although, if they fail, they might regret it. :P
imagine!! seeing harry and dumbledore and dobby getting cut into bits! …and i dont think they prefer shopping either.
but good luck all in all!
good luck everyone!