Entry 5

The fifth installment of the Creativity Challenge Box was selected by my friend Andrew at the last Creative Fun Day.  He selected two wrapped items out of the box that actually turned into many items and here they are:

 The silver ball in the right of the picture was a separate item and the rest of the things were all in the white container.  I was very excited to open the container and find all of the metal type set letters and pieces.  I know that some of them will go in the shadow box I made for the last challenge, but I will need lots of ideas and suggestions for what to do with the rest of the pieces.  So any comments and thoughts will be appreciated!

Challenge 4 - Results

I bet you thought I dropped off the face of the creative earth.  I have been busy and without the “commitment” of daily blogging, I have found that it is easy to put it off posting until the next day.  And then the next day becomes the next day and then the day after that and so on.  For example, I have had the project made from the last chosen items for the last six days and still haven’t posted.   So enough excuses, here it is.

The items were random and I was given a number of good ideas as to what to do with them.  One idea was a link sent to me by my friend Sally in England.  I was inspired by the link to create a shadow box with the items.  Not only did I put the items from the last challenge into the box, but I added the bottle of silver balls from the first challenge AND I left a few shelves open for future items.

This is the front of the box:

This is the inside:

I will post about the next challenge in a day or two.  (but hopefully no more than that.)

Entry 4

The fourth installment of the Creativity Challenge is the following fun items.  There are two drawer handles that I think are really beautiful.  Hopefully it will still be considered “creative” if I actually use them as drawer handles.  The green tube piece is made of lightweight but sturdy plastic.  The silver ball is heavy and has a light ringing sound when you shake it in your hand.   I will definitely appreciate any of your ideas on what to do with these items.  Have fun!

Entry 3 Results

Sorry that it has taken so long to finish entry three.   I have been busy and this was a bit too easy to put off.  I also was not exactly sure what to do with these items.  I got some good input on Creative Fun Day and here is what I came up with.

I loved the little bag and was reluctant to pull it apart to make it something else.  My friend Ginny suggested I use some of the other items to connect to the bag in some way.  I liked the concept and so this is what I did. 

I used the center of the metal piece to extend the zipper pull on the end.  I used wire and beads to make it more decorative. 

 I took the big red ribbon, cut it in half and sewed it up on each side making an envelope to store things in.  I used smaller ribbon to decorate the envelopes. 

 The envelopes fit inside the bag.

I still had the two metal bolts from the original metal piece and was not sure what to do with them.  I took them into the studio and played with a few different options and all I could come up with was this bug.  I attached bug eyes to the metal eyes with my new favorite adhesive gel medium and covered the stems of the bolts with decorative duct tape.  I also covered an old metal pin back button with matching duct tape.  I was able to wedge the bolts into the back of pin.  It isn’t too exciting, but it is quirky.

I will post the next challenge soon.