| ssshh.. they're sleeping - the matchbox projects meets the box doodle project |
[03 Jan 2009|12:40pm] |
Each week, a decorated matchbox with a tiny present hidden inside is left by a girl (and sometimes willing friends) somewhere in her travels. It's a random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed at disrupting someone's day in a tiny but positive way. That's if they dare to pick it up...
After spending new years eve picnicking in a park and new years day watching Entourage after Entourage episode, digging into fish and chips and hanging out at the movies we decided it was time to stop consuming and start making. And so armed with some paint, ink and a matchbox I set out to make my contribution to the very lovely box doodle project. A little short of supplies (a large bread knife failed in the place of scissors and the piece of black thread I found on the floor was too short), it turned out to be very basic. But I like it, they're resting.
Happy new year.
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| happy sugary sweet things |
[29 Dec 2008|05:55pm] |
Each week, a decorated matchbox with a tiny present hidden inside is left by a girl (and sometimes willing friends) somewhere in her travels. It's a random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed at disrupting someone's day in a tiny but positive way. That's if they dare to pick it up...
My youngest brother ran to greet me when I arrived back at my parent's house on Christmas Eve before giving me what turned out to be one of many bear hugs of the night. It was nice to go home, there was food aplenty, an oversized Christmas tree and my furry red stocking already laid out. There were scones with jam and fat blobs of cream for breakfast the next day I got given a three tiered box of chocolates in a pale pink box, complete with gold embossing. It was from France, amazing and still two and a quarter levels full.
On Christmas Day I tore off layers of blue and red cellophane (remnants of an earlier shark attack work) to unveil a matchbox painting (well actually 4 paintings stuck together to make one very nice image) that my boyfriend made me. I especially loved the extra match striking detail on the side of the frame. The picture itself was of a matchbox the boy and I have tried to photograph repeatedly but to no avail - smoke sneaking out of a matchbox. Best present ever!
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