Book Packaging

So I borrowed a book from a friend like last March, and completely forgot about it until I found it in the depths of my art studio apartment. Yeah. It’s November. I should have returned it ages ago but I didn’t.

I decided to package it up all nicely for her as a tiny surprise if/when I decide to give it back. Ughhh.

I started with a brown paper bag in which I had received some vegetables or similar.

 

I cut it into a belt that I glued around the book. As soon as I did this, I was reminded of the Harry Potter book The Monster Book of Monsters. I don’t think that this book would ever try to bite me, but who even knows.

I used some (surprise) encyclopedia paper and created some paper stars using this tutorial. Ok, so maybe I learned how to do it in 8th grade from the girl who sat in front of me. The things I remember about her are that she knew how to make paper stars and that she wore faux glasses with yellow lenses. This was before hipsters were cool. 
 

I glued these paper stars to the book belt and wrote “Thank you!” on it. In case you’re wondering, I still have absolutely no idea how to carry out a love affair. 

 

Another thing about the paper stars: I was obsessed with making them in 8th grade after I learned how. I made a bunch and would show them to everyone in my classes. Then, this kid that I had a crush on stuck a paper star down his pants. I didn’t have a crush on him anymore. Ewww.

Keep your head up, Oh oh

So there’s this song by Andy Grammer that I don’t like at all, it’s called “Keep your head up” or something similarly dumb. I put all songs that tell you not to be sad in the same vein as “Bad Day” by James Blunt. U. G. H.

Anyway, I have a friend who is going through a rough time right now, so I did what any craft princess would do: instead of comforting her or offering my shoulder to cry on, I made her art to show her I love her.

I found an encyclopedia page in my vast collection of encyclopedias (5) about French literature. Doesn’t something about that just scream fancy?

I cut out magazine pages for the lettering. I wonder if whomever reads my blog things I’m really uncreative for reusing the same materials over and over. I don’t care, actually, I just really like pretty things.

After cutting these letters out, I arranged them in a way that they spell ‘Everything will be Ok.’ Yes, the ‘G’ is only hanging off because I didn’t measure everything before gluing and otherwise it would be hanging off the page. I mean, it adds a sort of artistic elegance. Yup, that’s my radiator, it’s where all my good artwork is displayed.

And now, since I apparently have the flu, I’m about to drink a Thera-Flu and fly off into la-la land.