Make Something Monday, 010713: Ticket Stub Hub

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"Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." 

~Albert Einstein

Welcome Back!  It's Monday, and you know what that means:
Make Something Monday! =)

 

Today's project is one I wished I had done last year, and as such, made a point of picking materials up for this year.  We're going to make a Ticket Stub Hub! =)

  

What, do you ask, is a ticket stub hub?

Are you like me?... Do you collect memory tokens~ in this instance, ticket stubs from movies, concerts, and other shows and events that you might attend throughout the year~ but only to have them end up in a drawer- or worse a shoe box that gets lost in a closet somewhere??  I have an elegant solution, and it's a fun project creating a neat little home for the little guys, too! =) 

First, let's gather our materials...

• a shadow box (I used one I found at Michael's during their holiday sales)
• whatever papers and decorations you like to use to dress up your "stub hub"
• Mod Podge (of course! ;] ) and an applicator
• a ruler, pencil, and scissors  

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[Flower's Note: You will also want to have a way to notch a slotted opening at the box's top if you don't want to have to continually open it form the back to add new stubs.  I am writing this post from a friend's house, and being on the road, I don't have all the tools and accessories I would normally have to make pretty things. ;)  i.e.though I wouldn't recommend it, I used a hammer and a metal paint scraper to make a slot in this ticket box.]

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Unpack your shadow box from its packaging.

 

 Next, take the back off the shadow box, and use it as a template for the paper you'd like to glamorize your box with. =) 

 

 

Using the miracle that is Mod Podge ;), attach all your embellishments to the box.

And Voila'... your stray tickets have a new home!! =)) ....

YaAaY!!... Easy, right??... And HOW fun!

It makes me happy to be able to have a place to be able to continue to see the wonderful and fun things I will do throughout the year, even after the events have passed... I think I'll place this right next to my "Great-Full" Jar!! =)

2013 is gonna be a banner year, I can feel it!  It's already shown itself to be more fun than last year! ;)

May your imagination light your way,

~StacyLynn a.k.a. AllAmrcnWldFlwr [Flower]