A little pencil pot

I love upcycling as anyone who follows this blog will know. This pencil pot was made from two empty parcel tape reels stacked and glue together. It is surprisingly sturdy.

Decorated of course with Tonic Studios papers and dies.

The pencils are wrapped with Tonic's paper too. Wrapping pencils with thicker paper is a bit fiddly, but it makes a nice gift item to coordinate your pencils with the pot, so it is worth the effort.

Stay warm...it's rather chilly out there!

Doda
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more pencils

I just added this box of pencils to my shop. Wrapped with an engine diagram from a wonderful but tatty vintage encyclopaedia .

Have suitcase...will travel!

 I just spent a morning wrapping pencils! I think I'm all mod podged out now. I'll get onto a different project next week :-)
I made two cute little suitcase matchboxes for world map pencils. It seemed fitting. 

Have a great weekend, and if you are travelling...be careful...it's a jungle out there!

What do you call a whole lot of pencils?

A whole gaggle of pencils wrapped with vintage encyclopaedia pages and old maps, and packaged in my handmade boxes, will be in my Etsy shop very soon...

pencil boxes

This is my latest thing. Vintage encyclopaedia wrapped mini pencils. 

When I get around to it, I'll be adding some to my Etsy shop.

8 to a box - they are so cute!

a handmade box - of course!

I love little things! Don't you?


They even will come with a poem!


Age old book,
Tattered, torn.
Cover loose,
Pages worn.
Ruler, knife,
pencils, glue.
Turn it into
something new.


(Do I need my head examined?)