31 Art Journals - Day 6 - Graze Box Recycled Journal

Welcome to Day 6 of the 31 Art Journals, it is a pleasure to be here again and to share with you today's journal.

This is a recycled journal made from the outer cover of this Graze Box, which for those who are not familiar you can see the review that I did HERE  They are very tasty.

They contain a great selection of snacks that you can mix and match depending on your tastes.  

So I decided to use the outer cover of the graze box to make the journal and it was filled with a selection of recycled paper that I would be working on.

I created two journals out of the packaging and you can see the post HERE  They were great fun to make and it meant less things going into landfill.

After completion I began to add color to the pages and random collage material just to get something down and not have a blank page staring back.  This is a great especially if you have limited time, you can at least feel that you have got something creative done.

The completed journal along with some handmade beads to decorate the spine and a button clasp.

Check out the video to take a look inside the journal.

Graze Box Recycled Journals

Got sent a graze box a while back which had an array of delightful snacks.

It came through normal post so there was no need to wait in.  After I finished it I decided to see what I could make from the packaging

With the small book you get with your first order I made a mini book with a wrap around clasp and will use this to be a little notebook

With the rest of the materials I made a bigger journal.  The box serves as the cover and I used a range of paper and tissue paper to cover this.  On the inside I used the tray that the boxes sit in as places where you can either put photographs or your favourite sayings, inspiration cards. 

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I used magazine and calender pages which were matt in finish and this made it easier to add paint and collage material for the signature pages. 

 

I will be using the bigger journal to do a series of images.  I will share more as I go along. 

It was great fun making the different items and great to see how we can reuse and repurpose a variety of things for creative purposes

Graze Box - What are you snacking on?

I saw an advert for a Graze box and though I’d try one for myself  The promotion is a free box with half price on the next box you receive.  Mine arrived in the post which was handy as I didn’t have to wait in. 

Their website was easy to navigate and make the choices of things that i would want in my box. There were two choices the nibble box which is what I brought or the snack box which is a bit larger.

For those of you who like to snack its a great way to eat snack size portions of food that are healthy for you rather than high fat, content foods that will make you feel sluggish and tired for the rest of the day. I had a great selection for my first box which included black pepper pistachios and vanilla mix which was a mixture of vanilla, dried cherries, pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds.  These two were my favourites and is the just the thing you need for a mid morning snack!

The only criticism that I found was once you opened a pack if you didn’t want to eat it all at once you couldn’t seal it back, so a lid that seals would have been great and then I could have popped it in my bag!

Making your on line selection is easy and I was able to type the things that I wanted to try or deselect items that I never wanted to try and out of your choices, they send you a different selection each week.  They have a large selection to choose from, my favourites are the seeds, nuts and exotic fruit selection, but there have dips, breads, you name it!

The box and its contents are recyclable so you could try doing a creative project, which is what I will do and let you see the results.  Until then happy grazing!