Book Projects By You (Over 300 Hands-on & Craft Projects!)

As soon as we chose to number all the pointers in our book over two years ago we hoped to someday create an online component where folks could upload their take on any of the projects along with the project number. And that day has at last come! So not only will folks be able to access this page right here, we will also be linking to it directly from our book page – so if you are ever bored and want to check out a ton of reader submitted projects that have been completed after checking out our book (which will simply keep growing over time) this post should eventually be chock full of them!

It is sort of like a book-related Pinterest Challenge that does not expire for over a year, so you can add away and come back to see what everyone else has whipped up too (you know we enjoy to share the enjoy!). And speaking of l-o-v-e, since there are about 500 ways to skin a cat, whether you’ve done something similar or put a totally new twist on something from our book, we’d ENJOY to see it! Here are three of our go-tos that readers have sent us/blogged about – and please feel free to upload yours underneath (which you can do even if you do not have a journal)!

• Project #120: Make Paint-Chip Art from Margaux & Steve at Young Nesters.

• Project #179: Gold Recycled Bookends from Courtney at A Thoughtful Place.

• Project #193: Sketch On A Pillow by Vel at Buhay At Bahay.

• Project #147: Make Tissue Paper Art by a reader named Alise. She does not have a journal, but she described her process as tracing the outline of a fish into tissue paper and cutting it out instead of making scallops/fish scales and then Mod Podging them to the canvas. I enjoy the use of one orange fish in the group – simply to make things interesting!

• Project #68: Paint A Headboard On The Wall by Kenz at Interiors By Kenz.

And now here is the part where we pointer our homemade hats to you folks and invite you to share your take on any of our book projects. If you have a journal you can simply link up here, and if you do not you can consistently add a link to a free photo sharing site like Flickr or Facebook with your pics (remember to set the photo to public so we can all see it). Here is how to upload your project:

1. click on the blue “Add Your Link” button with the odd cartoon head at the bottom of this post (you might have to do some scrolling, depending how many projects are brought in)
2. in the URL field, add a link to your specific journal post about your project (not your home page) or the Flickr/Facebook link
3. where it says “name” write the project number (ex: “Project #114”) as opposed to your actual name, the name of your journal, or a description of the project

We are crazypants excited to see what you folks have been up to!