Colour Noun » upcycling http://colournoun.co.za Bespoke Editorial Design Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A notebook fetish http://colournoun.co.za/2010/08/a-notebook-fetish/ http://colournoun.co.za/2010/08/a-notebook-fetish/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:30:17 +0000 saaleha http://colournoun.co.za/?p=458 This Flickr set includes some of the journals and notebooks I’ve altered as well as odes to pre-manufactured perfection.

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1. two coats of paint+antique crackle medium+gilding paste+varnish to seal
2. paper+modge podge/mod podge

]]> http://colournoun.co.za/2010/03/altered-tomato-boxes/feed/ 0 Recycled business cards http://colournoun.co.za/2009/05/recycled-business-cards/ http://colournoun.co.za/2009/05/recycled-business-cards/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 21:54:43 +0000 saaleha http://colournoun.co.za/?p=116 business-cards

Never one to accept vain deaths, I upcyled a box of defunct business cards.


business-cardsI made new business cards by sticking the old ones together, printing the details on recycled paper and finishing each one off with a quirky eyelet.

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