Last week I decided to make some more of my Treasure Towers for sale in my shop on Etsy. I think the part I enjoy the most is picking out the papers to use. Usually, I start with the outside, but not always. I find that I prefer to make four boxes at a time even if they are different size. Doing the same actions “assembly line” fashion just works best. Not more than four, or I get bored!
But back to choosing. My first was very uncharacteristic, I didn’t use my own marbled paper. I had a piece of Italian paper with large butterflies that I wanted to use. The pattern is really too big for my books. I had trouble finding papers for the inside since the colors weren’t a good match. I finally found two papers that had patterns that reminded me of the scales on the wings of butterflies. I made the top of the same butterfly pattern as the outside.
The other papers were a bit easier, I knew I wanted to use some maps I’d marbled. The last tower was a recently marbled sheet that I was excited about.
I have more towers here. I have a page about making my boxes and towers here or you can click the link at the top of the page that says, ” Boxes & Other Creations”.