I had intended to make two separate tunnel books; one I envisioned with happy colorful flowers, and one would be an homage to my favorite drink – coffee. But after working on the colorful flower book for awhile, and then struggling a bit with the coffee book, the idea occurred that my flower book was missing something…a coffee cup! Love when things have a way of working out like that.
The pages of my tunnel book are made from thin cardboard cereal boxes covered with tissue paper. I then painted and doodled all over the pages. The accordion sides are made of scrapbook paper. Vintage papers and painted wire were used on the coffee cup.
I really like the wire for the coffee steam. The whole thing has a nice intimate feel.
Thanks so much!
-Amanda
An absolutely COZY and beautiful piece. You really caught the ambience of that special “coffee moment.” And I love that you used cereal boxes as your substrate.
Thank you Bernadette! I really had fun making this piece!
-Amanda
Charming! Love your description of the evolution of two projects melding into one – thanks for sharing!
FAbulous!! WHere can I learn to make this??
Thank you for the comments! Maybe I’ll do a tutorial on my blog. ?
http://www.thehappyheartstudio.blogspot.com