The first step is to find cool books to hollow out. I like antiques or ones with interesting titles, nice colors, textures and high quality pages. I prefer ones with all of said attributes the most. I’ve found a few good ones so far and see many more in my future.
Cut, cut, cut…
Glue, dry, paint, dry, add finishing touches…
I’m really enjoying making hollow book secret stash box safes! My favorite parts are finding the right books and choosing the paint colors and decorative paper, and finishing the overall look. Cutting the pages out hurts my fingers after awhile and I go through a lot of razor knife blades.
Another favorite thing is taking photos, editing and listing on Etsy. This is my hollow book section to see what I currently have in stock:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Virtualdistortion?section_id=7959789