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My Tiny Brain Wave #3 – Peeling Back The Layers

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Welcome to My Tiny Brain Wave #3!

If you recall, this is a feature wherein, hither and thither, once in a while, when the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars, I will be posting ideas that I’ve come up with that are NOT A CRAFT by gum, but rather a brilliant idea that might be useful in crafting somewhere sometime someday.
Uh-huh.
Today I share a happy little discovery that I made a couple of years ago at around this time.
I was minding my own business, clearing away the remnants of the festive season, when out of the corner of my eye, I spied a box of chocolates lurking within the pristine tidiness of my kitchen cabinets (true fact). So I very casually sauntered over to see if perhaps there were any chocolates left inside. Sadly, there were not. There were only the normal scraps and dregs found in any garden-variety chocolate box: the moulded plastic insert, the bits of tissue paper and that soft multi-layered cushiony rectangle that protects the box’s glorious contents.
Okay Michele, cut to the chase, and get to the point.
Right.
Well, you know that multi-layered cushiony rectangle? You’ll notice that if you go to a corner, and gently peel away the outer layer of waxy paper, you will reveal a pretty corrugated paper underneath…
That when exposed looks something like this…
It looks exactly like this.
 
That when exposed looks EXACTLY like this…
Now my cushiony rectangle consisted of 5 layers. So after carefully removing that first waxy layer, I continued with the deconstruction, peeling away the corrugated layer as well. It ultimately looked like this.
In the end, when all the layers were pulled apart, I had 3 pieces of thin waxy paper and 2 pieces of gorgeously corrugated paper.
Thin waxy paper = yawn.
Gorgeously corrugated paper = free crafty yumminess!
Cool.
It’s the small things.
Now please go have yourself a lovely day, and I’ll see you again soon!

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  3. Notjustnat says

    The question now is…? What is next? Happy New Year Michele. Hope you had a lovely crafty break. I love your new hearder, really love it. Are those card rings? – Hugs Nat

  5. CandaceAshley says

    I have a box of chocolates from Christmas lurking in my immaculate pantry as well! (I wish it was immaculate) But in there is this same paper! I LOVE IT! Such a fun discovery, and VERY interesting ; ) I am hosting a giveaway, just wanted you to know!

  6. Michelle L. says

    I did not know that! A cool little wave indeed, crafts will result. I really enjoy these posts, always something fascinating. Oh, btw, a comment here made me realize I haven't mentioned yet how MUCH I love the new header. I love it out to here!!!

  9. Wendy says

    I'll be pulling apart my chocolate boxes tonight – I got a few for Christmas. No idea what I'll do with them, but hey ho!
    p.s. the pedant inside me says the plastic tray isn't moulded – it's in fact vacuum formed… Oh dear, I'm a sad plastic freak…

  12. Anji* says

    Don't you just love corrugated paper/card, there's just something cool about it.. I have always wondered what I could do with those cushiony paper bits in the choc boxes as I was putting them in the recycling drawer, but it never occurred to me to peel them apart!

  13. Kimbles says

    Dear Michele, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such a nice message. I will say HAGS to my Panto friends (I may then have to explain the meaning!!) I love the creativity of your blog – truly inspiring.

  14. artteachergirl says

    Now here's the difference in me and you, or at least one…I already do this, but I was not creative enough to post about it in such a lovely way:-) I use *stuff* like this all the time…it's beautiful isn't it? Strange, I know. In fact, recently at school I used some candy box stuff and some of that spongy package wrapping stuff to create the snow on a bulletin board for a bunch of penguins. Created beautiful textures.:-) Great reuse.