Therapy?

Armed with a Hammer, some Glue & my silent setter late yesterday, I set about attacking my nice clean & brand spanking new copy of "Wreck this Journal"  

You know it's funny, when I got this journal in the mail last week, I was rather hesitant upon reading thru the instructions. Internal turmoil began and my thoughts were varied.

Burn this page ~ Hell yes! As a teen, I spent many hours burning candles and fingernails (don't ask...!)

Eat this page ~ Um... well... err...

Rip this page & throw it out ~ I couldn't possibly...

Shower with it ~ WHAT? (shame I didn't use it as a boat in the torrential downpour we had last week! I did consider it)

After spending many hours of Friday night trawling through a flickr group and the Australian flickr group, I walked away feeling less than perfect and wondering how the heck I could turn this little book into a work of art - like these talented people have done, when I can't even draw a straight line...???

A night spent mulling it over & I realise that all I can do is destroy it. Whether it will be fit to be a work of art (I highly doubt it) regardless it will be MY creativity and MY take on what I think it should be.

So without further adieu, first step was to use it as a plate for my cookies (see I've already written on the edges!) 

I then set about hammering those little brad thingies into it so I could add an elastic closer which has since been coloured with bright pens. Next I added a sopping wet hibiscus flower & a leaf I found in the back yard and I'm now on my way to wrecking this journal ~ join me for the ride!!!

I will add though ~ god it was good therapy attacking it with a hammer!!! Can't wait to do more!