{"id":100,"date":"2008-02-17T21:53:57","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T04:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2008-02-23T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T16:38:42","slug":"crafty-mccrafterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Crafty McCrafterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t consider myself a particularly artistic person; sure, I have spurts of creativity but I get easily bored. For a while I made a bunch of whimsical refrigerator magnets out of femo clay (my mom has begged me for one for years, but I moved on to my next project). I then got into making my own greeting cards using wooden stamps (I even made our wedding invitations). But again, that phase soon passed.<\/p>\n

I started keeping a portfolio of my race numbers years ago (I even have the bib number from my very first 5K). They’re all contained within a basic black portfolio with plastic sleeves. If I received a medal or had a picture taken I’d add those to the page, but I wouldn’t do anything more elaborate.<\/p>\n

Then I ran the Goofy Challenge.<\/p>\n

Anyone who’s run Disney knows it’s all about the bling, and with Goofy I not only received medals for the half and for the full, I also received the coveted Goofy medal. We’re talking serious bling, people! Disney does not skimp on the medals. When I got home I couldn’t see just putting them in the portfolio; they needed to be shown off somehow. Sure, I could have purchased a pre-made shadowbox from one of the Disney vendors, but I had already spent a ton of money.<\/p>\n

I then read a post in a Runner’s World discussion about a home-made race shadowbox. The poster had designed his own for a fraction of the cost of what most vendors charged. A lightbulb went on over my head: I can do that! And while I was at it, I decided I’d make up one for Medoc as well (after all, it was my first marathon).<\/p>\n

As I was deciding on what color mat board to use, I remembered the piece of zebra cloth I picked up while putting my costume together. The creative juices really started flowing. I first checked out an artist’s supply store, but none of their frames — not even the custom ones — would be thick enough for what I wanted to include. But I then scored at Michael’s craft shop. Not only did they carry the perfect sized black shadowbox (16″ x 20″), it was 40% off! I also picked up two large sheets of mat board (one for Medoc, one for Disney).<\/p>\n

Total cost of materials? Less than $40 (that includes the entire sheet of mat board; I only used about a quarter of it). Mind you, we already had spray mount and hot glue, and we also have a mat cutter. But I think it looks a heck of a lot better than what I could have gotten done “professionally”!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the Disney version. It may take a while since my darling will most likely be making the frame.<\/p>\n

(Oh, and my apologies to Angie. I totally stole her headline style!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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