Friday Fun!: Project B.O.X.E.Y: The Return

Well, we've had a busy afternoon tinkering away at Project B.O.X.E.Y. So much that we've finished! A week ahead of schedule! We're quite the hard workers here at ReRetail (at... messing around). Anyway, enough of that word-noise. Here's the second update for project Boxey:

As you may well know, here's where we were at the end of the last episode:

We cut out the shape of his body from a old guitar box (which was a stroke of luck really, as it was exactly the right basic shape). After missing last weeks Friday Fun (it was a bank holiday and we were spending out time standing in the sun and visiting the beach and such) we were eager to get to work.

First thing we did was empty our Makedo Kit For Fun all over the floor:

This is how master craftsmen work. Honest.

With our workplace sorted we began the task of working out which bits to pin to which (and trying our best not to pin each other together). But we persevered and got all the pins in place and the right bits connected in the right places.

Then, after this minor victory, we got all excited and began working at an incredible pace, so much so that we completely forgot to take any more in-progress photos! Turns out we were in a special Boxey-making zone and could not be disturbed, even for photos. But anyway, when the smoke had cleared we looked down and saw our creation:

We did it! Boxey was finally in 3D! And he didn't even require special glasses or James Cameron or anything! 

Here he is again in his permanent home, our lobby, to act as both a greeter and a guard-boxey. 

We needed someone to guard our map, chairs and certificate.

All in all, we had a fun time messing around with our Makedo stuff and it just goes to show, if we can make something cool out of one of their kits, anyone can! You can find all our Makedo items here.

Because we've finished our project ahead of schedule, and because we've not had a blog-exclusive discount in at least two weeks, we've decided to offer 15% off of all of our Makedo items until the end of the month. 

So, until the 30th of April you can get 15% off of all makedo items using the code BUILDABOXEY (restrictions apply). 

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend! Check back next week for more fun!

Friday Fun!: Project B.O.X.E.Y

As a fitting end to Makedo week we decided to kick off a big Friday Fun project (Codename: Project B.O.X.E.Y, because we're all secretive like that). Which is to use some of the Makedo bits we've been talking about all week to bring our mascot (and overlord) Boxey to, proper 3D, life!

Now, this project is no small undertaking (mostly because we're only allowed Friday afternoons to mess around) so it going to take us a few weeks - we don't have any arty skills either, which is quite a hinderance. But what we do have is determination, and an overwhelming desire to not work Friday afternoons. That last fact cannot be overstated.

But, enough with all that talk, lets get up to speed with where we're at:

Well, first thing we needed was a plan. So we got scribbling away and came up withe the basic idea of what Boxey would look like in 3D:

It turned out that, whilst Katie was better at the technical stuff, Matt had all the squared paper. 

With plans in hand we hunted and gathered all the spare boxes we could find (luckily we've had a lot of deliveries recently, so we've got quite a few boxes knocking around):

Everything we could possibly need to make our very own Boxey.

We then quickly threw caution to the wind and began chopping away at our various boxes:

Very quickly.

But, as of day one, we are currently a sucess! We've built the basic body shape and found a head for the little box-man, now we've just got some of the details to do... and the arms... and the rest of the body... Ok, there's quite a bit left to do. But that's what next week is for! Here's where we're up to as of today:

Not much to look at now, but soon he will be king.

Anyway, thats thats all from us, just enough time for the usual sign-off. You can find you can find all the stuff to make your very own Boxey (or anything else, for that matter) on our website here. 

To celebrate the start of our project, we've decided to extend the length of our discount code another week! So, until the 9th of April you can get 15% off of all makedo items using the code FRIDAYFUN (restrictions apply). 

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!