With all the scrapbooking craze, I’ve promised my teenage daughters we’ll do a scrapbook journal of a relative — a NON-EXISTENT relative. We’ve decided he was born in the late 1920s and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the late 1960s or early 1970s. I’m looking for ideas for relatively easily faked up items to go in such a memoir - letters, newspaper clippings, etc.
I have:
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A range of old books from most decades (1890 to 1970) picked up from the local 50c pile for paper. There’s some blank paper but I’ve grabbed an old blender and I’m going to try pulping, de-inking, and making some larger sheets.
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A range of coins from a wide variety of countries and decades (from TradeMe) to include as mementos. I’ve also tried some experiments with electroplating them to make them less recognisable and soldering on a bail to make a medal.
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A small number of stamps from various countries.
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A manual typewriter (TradeMe again) just for more convincing lettering where needed.
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A range of paper aging methods, from the simple coffee to potassium permanganate and hydrochloric acid. I’m planning on setting up an ozone chamber as that’s supposed to be quite nifty.
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Supplies of paper, card, carbon paper, fabric, etc.
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The usual laser printer, inkjet printer, flatbed scanner. Paintshop Pro for image processing. Paper cutting tools including various shaped punches.
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A maximum budget of about $100.
So …
Any ideas?
(At least in this forum I shouldn’t be instantly faced with ‘Why on Earth would you do that?’).
Charles / OmnivoreNZ