Crusade #8 - Cheap Tricks

Crusade #8 - Cheap Tricks!

Here is the cheapest trick I have. I found this old Dymo lettering machine at a flea market for $1.00. It even came with all the spare label tapes in the picture. I am still using these, but since this machine has hardly changed since this model, I can always buy new tape when I need it. I can use this is so many pieces of art. I mostly use the black and red colors. Here are some examples:



I used it to title this piece called "Sleepy Hollow High". I didn't like that the lettering was white, so using an orange permanent marker, I went back over the lettering.



I used it on this piece to also title it, and since it is called " slightly blue" in French, I used blue tape to translate Bluete.


And here, I used it to title an altered book I did on Edgar Allan Poe. Cool huh??? This altered book had another cheap idea.


I picked this whole stack of invoice dividers for a quarter. I used P, O, and E for the altered book above, making sure the letters displayed "POE" at the stop when the book was closed.

Here is the "E" tabbed divider. I attached it to about 10 pages glued together for strength. It flips open to the left to put more stuff and folds back in to close. I painted it black on both sides.

$1.25 and I still have a bunch left to use!!! Pretty cheap!