2nd and 3rd March 2014

The final entry for create stage! I am almost done! I sanded the wood piece as much as time allowed me to! I started sticking the wood pieces at around 5:00. I had to leave each piece for around 20 minutes for drying. I stuck the four faces first, then stuck them to the base, then stuck the grove joints and then stuck the “cool” joints with the top/lid! Each step took around 30 minutes including drying time. It was a lengthy process but very fun. This was the first time I was using wood glue to stick such big wood pieces. The wood has to be handled delicately and one should be very neat while gluing. I was quite neat and was not very worries because the glue will be eventually be covered with paint. Sticking the “cool” joints was a challenge because the surface area of the heart was small not allowing it to completely stick on the faces! I was tensed and hoped it stick successfully. I had to stick this particular joints around 5-6 times because every time I stuck them, they came out very easily (even after leaving them for 15-20 minutes)! This annoyed me very much! I tried leaving it under the fan, supported with an elastic rubber band around it, tightly, for 20 more minutes during which I had a short nap! When I woke up, I realized that it was not stuck yet! I had to give up until my brother gave me another idea! Why fear when super glue is here! I used super glue to stick the joints and to my surprise, it was all perfect within 5 minutes! The joints were perfectly working and this left me wondering “why didn't I think of this before?” I left it for the whole night to be on the safer side. I did not want to take any chances after all that I went through! I woke up at 4:30 the next day and began painting! Painting is my favorite part and I have been looking forward to it since the beginning! But I never knew that I would end up doing the most awaited part in a rush, early in the morning. But I did enjoy painting my box. I had not specific specifications for the color, just that more than 5 colors should be used, which was obviously very easy to follow. I painted different color for each face/piece of the box which made it look very colorful and attractive in the end! To be honest, I had a lot of fun and enjoyed a lot! I also learnt something that it does not matter if the glue comes out when applying as it will be eventually covered with paint! I also learnt how to glue neatly, how to paint difficult parts like the storage area of the box, neatly, how to make joints accurately and neatly! Now I have to do evaluate and modifications! I am not sure if I am supposed to hand it the modifications with create stage or evaluate? I will confirm with sire tomorrow! Here are pictures which were taken during the lengthy, frustrating and the annoying process: 

This was when I was sanding the wood pieces 

before I started sticking them 

This was when the joints were drying . As you can see in picture 3 the rubber bands are around the joints to support them and keep them in place. 

These pictures were taken when I was painting the box early in

 the morning. The storage area inside the box (the four square shaped holes) were a little challenging!