I bought this Tom Clancy book a few weeks ago from our local thrift shop for about $3. I bought it for the purpose of making a secret Book Safe. Last night, I finally started it, but Whitney might took it over after I was about halfway through. She was not trying to do it for me, but simply offered to help. Either way, it was definitely a joint effort! We are both really pleased overall with the outcome.

This was a very easy project, just took a little muscle to get through the pages with my Xacto knife. We also went through a couple blades. The sharper the blades, the easier it was to get through the pages. The corners are a bit of a nuisance. Hard to get them really clean. However, the roughness just gives it that cool handmade quality. I am excited to put my cigars in them! 

Can you tell from the above photo that the watered down Mod Podge bled onto the top red page on the outer edges? I may go over that page with the Mod Podge to just finish it off. I think it would look nicer this way. The opening is pretty deep. Could it hold your secrets?

This project was a lot of fun, but it sure was messy! Nothing that wasn’t easily cleaned up.

If you’d like to try this project, Bre Pettis has a great video tutorial here.