Secret Trinket Box/Hollowed Out Book US VERSION

This is the US ONLY VERSION. For the INTERNATIONAL version please join this swap.

For this swap, we'll be making a trinket box for our partners that is made from a used/dollar store/goodwill hardback book. The point of this is to have a neat box that is disguised as a coffee table book! Please also place a profile surprise inside the box/book.

If you don't know how to hollow out a book please visit this LINK for a step-by-step picture tutorial I posted on my blog specifically for this swap.

Requirements:

~Books MUST be hardback

~Books MUST be at LEAST be an inch ( 2.54 cm/25.4mm) thick

~Find a book with an aesthetically pleasing cover that will be fun to have out in the open. This can be for a funny title, beautiful cover, interesting in some way.

~Make sure the book closes properly (doesn't have the cover springing up). Otherwise it doesn't make a great disguised trinket box. Visit the above link for suggestions.

~Do check your partners profile. If they hate Twilight, don't hollow out a Twilight book for them. If they hate scary things don't hollow out "Evil Cannibals and Cult Killers" like in my blog. Play to your partners interests.

~These can be used. Don't go out and buy a brand new book! Try the Goodwill, Salvation Army, yard sales or library for books being sold. Just make sure they aren't falling apart.

~You don't have to follow my tutorial instructions if you have another way you'd like to do it. Just make sure there is a good sized hollowed space and that the pages are stuck together.

~Get your partner a PROFILE SURPRISE that fits inside the finished box. These do not have to be expensive, but they do need to show that you paid attention to your partner's profile.

Nutshell: 1 partner, 1 hardback book hollowed out, 1 profile surprise inside.

Because this swap is going to be time consuming and a bit of work, I'm going to be very strict on who can join because it will be difficult for me to angel more than 1 of these. I'm sorry, no newbies for this first round. I'll check profiles before banning. Participants must have logged into swap-bot at least two days before I assign partners. PM me with questions about this.

For the INTERNATIONAL version please join this swap.