december daily: re-purposing & catching up
Monday, December 23, 2013 at 6:00AM December Daily, with Ali Edwards. I decided to play along this year thanks to the friendly nudging of my pal Sandi. She has been playing for years and has the most awesome collection of memory books to prove it. There are a million different way artists, scrapbookers and journalers are interpreting this project. I chose to keep it real. No buying new pretty stuff. No staging photos. Just good ole' daily life in December and a whole lotta leftover papers and trims from projects past.
I didn't want anything too big either. In my mind I was thinking coffee table book. SMALL coffee table book. MINI coffee table book. Short, squat and chunky. I love the way this book feels so much I decided to create a quick mini workshop on how to make one. It will be available sometime after the New Year.
I stitched vintage style papers the base of each page of my book and added nature cut outs, stamped tags, fabric tabs and punched words. A little bit of doodling and paint plus some sparkle made it more "me" and less "scrapbooky."
I have to admit. I jumped on board for this project with more than a little skepticism. I just wasn't sure I would stick with it. What I should have been more worried about was actually STARTING the project. In all honesty I didn't start it on the 1st, but I DID start it and am now playing catch up.
I have enjoyed working in a small format, with everyday photos of "us" AND re-purposing the art supplies I had in the studio. As far as catching up- well I will be there soon! But the very best part of this project of all is the VIEW!
I will post more page peeks soon. Hopefully in December, wink wink! Have a very Happy Christmas and a Merry Merry New Year! Enjoy!
Reader Comments (8)
Love this chunky book. Can't wait to make one of my own. Looking forward to the workshop!
Thanks Sandi- ! Thanks for getting me to try this! xo
love the little chunky book! I can't wait to see the how to's of making one just for the fun of it!! and yes LOVE the view in your studio!! such fun!! Have a wonderful and happy Christmas and wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year!!! xoxoxo Linda
Love it. I've been making an altered book for this project - such fun ;-)
I'm ready to sign up for this workshop!
Thank you Linda! This little book was a ton of fun. Can't wait to share it with all of you after the new year!
Thank you Lynette- I LOVE altered books of any kind. I bet it is beautiful!
Yea Debbie! Soon! Sometime after the New Year it will be ready to share!