Hello everyone,
I have a little notebook to share with you today and a " What Not To Do Moment"..
At my local Supermarket, back to school was going on a few weeks ago
and these notebooks were flying out the door for50cents..
So, what was I to do..I bought a bunch..
Wrapped the first one in brown paper like my school days.
Then using one 6x6 paper pad, I covered and decorated the whole book..
by mainly tearing the papers for the inside covers..
on the actual pages I fussy cut around the flowers a little bit
and glued one page on each page..
Until the book pages each had a pretty edging..
Scraps were saved to cover at food pouches..
My hands were getting pretty stiff by now..
But I loved the thickness of them all..
and that is when it all turned to CUSTARD!!!
I started inking, why, oh why did I think the new TH scorched timber would be perfect..
it wasn't, it was too dark, but did I stop, no, like a twit I kept going..I'll get to that again shortly..
A parcel arrived and I had found these frames on Temu,oredered them,
so had to stop and sot them out.
Picking frames for my ladies and the front cover..
They are so lovely, thin, not thick paper, but easy enough to play with..
UGH..that brown is awful.
Started adding frames inside to help tone the brown..
The in came the water and paper towels..
Then started making pockets, which I was not going to do..
lace and burlap ribbon from my stash came in handy..
pockets and tags and little ephemeras for decoration..
I made a bunch of those for quick things and still have some in my stash..
Inking does not look too bad here..
I actually sprayed the pages with water then wiped off as much ink as I could.
some worked some didn't..
Lovely frilly lace on the front..
decorated the worst of the pages with more papers and fussy cut roses..bits
of old book pages glue in, now the thing was getting thicker and thicker which was not my intention in the beginning..
This is as best as they got..
Never mind, it is still pretty...and thick,
and tied with a ribbon and some keys as dangles.
and there she is,,
Thank you so much for stopping by..
I'll see you tomorrow..
Luv CHRISSYxx