an african journal

 

I wanted a messy little notebook to take with me on my trip. I used the tutorial from this amazing blog http://valentinaramos.blogspot.com/ on how she creates her canvases, to make the cover for my notebook. Instead of layering paper pieces on canvas, I layered it on this thin fabric I had. In the end, it ended up cracking a bit, it didn't have as much give as it needs I guess. But I wanted it to be a messy little book.
 

I added my paint and doodles, and here it is. I  may add some words on the front cover, but I havent quite decided. Inside is a mixture of papers with a couple of envelopes and pouches for sticking notes and little papers collected along the way.




It turned out even messier than was expected, but I'm good with that.

freewriting and drawing

I was working on something tonight, and all of a sudden, there was just a burst of free writing on the back of a pizza box cardboard that originally had a to-do list on it. There were random tree drawings. And there is what was going to be a giraffe in the bottom corner. And one of the trees is going the wrong way.

But it was just what I needed.

kraft-y creations

Good Morning! Yay, 3 day weekend! This past week it seems my favorite color for creating has been kraft. I've been inspired by my creative aunt and her teabag creations.

Both of my cards are teabag over booktext. "live well, laugh often, love much" I made for my

parents anniversary card.

I also made a really simple little notebook, with just a watercolored daffodil on the front.

Well thats it for now, time for more creating! Thanks for visiting!

MIA

Well I've been MIA from the blog world lately. Things have been busy lately, hardly any time left over to create, let alone blog about creating. Back when it was sunny and gorgeous, I made a couple of notebooks out in the yard, this is my little notebook making station in the sun, and one of my finished notebooks. I bought a Moulin Rouge art card in Paris, to make into a book cover for my friends birthday.

Anywho, thats it for now. Been playing lots with digital stuff, and having fun with that.

celebrate this life

well I had a wonderful Thursday off work. My only chore all day was to do the dishes, and other than that I got to create and play all day. This morning I scrapbooked, I will post my page tomorrow.

In the afternoon I started playing with a journal, and I ended up finishing it. I NEVER finish something (except cards) the same time I start it, so this was quite satisfying for me! I'm really happy with how it came out. It is full of 36 crinkly brown paper pages, and for the cover I used one of my big sheets of paper from Paperchase in London. I used one of my stamps from my favorite ali edwards set, and I'm really happy with it.













Today was a very happy day. Creative and happy.

Happy long weekend!

So I'm not sure when everyone got together and voted the may long weekend was going to be called May 2-4, but I must of missed it. Its just called, The May Long Weekend. And thats all there is to it.
Anywho. I decided to get my "May 2 -4 weekend" off to a good start, by procrastinating my huge to do list for Europe, and having some craftiness time instead.

Last night I stumbled across a video tutorial for a "meander book" (which lead to me watching about a gazillion you-tube videos about all sorts of mini books), and I was quite intrigued. I sat down tonight and made my own little meander book. I must say, I love it. Apart from using quite a bit of adhesive (I have an irrational fear of running out of adhesive), and being so tiny, I love it to death. Its so easy, simple, there are a million possibilites for decorating it. Since tonight I didn't have much time, I've left my pages blank, and just used designer paper for the covers. Since there arn't many pages (8 double spreads), you could easily paint/stamp each page, and it wouldn't be too labour intensive. Perfect for adding quotes, memories, little mementos etc. Love it.

Thats it for now, hopefully if I'm really productive on my Europe to do list, I will have time to get a few more projects out of my brain before I head off to Europe.

Have an absolutely fabulous may long weekend. Ciao!

a little journal

Well I haven't posted in a few weeks, and I figured it's finally time. Since I've been back from Fiji I've spent most of my free time watching the hockey playoffs.

And only two weeks tomorrow until I leave on vacation again, so I better get some craftiness done!

First, a picture of me in gorgeous Fiji, wearing one of the dresses I made myself. It was a bit fiddly to make, getting it to fit right in the front, but I love how it came out. Fits perfectly, thats the nicest thing about making your own clothes!

I bought some fabric I've been lusting after for ages last week, and I wanted a simple little project to play with one of them. I binded it by stapleing the signatures to a piece of ribbon.

I also found this store that I am completely in love with. I've already started my shopping list for when my friend goes to Houston and can go shopping for me.

Anywho, thats it for now. Thanks for visiting!

Buttercup Bag

Well today I made a bathing suit cover up dress (I will photograph and post later this week) and then a Buttercup Bag, with a free pattern on Made by Rae. I love this pattern, it only uses 1 fat quarter of your outer fabric, and part of 1 fat quarter for your lining. Maybe next time I will use a bit heavier weight fabric, or some interfacing; my bag is quite a bit floppier than the one in her picture, but I am very happy with it. Its a nice size and tucks under your arm quite nicely. With some of my left over fat quarter I decided to make a matching notebook. This notebook has 100 pages of heavy weight paper and a button and ribbon to keep it closed. I really love how it came out!




















Well one more day of creative free time before back to work. Thanks so much for visiting!

Color Challenge

Happy Happy Weekend! Yay its Friday!! Brown and aqua is one of my favorite color combo's, so I had to play along with Dawn's color challenge this week. I had more paper cut and scored ready to be made into another little notebook, so I decided to use Dawn's colors for a little book. I couldn't decide on a quote to put on the front...so I left it blank for now. I'm not sure it needs any words, or maybe its too plain?

I had to let my book set for a few minutes, so I decided to make a simple card with some of the paper I still had out. I used my jumbo stampin wheel and embossed some dots, which give it some sparkle.

Kay thats it for now, its sewing time! Thanks for visiting!!

Joy!

Good Morning! Today I am happy happy because last night I finished making a little journal, and I taught myself a new method of binding. Journals are one of my favorite things, so I love making them and finding new ways to make them!

I saw the quote on my Auntie Kim's blog, and I loved it so much I had to use it on something!

This morning I am busy playing with my camera. I am taking Maggie Holmes photography class, and this is the first week.

I am hoping to play along with Dawn's color challenge this week, so hopefully will have something cute to share in the next couple of days.

Thanks for visiting!