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    ABC 8th Anniversary —done!

    December 29, 2011 - By 
    I had been putting off binding this book because I’m still waiting for a page.
    I decided that sometime in the future when the page actually appears on my doorstep, I can open the wires and put it in.
     Until that time, I’m considering this baby DONE!
    Trying out my home made lightbox again
    for these photos.  I haven’t gotten the side lighting this down yet.
    So practice, practice right!?!?

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    Art journal

    September 29, 2011 - By 
    After being inspired by The Art Journal Workshop, I started work on the inside pages.
    I found the book that I disassembled for the covers at a thrift store quite a while ago. When I got it I hadn’t realized that all the pages were glossy which doesn’t work very well for altering.
    I still loved the covers and knew I’d use them
    in some way.
    The inside pages are recycled cardboard from cereal type boxes. I obsessively save them to use as substrate for so many different projects. The pages are all a uniform height but the width is very random. I felt this might give the journal an interesting look.
    So far, I’ve slathered leftover paint from other projects on a few pages and completed one from scraps on my table.

    The journalling reads:
    Forget the darkness behind you. 
    Turn your face towards the sun and bloom.

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    Travels postcard book

    July 13, 2011 - By 

    This spring I got back into swapping postcards on Swapbot.  Of course, they have other things to swap but I’ve had the most fun with postcards.

    Who doesn’t love getting mail, right?!

    So what do you do with a big stack of postcards to make them a little more fun…

    You make a book!

    This one was a great size and had the perfect title.

    I made 3 tiny signatures and attached them to the cover with a pamphlet stitch. I used a dry adhesive tape runner on the front side of each of the postcards to “tip” them into the book.

    These postcards came from all over the globe…

    Such as South Africa

     New Zealand

     Slovakia

    And as close as the next state.

    Years ago, before starting this blog, I made my first book to hold my postcards.

    Kind of a cheesy title….

    But I was happy with the the way a bound the signatures as well as attached envelopes to hold some extras.  Good thing too…the pockets are filled to the brim now.