Friday, January 25, 2013

I Need to Break Out my Tri-pod

I have been working on finding a job that will "pay the bills", but crafting is never far from my mind. In my breaks from the grinding effort of searching online for accounting/billing openings, I've been trolling through my supplies and half-finished projects.  Even started a few.  Obviously, I need to break out my tri-pod for photographing my current projects, but I just have to share these!

I love taking an everyday item and transforming it into something beautiful and useful.  These Journals started out as those black-and-white "Composition Books" that can be found at any discount store.  They're so plain and boring, and are just begging for a make-over.  Here's the finished project:
Sand the original covers of the books, removing most of the shiny coating, so your glue will adhere.  I use Gel Medium as a glue because it holds up to lots of handling.  I even repaired the laminate in my kitchen with the stuff!!  For these journals, a mid- to heavy-weight scrapbooking paper will offer additial sturdiness.  Stamp sources are available on request.  


Here are a bunch of Twinchies (tiny works of art, measuring 1x2 inches each) - Whoops!!  They're "Three-inchies"!!  I measured wrongly -  that I found in my stash.  I played around with these a couple of years ago, stashed them away, not knowing what to do with them.  I think I'll give them to my daughter, who teaches 3rd grade, to share with her students.  They would make fine mini bookmarks.

3 comments:

brandi said...

I love it! The kids would love something handmade by mom lol

Unknown said...

These are very cool! I had never heard of "twinchies" but they sound so fun! Best of luck with your job search, it can feel like you're on a rollercoaster somedays, but thank goodness we have art to pull us through!! Thank you so much for linking your blog on the Market Street Stamps Facebook page!! xo Angelica

Art By Wanda said...

Your covers are beautiful!!! Yes, the 1x3s would be great mini bookmarks for the kids!! I haven't made an inchie, twinchie, or anything smaller then an atc in a long time. Yours are wonderful!!!!