book makin'

since i have been taking so many great classes on bookbinding, i thought i would go in another direction and make this one......it is made out of my own hand pulled paper with my mom's dried flowers.

the white paper was given to me, but all else is mine. i had fun with the binding!

this is a small book with an exposed spine. i think showing off the work in the stitching is important, because it takes a while for this step . i made the book cover and back as well. this paper was kindly given to me from my master book binding teacher. she has a ton of scraps that i have used for everything.

pretty, no?

new website discovery

since y'all know i am into the re use thing, i found a new cool website that has projects, reports and ideas for what to do with all those so called "throwaway " items. it's called Crafting in a Green World.

check it out here

later

take a guess

Bubbles has bee so helpful modeling things for me lately, she felt it was time to show off this super find. guess what it is?
that's right, a drape tieback. i found it at a scrap store. doesn't it just scream necklace? y'all know how i love to reuse stuff, well, this item is going to have a happy second life.

errrr

i had the greatest weekend.....spent two days in different art studios taking classes. had lunch with my best girlfriend Sarah, and i am plumb tuckered out. with as much creativity as i unleashed this weekend, i am stymied about what to do with these wooden bracelets.

any ideas?

reuse, reuse, repurpose, repeat!

erica gave these to me from her wedding down in mexico. she just knew i could make something super fancy with them..

nothing like a little scrap fabric sewn up with some lavendar pods in it....

it made the most sublime sachet, no?

now when i open my drawer, i see the old mexican man staring back at me saying "Put me in your underwear drawer chica!"

more to come

side by side comparison

the picture below is me, before college graduation with my nephew.... i could pick him up. now the shoe is on the other foot. he has grown, and he could probably pick me up now!

congratulations!!

i take a moment away from crafty business to salute my nephew. today my mom and dad surprised him with A CAR for his graduation present. he was smiling from ear to ear. we made him put cap and gown on to take a few pics of him, the car and a few with me. this pic is important to me, because in 1994, there is a pic of he and i when i graduated from college in my cap and gown. he was a tiny boy back then, and look how far he has come. when i find the picture i will post it here, and you can see how he has grown. later.....