As I mentioned before, I am going to complete the course outlined in "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. I needed a notebook for the morning pages, the tasks, and the check-ins. Since I had some more really pretty papers by Fancy Pants that Sherry gave me, I decided to beautify a plain notebook by making a cover for it:
I sewed two of the papers to a cardstock "spine", then folded the extra to the inside and stitched it to make pockets for the covers of the notebook to slide into (think bookcovers like you used in high school...) The heart and the strips used to make the frame were on a punch-out sheet that coordinated with the papers. (The strips say "Imagine a Dreamer, a Make-Believer, shining so bright for the world to see".) The red mat was cut with my Fiskars Ultra Shape Express and template from a sheet from the K & Company "Hannah" Scrap Pad to Go, the blue cardstock is sanded CTMH Crystal Blue, and the stickers spelling "dream" and embellishing the mat are Sonnets. I inked everything (just a little) with Chocolate Chip from SU!
Again, everything is relatively flat and simple, since the daily wear-and-tear comes into play. Two more projects are in the offing, then I'm done for a bit! Now, back to the grind - my sewing machine and I have a date...
This is beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing. You have done a lot since I last checked out your blog. Love the ticket tutorial too!
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Posted by: Jen | January 07, 2008 at 05:51 PM