Sunday, July 18, 2010

She's Crafty...a little

So, I saw this sketchbook on a Japanese site, and it was basically just a little notebook filled with squares so that you could do thumbnail sketches (or whatever you wanted). Not being able to order one from the site, I made two of my own. I've got one decorated so here it is.
I designed the pages myself (not hard to put eight rectangles on a page, but still) and printed it and bound it at work. I figured using the recycled cardboard covers from the chipboard we have is like...semi-eco-friendly. Also they would be easier to decorate than a plasic cover and back.
Yeah, some of the pictures are sideways, but I'm too lazy to fix them.
I covered the front with drawings and some little bits from magazines. The inside front cover is the beginning of Alice in Wonderland. The inside back cover is a design I found in a magazine, and the outside of the back is scrapbook paper I bought at Michaels. Everything is covered in packing tape to keep it safe from the world (it doesn't quite look as smooth as I wanted, especially the inside of the back cover, but there's not much I could do).


















































Another little scrapbook I made was just from scrap paper. I'd used the sheets to separate books that needed to be coil punched, so since I had all these sheets that were punched, I just coiled them. The red is a bit abrasive on the eyes, but oh well. I haven't done too much in it...except traced my tree earrings for my tree page, fiddiling around with patterns and such.










1 comment:

  1. These look great!
    Maybe next time we visit (maybe the night before Hampton? or some othertime that doesn't involve sand) we can collage together, I have a roll of laminating stuff cause I've made a few collaged journals before, meant to sell them but I haven't put them on etsy yet... soon....

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