Chilly Old January

I put together the new notebook I started making. I wanted the cover to be quite sturdy but flexible so I combined the old, hard notebook cover and some leather. It can take the knocks of being carried around everywhere, it opens flat and has room to expand when I add things. Really pleased with…

A Good Start/Finish 2021

I have a first finish of the new year! When I looked over the table of January 2020 I realised there were two things on it that really hadn't changed over the past year, the summer cardie and the Autumn Plaid blanket. I decided it was going to be my project to complete one of…

Another Tin Book

Just after I finished the last book in a tin, Roxanne Evans Stout did a workshop with a book in a tin too. I decided to join in. A bit of a busman's but it's nice to do these things with others sometimes. I had a nice aluminium tin which I'd bought some sequin pots…

Put a Plaster On It

The tin book is now just about finished, but the tin itself may need some work at some point. It's a lovely dressings tin, I'd say from the '50's or '60's by the font, so I don't want to leap in there and then regret it. I was finishing off the pages and realised I…

Little Book Finish

I really enjoyed putting this one together. It turned out nice and fat and full. A lot of the pieces are very dimensional. Here are a few of the inserted pieces on their pages. All the finished stacks together before I put them in the book. Of course that has led me on to wanting…