Recycled book Dayplanner/Journal - 2014

Wow, this was a great project to work on

but my goodness it took time to make it!

Waiting and watching paint drying only makes it take 

twice as long to dry i'm sure! 

I did help it along a bit with my trusty heat tool,

but you have to be patient when working with old book pages, 

they are so dry that they suck up a great deal of the paint, and retain moisture

but i wanted the finished pages to be a bit firm so

I chose specially old books with thick pages.

I mean you couldn't have a dayplanner with flimsy pages, 

it just wouldn't do!

I tryed to document the 'birth' of my planner, and for once whilst

 making a project i think I've managed to capture each stage! 

Could it be cos I am super eager to use my 

Canon EOS 7D

and my gifted  

to dye for  

Canon EF 50mm

ILOVEIT!!

This might be my longest post to date...

SO get your scroller finger ready 

for a workout! 

(want to see an image larger? 

just click on it ;O)

 

well that was my 2.5 inch thick (!) dayplanner.

I ended up using 3 old books and had to really rack my brains

as to how to hold it all together.

Its so damn thick! 

I had orginally decided to use my bind-it-all machine 

but soon found out that the biggest spirals they 

make for the Bind-it-all where going to be WAY too small.

I considered splitting it up into 2 or 4 parts for the 1 year,

but decided it would be easier to keep control 

over dates etc if it was kept as 1 book.

SO the search began to find binding rings that were large enough.....

....not something I manged to source nearby i hastend to add!

These well traveled 3.5 inch puppies arrived on my doorstep the other day

sent all the way from HONG KONG baby!

(and here was I trying to be green!).

Now i'm looking forward to decorating each and every one of the 365 pages,

I'm hoping my boys will help me too.

(A fun way of keeping track of how much they improve on their

writing and drawing skills throughout the year).

Thats all for now folks,

thanks for stopping by :O)

Nina x

Handmade book

Another project I made in 2012.

A book I made using lots of Tilda -panduro papers  inside,
and Macaulay Arts design paper on the front cover.

Distress inks and roughed edges......

 Above; a peek inside the book, 

Above; with some plain bazzil pages  inbetween the design papers

I clipped out and glued in some co-ordinating borders.

 Above; the back side.

 Above; for the front plate I used a die cut from Heidi Swapp, 

I just distressed it with ink and the pattern shone through.

Above; you can see the leftover threads, 

hidden under the book spine.
  I used my sewing machine to bind the pages.

Storage pot and note pad.

Firstly I must say that I am so chuffed that so many of you loved

my Tea light card in the post before this one!

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Here is a wee project I made for myself (!)

To help keep order in my tiny crafting space :O)

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A notebook and altered metal food tin.

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Close up of note pad.

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The sweet and bright coloured paper is from Green Gate,

The ornate chipboard shape is from Heidi Swapp.

( I have distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Distress - Broken China)
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I am entering this into the following challenges:

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Oldie but a goodie - #10 - Bright and cheerful :O)

Paperplay challenges - Cutie patootie

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Thanks again for all of your comments, they make me smile.

Hugs Nina xx