Today, I'm flattered to be a guest designer attheUnruly PaperArts site. There is a tutorial on creating the pages I use in a many of my albums (I use different style pages for different albums, but this is really my favorite one).
I hope you'll stop by and take a look - towards the bottom of the posting is a section with photos of the completed album, The Secret Garden, and you can see all the embellishing and decoration that went into it. Just click hereto take you there.
Also, here is a video where you can see all the interactive pages and how the album will function as a photograph or keepsake album if you would like.
If you are interested in purchasing this, or a different style album (I do many different styles), you can clickhere to my online Zibbets shop. Or, if you have a specific theme or idea you would like me to work on for you, I love doing special commissions - I just finished a beautiful album for a couple who spent a holiday touring the Italian Riviera...it was fun and a challenge. So don't be afraid to ask!
Now...go make something beautiful!
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(¸.•´♥ Tristan ♥
This is in honor of ME as today is my birthday so I am
This is a 1901 marriage manual from relationship expert Emma
Frances Angell Drake. Emma was a graduate of Boston University Medical
College and a Professor of Obstetrics at Denver's Homeopathic Medical
School and Hospital. But perhaps she was best known for her books.
What a Young Wife Ought to Know is one of many titles in her Purity and Truth, Self and Sex Series. The
main character in the detective series, Anna Blanc,
would definitely have read this book in secret, under the covers, with a
flashlight.
Speaking of which, I first discovered this photo and information about Mrs. Drake from Jennifer Kincheloe, the author of the Anna Blanc detective series.
So, I kept hearing about Pocket Pal Letters being swapped - and I had no idea what they were. Then a group I to which I belong on Facebook (Scrapbooking with M.E.) had a swap and I decided to find out what it was all about and participate.
So I found out. The 'pocket page' is actually one of those nine-section baseball card collector protector pages. Each pocket contains an ATC that you make for your partner, and then you fill the back of the pockets with anything you like (stickers, tea
bags, a note, washi tape samples, pictures, etc.) A short note or letter is included and tucked into one of the pockets. I've noticed that the majority of what people send are small crafting notions and supplies. Just little bits and bobs that are interesting and fun to receive. A short note or letter is included and tucked into one of the pockets.
Then the Pocket Letter is folded up and sent in a standard 10 size envelope.
So, I was assigned Tammy van Erp as a partner, which was exciting because I really love her style of work and knew I would love the ATC's I received from her. Not too greedy, am I?
Well, today it made its long lonely journey from Canada to Connecticut and I found it in the post ... and I just love it! Here is a photo of the Pocket Pal Letter as it arrived ...
It's a shame that I am simply unable to photograph anything in plastic or glass without getting that dreadful glare - but you can get the idea. These are the nine ATC's that are in the front of the page.
This is the back with all the goodies that she sent along with the ATC's...
You can't really see them that well, but there are lots of brass findings, filligree work, fancy threads, miniature clothespins, butterfly embellishments, fancy-topped paper clips, etc. Fun things. She also included in the package a HUGE stack of Strips of Pearls embellishments in ever color in the rainbow. What a treat - they'll last me all year!
Here are individual photos of the ATC's ... be sure to click on them so you get a larger image and can see the details more clearly!
So, that's what the Pocket Letter Pal is all about.
If you'd like to see what I made for Tammy, she made a video of herself receiving and unpacking it (instead of taking photos - she's an over-achiever LOL), you can see it here:
So, that's what the heck all the fuss about Pocket Pal Letters is about!
If you are not familiar with his intricate, detailed, whimsical and astounding work, let me introduce you to the world of Takanori Aiba.
Japanese artist Takanori Aiba, a former maze illustrator for the
Japanese fashion magazine POPYE, spent much of his career as an
architect. Finally, in 2003, he merged his two interests—maze-building
and architecture—to produce these intricate bonsai tree houses.
Japanese
to the core, these miniature architectures combine the organic nature
of bonsai trees with labyrinthian architecture. Jorge Luis Borges would
be proud.
Using craft paper, plastic, plaster, acrylic resin, paint and other
materials Aiba constructs sprawling miniature communities that wrap
around bonsai trees, lighthouses, and amongst the cliffs of nearly
vertical islands.
I would love to visit every single one of these places ... if only I was 5 1/2 feet shorter!
3D epoxy floors let you experience the thrill of going to the toilet in
public by using angled photos and multiple transparent layers to turn
your bathroom into an outdoor space.
mperial, a company from Dubai, has cornered the 3D floor design market
for now, but this product is too popular to remain exclusive for long.
According to Imperial, liquid 3D floors are a recent innovation first used in hotels, offices, and shopping centers.
However, they insist it’s a misconception that decorative screed can
only be used in the bathroom or toilet – in fact, 3D floors are suitable
for any room, “and even villas.”
Clearly, the future in now. See below for some jaw-dropping example of 3D flooring!
Yes! Life does sparkle and shimmer and glimmer and gleam! And I love it! Whether I'm making art, working with fabric, paper, ink and vintage findings - or working on a theatre piece - or sewing like an ecstatic dervish on a new art quilt - I'm always attracted to what shimmers just out of sight...the ghosts of sparkle and the rich dignity of decayed splendor.
Sparkle!
Shimmer!
Glimmer!
Gleam!
Yes! Life does sparkle and shimmer and glimmer and gleam! And I love it! Whether I'm making art, working with fabric, paper, ink and vintage findings - or working on a theatre piece - or sewing like an ecstatic dervish on a new art quilt - I'm always attracted to what shimmers just out of sight...the ghosts of sparkle and the rich dignity of decayed splendor.
Join me on my journey!
