Art and Soul, Day 3

 
Saturday brought a fun little "junk" book with Gaye Medbury, called "Stitched and Tied, Too." We used all sorts of things...tags, vintage scraps, envelopes, and even a little cloth bag! Gaye pushed our creativity a bit...we began with plain white paper for our covers. We arted up that paper in various ways - paint, ink, stamps, collage, etc. The point? You don't need fancy paper to create something 'Oh so cool!"

 
These are two of Gaye's samples; my own book has been constructed but not yet decorated. You'll see it sometime soon. These are mostly vintage in appearance; mine is a bit more funky and colorful? (Not surprised, are you?)

 
The spines of these little sweeties are constructed from some stury cloth, which we stamped and stenciled. The cloth hides the foundation for a concertina accordian spine.

 
The differently sized "pages" of this book delight me; I have always loved things peeking over and from behind; it whets the curioustiy.

 
The books are so tactile...napkins, metal, paper, etc. A surprise of some sort awaits you each time you turn the page!

 
Gaye's aura attracts all sorts of goodies when she haunts estate sales and yard sales. She shared some of her own images as well as providing a little goodie bag. Beads and baubles were available to use...what a wonderful and generous teacher!  See the little blue squares? Microfiche!

I'm going to go work on my book a bit...day 4's adventures coming to a place near you very soon!

Comments

[Kim Mailhot]

little scraps of magic ! ;)

[Sherry Smyth]

Building a book with hiding spots and fold outs and nooks and crannies...and using odd bits like microfiche...how cool is that!

[Theresa]

Hi Paula! This is Theresa, your classmate from Gaye's class. So happy I finally got around to visit you on your blog and have enjoyed perusing around. I didn't realize you'd taken Misty's class - so fun reading about it - and wondered how the LK class went. Your photos are EXCELLENT and I'm looking forward to your next post.