You never "just" do something you explain the painstaking care, love, thought, and planning that goes into every line, brush stroke, paper selection and glimmer mist squirt:) If you just spray some colored paint on a piece of paper it does not sound like you put a lot of thought into it and you just made your work seem juvenile. However, if you tell someone, "Your theme was to evoke visions of multidimensional rainbows by using transparent color medium in random patterns." Then you have elevated your work to that of a professional just by changing your vocabulary.
I had a pile of scrap chipboard that I could never seem to use up, so I challenged myself to use it. I ended up with 22 sets of covers and spines. Some are ridiculously small but it will be fun to see what transpires. Finished one journal from the pile yesterday. It is 8.5 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide with 9 signatures. Only one pocket on the front cover, this one turned out to be all about writing.
I got the pages of my "Short Journal" bound. Each page of the journal is one month. It it broken up into sections. The front of the page has a journaling spot to write one word for the day. The next page has journaling spots to write a few sentences about the week. There is a pocket that faces the "week" spots with tags, and the last page has a journaling spot to write a paragraph or two about the month. Embellishments will be added as the year progresses. I did a tutorial on how i made the pages. http://youtu.be/pJ-4_MxRINk
I was dollar tree shopping and saw a bunch of stuff in the party favor section. I loved the shapes and wondered about using them on a mixed media journal cover. I glued the pieces down with E6000 and painted over it all with fabric paint. I think I will paint the plastic pieces with a paint made for plastic in a different shade of black. Not sure what color theme I'm going to use yet, but I think it's going well. The clock part was a kids necklace that I didn't photograph before I painted it. I love the glow in the dark flowers. I didn't use them for this cover, but there is another one in my head:)
Reminiscent of a time not too long ago when writing and receiving mail was an event.
This writers desk has lots of interesting folds, pockets, and tags. There is a place for everything like pens, pencils, or your favorite fountain pen as well as envelopes and writing pads. There are faux cork board panels for keeping post-it notes. Two other fold out pockets for adding pictures that can also be tied together to make additional pockets. The journal is held together with a Velcro closure and is very portable.
You can find this writers desk on my Zibbet shop at...
https://www.zibbet.com/ann-osborne-reed-creations/postal-themed-portable-writers-desk-stationary-set-journal
Created in the spirit of hand writing. This folded writers desk is decorated in papers reminiscent of the beautiful land of Japan. This portable desk features a writing surface with a small pocket at the bottom for storing writing paper. There are also many pockets that contain writing tags. Two handmade larger pockets are for storing your favorite writing instruments. Included is a hand made feather dip pen. The cover is decorated with a tissue paper border and has a Velcro closure.
You can find this writers desk in my Zibbet shop at https://www.zibbet.com/ann-osborne-reed-creations/portable-japanese-writers-desk
Thanks for watching!
Ann
PS I say Etsy in the video, but I switched to selling on Zibbet recently.
We all make those short but memorable day trips to places like the zoo, a special concert, botanical garden, or museum. This is a great little album to keep mementos and photos of these mini adventures. This photo album contains 6 large envelope pockets to hold lots of photos! Each envelope contains a mini album and journaling cards. The album measures 11.5" long by 5" wide and 2" deep. The title is spelled out using Tim Holtz Ideology license plates. The border is decorated with washi tape and all the closures are Velcro. Each envelope is made from a different themed paper such as cameras, musical scores, call outs, doggie bones etc. There are also two center pockets that contain photo tags.
You can find this album on my Etsy shop at....https://www.etsy.com/listing/208834960/day-tripping-handmade-envelope-photo
This paper is so beautiful I designed this album to fit the paper. I used Tim Holtz Seasonal Paper collection. This is a file folder album with 6 pocket pages. Each page contains a large tag and most pages have pockets that contain smaller tags or folding tags. The cover is embellished with gold ribbon down either side of the spine along with a gold and silver ribbon bunch at the top of the spine. "Celebrate" is on a metal tag on the top left hand corner of the book and "Christmas" is spelled out with hand painted and distressed letters on paper covered chipboard blocks. There is lots of room in this 9 x 10 inch album for many recipes, photos, or both.
You can find this album on my Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/207292380/celebrate-christmas-9-x-10-recipephoto
I also include a plastic quart bag full of the paper scraps and cutouts from the making of this book. There are lots of extra cards and embellishments for you to work with.
This neat little photo album is perfect for tucking in your purse as a brag book or to give as a gift. The album measures 3.5" x 3.5". I used black and white designer paper throughout the book. The closure is a torn cloth ribbon and the front is embellished with handmade paper flowers, rhinestones and custom cut photo corners. I include a package of photo corners with this little album. There are 7 pocket pages that contain one tag for each page.
This album is for sale on Zibbet: https://www.zibbet.com/ann-osborne-reed-creations/paper-flower-micro-photo-album-7-pages-7-tags-measures-3-5-x-3-5-black-and-white
This album measures 5.5 by 8 inches and is made with lined envelopes and card. The cover is chipboard with dimensional flower stickers, designer scrapbook paper, and burlap ribbon. There are 6 double sided pages each with a large pocket that contains a large tag which is also a pocket. Each page contains multiple tags for journal-ling or for photos.
This album is available for sale at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/207288125/spring-green-handmade-mini-photo-album?
Paper bag mini album in black and white. Lots of space for photos and journal entries. This album would showcase old black and white photos nicely. There are 6 pages; each page had two large tags that go into the top of the paper bag pages. Each page also contains at least two smaller tags and a flap that contains writing space. The front is embellished with chip board letters, a hand made paper flower, washi tape, rhinestones, and a ribbon bunch. The covers measure 5" x 7" with the inside pages slightly smaller. There is also a photograph waterfall feature on the inside of the front cover.
This album is available on my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/206269351/black-and-white-mini-album-7x-5-paper
