The pile of gatherings grew as a happy result of doing some cleaning out of my studio....
I already know the size of my cover (16.5 cm square), so began by quickly putting together 3 folios - a spread that will equal 4 pages when finished. It doesn't seem like many but I've learned from experience that books with less pages are more rewarding to create since they get finished! I will have 12 pages from 3 folios and I can always add more if I find I can't fit in everything I want to express. These are the 6 sides as they began - already with a lace flap and pocket
I'm not going to show you a step by step process. You'll have to take the class ♥ My book has been inspired by gratitude, joy in the creative process, and affirmations related to my recent diagnosis. I want these monthly book creations to be small and thought it would be most useful to take a photo with my hand for size comparison
I was very excited to be able to use many special elements in this book and some favourite and meaningful colours. Pieces of my Great Grandmother's collection of lace
I always love butterflies as one of my special recurring symbols in my art
Meaningful found words - you may remember that this year I am going to Shine with Intention (above)
Including stitch throughout as much as possible
Lovely tyvek beads made by Carolyn Saxby (she's announced her shop reopening Feb 2020) and gifted by a special friend
I ended up with 14 pages since I worked on my 12 double pages separately before stitching them into another folio that was then glued into the cover beneath 2 end pages
Here's my book in detail. Click on any photo to see it larger
I tried my first flip through video. Let me know if you like this or would have liked larger photos of individual pages.
In my first post about this monthly project I said I'm concentrating on small and gorgeous, mixed media and stitched. Intention fulfilled for January ♥
