Glue It Tuesday - mini books

hello! Here's what I got for Glue It Tuesday: not my typical collage but a project involving glue nonetheless! I have been working on a some little books and there is a fair amount of glue used, particularly on the smaller purple book.

 I got excellent instruction from Esther K Smith's 'How To Make Books'.  Here is the booklet I made below.

I put together about 4 of those/signatures together and then glued them all back to back. Then I glued the front and back of that little booklet I made to the purple paper.

 

 

I stitched the other book together rather than glueing it all [I just used a tiny bit of glue on the cording but I still "GluedIt!"] I sewed the signatures to the 'spine' which I created by folding the green paper. I added the beads and that is the first time I tried that. I can see how you can get carried away with embelishing the stitching! I had such a good time making these.

 

 

 

 

I was able to get a bit of drawing done the past few days. Mostly working with my markers these days. Time is not allowing me watercolors right now, but soon!

 

I hope everyone has a great day today:)

Lots of SUN & SMILES

Take care,

Fran T xo

 

Perfect Breakfast and other art

My AEDM and Sunday Sketch art for today
was inspired by my first meal of the day.

 I am not that strong of a breakfast eater but I try.

I like to keep it light but know I

should go heavier on the protein. 

relying alot on Instagram now that I am without a scanner for a few days



Unfortunately, I am a big fan of carbs so they typically

win out due to their ability to easily convert to sugar,

my drug of choice.

Adding more sugar (jam), plus fat (butter),

further enhances the experience.*sigh*

I've been here at my mom and dad's for seven days now,

as of tonight our house is still out of power.

Its obvious we've all got some cabin fever, boy!

You can tell by my page below:))

LOL! have to have a laugh!



Playing and journaling with stamps I made yesterday



 Oh boy, but am I ever grateful for the ability to have a place to go.  My parents are the best, for they have to put up with the bunch of us!!



trying out different patterns



The gas shortage doesn't help because we are

afraid of using the gas in our cars unwisely.

But we did manage to get out today,

my mom had gotten tickets a while back for a

performance at Stony Brook University

so we took the kids there. It was great being out.

When we left the show it was so dark

at 5:30 :(( And driving on the roads

we could still see some sections of homes were still out of power.

 A week is a long time to have no heat and electricity.

more pattern types to try, having fun with this!



These books are so helpful and informative!



 My additional photos shows the great time

I have been having carving new lino stamps and

arranging them into different patters. I love

the effects I am getting and now working

 on making up some cards.

this book is AMAZING and definatly going on my Christmas list!

Hope everyone has a terrific week , I am

back to work completely full time tomorrow. 

One more step towards normalcy! Yay!

Take care