My friend
Tracy had a birthday yesterday. Well, I won't be the one to tell you how old she is, but I made her this little book and I wanted to share it with you!
Tracy was having a bit of trouble accepting her new age status, so I decided she might as well head into the new decade with a bit of attitude! I followed the directions for this
nifty little tutorial to make a one-page book. Instead of paper, I used interfacing as my base.
I made some soda can charms and beaded dangles for the spine. I loved that part!
Tracy's hubby threw her a big birthday bash at a local brewery, so I stitched a little vinyl pocket to each page for her to insert photos of the big event. Hopefully they remembered to take lots of pictures!!!
Each page has some little impertinent saying on it, as well as little bits of this and that which I pulled from my scrap bag. This page has painted paper bag pieces on it.
The trick was to decorate the pages in the right orientation and in the right order
before folding and stitching the book. I made a paper sample book and labelled everything. Even then, it took a bit to make sure I folded it exactly the same way. If you are directionally challenged, just go slowly! It was a fun gift to make, for a great cyber-friend who really has nothing to be worried about in the age department! Happy Birthday, Tracy!
Tracy was having a bit of trouble accepting her new age status, so I decided she might as well head into the new decade with a bit of attitude! I followed the directions for this nifty little tutorial to make a one-page book. Instead of paper, I used interfacing as my base.
I made some soda can charms and beaded dangles for the spine. I loved that part!
Tracy's hubby threw her a big birthday bash at a local brewery, so I stitched a little vinyl pocket to each page for her to insert photos of the big event. Hopefully they remembered to take lots of pictures!!!
Each page has some little impertinent saying on it, as well as little bits of this and that which I pulled from my scrap bag. This page has painted paper bag pieces on it. 
The trick was to decorate the pages in the right orientation and in the right order before folding and stitching the book. I made a paper sample book and labelled everything. Even then, it took a bit to make sure I folded it exactly the same way. If you are directionally challenged, just go slowly! It was a fun gift to make, for a great cyber-friend who really has nothing to be worried about in the age department! Happy Birthday, Tracy!
7 comments:
What a fabulous gift and how clever of you to use intefacing!! that will amke it so strudy and much more tactile!! Tracy B must have been over the moon!! Oh to be Forty..................
Hugs!
elizabeth
What a great gift. Some good quotes there. I know you like quotes as much as I do ;-)
That's a great little gift for Tracy, and so thoughtful too! I just love the job you did on it Michelle! When you are making those soda can charms, how do you mitigate the sharp edges?
I LOVE this!! Thank you SO much for creating this for me!! :)
LOVE the colors & yes we did take many pics!! :)
What a fun project! Love the book you made for your friend.
Lucky Tracey! What a great gift.
Nice Michelle, I noticed it over on Tracy's page. She's lucky to have such a good friend :)
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