I took a online tutorial class with Ann Moss from www.dispatchfromla.com recently. Knowing that my upcoming Costa Rica trip was scheduled this August, I had a creative desire to create travel journals for all of the travelers--four ladies!
I was able to find some of my personal stamps (everything is packed away presently) for summer flair.
My first pages. . .
Many mistakes were made as I began creating them at the last possible moment! Amidst caring for Kawai + the boys, preparing for the first vacation camping in the Sierra's--it seemed chaotic & crazy; and yet, the excitement in grabbing paper for FOUR travelers was a challenge I could not resist!
Constrained by time, I was not as shabby chic as the tutorial called for. Working with a sewing machine on paper was new to me & I enjoyed it. So much was going through my mind as I worked on these journals, I wanted to personalize the pages with supplies that I own but I didn't have much time so that did not materialize as much. I was able to staple small photos sporadically throughout the journals.
My kitchen looked like this most of the day, for about a week, until hubby came home!
Machine sewn. . .with EIGHT signatures (meaning page inserts to give each journal forty pages, 2 "signatures" per journal). A gift for Sarah, Nikki, Lacette & I. Woot! Woot!
The Journals I pieced together recently featured a few of my personal mermaid & coral stamps I had carved in the past. It was a nice little touch I thought & I wished I had a few more. . .which began that desire to carve again. Part of me doesn't want to let summer go, it's like this with me every year. Summer consists of crazy burst of summer skies, oceans & shells--it's hard to let go. I sketched a total of three mermaids, can't seem to get my fill of them! The idea of a pregnant mermaid seems perfect since Sarah lives with me, she had Kawai & so many of her friends have had babies along with her, or like April, is having one.
Carve slowly. . .in between all the buzyness I live in.
It begins to look messy, but you remain patient.
And here she is. Makes for sweetness through & through! Perfect stamp for Mommies! And the memory of being hapai (with child).
