Dawn's Wedding Present

I usually give people a painting for their wedding, so I had Dawn send me a photo she liked. She actually sent me four photos that she had taken in a photo booth. This is the only one that turned out at all. It's watercolour, but done just in shades of blue and grey because the original photo was in sepia-tone and somewhat blurred.

Happy Birthday Moleskine Cover

It's been a busy but pretty terrific last week or so, especially yesterday's Our Lady Peace: Clumsy Set concert (if you ever get the chance, go), and will be capped off by my husband's birthday today. I started out with waffles topped in gobs of cherry pie filling (he loves that stuff) and whipped cream, and ending in a pile of presents.

He loves Moleskine notebooks (traitor!) so I made him a cover for him based on a photo he loved. He wanted one with this type of closure that keeps the book secure and holds a pencil:

Turned out great! I can't believe how well this stays shut. With a few adjustments of the measurements and whatnot (I am NOT sewing the whole thing again. That took forever, hurt my hand, and just didn't turn out as precisely as I like) I think I will have a new product for my Etsy shop.

He loves maps, and I had just enough leftovers to cover this one. I accidentally put the back cover on upside down though. Too late! I'm not going to tell.

Nice and snug. I left the elastic on and usable, though I doubt there's much of a point with the outside closure. The only problem is the envelope in the notebook is covered, or at least held down, by the strap. I will have to find a way to include one in the next book. Possibly the front will have a strap but the back will have a large pocket the Moleskine cover slips underneath. hmmmm.

Gift Wrapping!

One of my books was purchased yesterday as a gift, so the new owner doesn't want an invoice or anything included. But it just doesn't feel quite right sending it off plain. (I usually include a thank you card). So I got out the giant roll of paper I nabbed at Art Junktion and used my pumpkin stamp all over it to make wrapping paper. tada! I quite like it, even just using some leftover ink, so I think I'll get a nice bright red stamp pad so I can do this whenever I need. I'd love to get some heavier paper or cardboard and actually make boxes, then stamp the tissue paper inside and really do it up, just like at the jewellery store. I will keep a look out for something suitable.