What a Birthday Weekend!

 

What a Birthday Weekend!

This past weekend was my birthday and my husband got us tickets to the musical "Tommy" in Stratford Ontario (which was excellent by the way). We stayed at Conestoga College in Kitchener (great accommodation for a very reasonable price- highly recommend it). Over the weekend, I visited five different Scrapbook Supply Stores (from Cambridge to Elmira) and spent way too much money on scrapbook and art supplies (like about $650.00 worth!). We had dinner at several really interesting places and the weather was perfect for patio dining. It has been a while since I have shopped until I dropped for supplies. All I can say is I wish I lived in the Kitchener/Waterloo area of Ontario just for the number of scrapbook stores. My area (Oshawa) really only has Michaels so you know how limiting that can be. So if you are ever in the Kitchener area I suggest you check out the following stores: The Scrapping Bug and Two Friends Scrapbooking (Kitchener), The Scrapping Turtle (St. Jacobs) and The Art House (Cambridge).

Book Sculpture

Book Sculpture - "Hardly"

I recently discovered a You Tube Video by Johwey Redington showing how to fold pages in an old hard covered book to create a very interesting work of Art. So I tried my hand at it and the result is shown below. You can go to my You Tube Channel (http://youtu.be/doLlD9dMhWY ) and see this in more detail as well. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try and I will be attempting others once I stock up on some old books from my local Value Village.

Vintage Grunge Album

Another album using grunge design. Check out the Youtube video at: http://youtu.be/iXq5Lb4wAdY

 

 

Vertical Paper Bag Album

This album uses lunch bags for the pages. Lots of these designs can be found on Youtube but many don't use the bags in a vertical set up.

Raven Album

This is really a journals as opposed to an album.

Fashionista Album

A gift album for a friend who is into fashion in a big way. Check out the Youtube Video at: http://youtu.be/GI-3GSWlFJ8

Paris Trash Album

Another gift album for a friend who is into all things Paris.