Wednesday, May 14, 2008

..i spy..

I woke up this morning worse than yesterday. Even standing up too long makes me tired. So I am under orders from Jeff and my mom to do nothing but sit or lay around. Well I can't just lay there and be unproductive, so I got the "ok" to scrap while I'm taking it easy.

I made this mini album using some coasters I found at the dollar store. I just peeled the cork off of the bottom (they're cheap, so it came off really easily) and sanded the top. Then I covered one side with some MME Magnolia paper, and painted the other side light blue. Then I stamped some flourishes, added some light paint swipes and stamped the journaling lines. The coasters had rounded edges, so I rounded my photos too. Jeff was nice enough to drill the holes for me. You can't operate machinery when you're on medication you know, it says so on the bottle! Then I just added my little rings and voila! I used rings so that I can add more pages later. The idea for this came from a challenge at The Design Experiment to make a project based on your senses.







8 comments:

  1. I'm sorry to hear your not feeling well! I hate being sick during Spring time. It's just wrong! I will pray that your bug goes away soon :)

    I absolutely love this mini book!! You did a great job :) I love the MME Magnolia line. I'm using it for my grandma's heritage album right now.

    Thanks for popping over to my blog, even when you're not feeling well!! I always enjoy reading your comments.

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  2. Sorry you have the crud...it's awful. Hope you get over it fast!! Your mini album is too cute. Neat idea. Feel better fast!!

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  3. That is an awesome Mini Album!
    I love yoour painting! What a great idea!

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  4. Love your mini! I can't believe you made it while you were sick! I'm creatively useless when I don't feel well. Get better!

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  5. What a sweet little mini! Love the theme. Thanks so much for stopping by blog and leaving a comment. Hope you start feeling better soon. :)

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  6. Hope you feel better soon. Love the little coaster book. Really turned out nice.

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  7. Love that mini album. I just bought about a dozen packages of round coasters from the dollar store with the same idea but mine are circles.

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