There is something about the holiday season that brings out the creativity in most of us, or at least makes us crafty wannabees.
If you doubt me, just check out the magazines in your local bookstore or grocery store. Between the magazines featuring decorating for the holidays, craft magazines with every imaginable configuration of greeting card, popsicle stick craft and recycling and repurposing project, and cooking magazines that have you drooling all over yourself in the middle of the store aisle, you would probably have enough ideas to keep you going each and every hour between now and Christmas!
I know that being artsy and creative is part of your life. And, if you have followed my blog and bought kits over the years, I know that you love artsy, creative and funky books that you make by hand. I know that you love to decorate your books and that most of you have stashes that would rival your local scrapbook store :).
So, in thinking about what you love, I am releasing a new Workshop to Go project...a set of instructions for a new project with a tried and true book structure, the tag flag book.
When I started designing the cover of this book, I wanted you to be able to use your stashes. The design of this book came on the heels of going through my creative product bins, trying to decide what I needed and what had to go. I came up with a box of little pieces of fabric...too cool to get rid of but too small to do justice to a large fabric art project...as well as lots of scraps of my favorite paper. Like vintage 7 gypsies script paper, for instance...does ANYONE throw that away, ever?
Enter "The Tree of Peace, Joy and Hope", a fabric "log" tree which graces the cover of this fun album!
What a great way to use your fabrics, papers, and one of a kind baubles. And, what a great project to add to a pillow top or to frame in a large shadowbox! If you don't celebrate Christmas, this would make an awesome blessings tree/gratitude book or a great dimensional nature book.
This Workshop to Go will teach you how to create your own tag flag book...and will provide step by step photos (always great to have). But, not only will you learn a book structure, but you will also learn how to create the cool tree, how to make looped ribbon fringe, and how to make a button garland. The instructions also include ideas on how to use this book structure (other than a holiday book) as well as ideas on how to decorate your tags.
If you are looking for a funky album to capture lots of pictures and stories, this is your baby. There are nine tags that can be decorated on both sides, a front inside cover with a pocket to house LOTS of pages of pictures, as well as a back inside cover to decorate and add your photos.
I guarantee that the viewers and readers of this book will not be bored! We all know that kids absolutely love pop up books. Well, truth be told, so do most ADULTS! :) The pop up nature of these tags will have your family and friends picking up your album again and again (not to mention how many times you will want to look at it too!).
One of the beautiful things about a workshop to go is that you can download and save the instructions now and then build the album and decorate at your leisure in your own personal space. I provide very detailed instructions and photos along the way so it's like you are taking a class without going anywhere. Another beautiful thing is that you get to use products that you love...a great way to dip into your stashes and make them into something artistic and meaningful.
This Workshop to Go, complete with instructions, photos, and lots of ideas is available for a limited time for just $12.95. Lots of info for that amount, for sure!
Here's how it works. At the bottom of this post is a Buy Now button. Simply click on it and PayPal will process your order and will notify me. I will then send you an email with the access information to the password protected site where you can download your instructions and save or print them. If you could allow me up to 48 hours to respond, that would be much appreciated! If you don't hear from me by then, please email me to let me know. Sometimes an order or two slips by without me knowing about it.
This project a perfect blend of art and craft...a structure that can be used over and over again for lots of different occasions and get this...it can even be used as the family Christmas card. (Not kidding you...one of my friends used this book as her Christmas card...I got one and it was soooo cool. Have no idea how long it took her but being on the receiving end sure was fun! Thanks, Gina :))
Indulge your super enhanced creative spirit by ordering your Workshop to Go today. This workshop will be available until November 25th, at which time the buy now button will be removed. Order your download today...you definitely won't want to miss out!
As always, thanks for your orders and your referrals to friends and family. Hope you have a wonderful and super creative holiday season!
From my studio to yours,
