Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2009
My Day
Yesterday and today, I went for walks outside. 1 hour yesterday, and 1 hour and 20 minutes today. I took quite a lot of photos both times. Not much else happened. Yesterday I went to the library on my walk, and picked up a couple books that I had on hold. Tomorrow, I am planning on going to the library again, since I have something else in for me. I still haven't gotten the application for the camp. I wonder when they are going to send it.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Girlfriend Deco Books
Things You'll Need
To make the books:
Bright neon card stock in colors of your choice (we used purple, pink, blue, green, yellow and orange)
1/8-inch circle paper punch
Brightly colored rat-tail craft cord
Brightly colored pony beads
Glue
Scissors
To decorate the pages:
Assorted small stickers, including alphabet stickers
Assorted small paper die cuts
Scraps of fabric and decorative paper
Colored pens, glitter pens, markers
Glitter, sequins
Charms
Colorful craft wire, ribbon
Small buttons
Glue, double-sided tape
Scissors
Before the Party
Make a book for each party guest. Each book should have at least one page for each guest. If you're having 10 guests, each book should have at least 10 pages, not counting the covers.
Let's Begin
Cut card stock in half down its length. Pieces should measure 4 1/4" x 11".
Fold each piece in half and run your finger along the crease. The folded pieces will measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.
Open folded pages up. Using a pencil and ruler, mark two dots right on the crease. One should be 3/4 inch from the left edge. The other should be 3/4 inch from the right edge. Use the paper punch to punch a hole at each dot.
Repeat step 3 on all pieces of card stock.
Stack as many pages as you need for a book. The holes should line up.
Cut a 12- to 15-inch piece of cord. Thread one end through one set of holes, from the inside of the book to the outside. Thread the other end of cord through the other set of holes.
Knot the cord ends together outside the book, or tie them in a bow. Thread a pony bead onto the ends of the cord if you want.
At Your Party
Set out all the supplies -- glue, scissors, stickers, pens, ribbon and other things. Give a book to each guest. Then, have the girls pass around their books and have each girlfriend decorate a page or two in each book.
To make the books:
Bright neon card stock in colors of your choice (we used purple, pink, blue, green, yellow and orange)
1/8-inch circle paper punch
Brightly colored rat-tail craft cord
Brightly colored pony beads
Glue
Scissors
To decorate the pages:
Assorted small stickers, including alphabet stickers
Assorted small paper die cuts
Scraps of fabric and decorative paper
Colored pens, glitter pens, markers
Glitter, sequins
Charms
Colorful craft wire, ribbon
Small buttons
Glue, double-sided tape
Scissors
Before the Party
Make a book for each party guest. Each book should have at least one page for each guest. If you're having 10 guests, each book should have at least 10 pages, not counting the covers.
Let's Begin
Cut card stock in half down its length. Pieces should measure 4 1/4" x 11".
Fold each piece in half and run your finger along the crease. The folded pieces will measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.
Open folded pages up. Using a pencil and ruler, mark two dots right on the crease. One should be 3/4 inch from the left edge. The other should be 3/4 inch from the right edge. Use the paper punch to punch a hole at each dot.
Repeat step 3 on all pieces of card stock.
Stack as many pages as you need for a book. The holes should line up.
Cut a 12- to 15-inch piece of cord. Thread one end through one set of holes, from the inside of the book to the outside. Thread the other end of cord through the other set of holes.
Knot the cord ends together outside the book, or tie them in a bow. Thread a pony bead onto the ends of the cord if you want.
At Your Party
Set out all the supplies -- glue, scissors, stickers, pens, ribbon and other things. Give a book to each guest. Then, have the girls pass around their books and have each girlfriend decorate a page or two in each book.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
A Really Cool Project
I am one of the people helping out with a really cool project, called the We Matter! Project. It is a project to create awareness about people with disabilities, and to tell people that people with disabilities are human beings too, and that we have feelings. Here are the links for the project:
The main project website a friend created:
http://www.geocities.com/wematter@ymail.com/
The website I created:
http://www.freewebs.com/wematterproject/
My blog for the project:
http://wematterproject.blogspot.com/
A blog another friend created:
http://thewematterwritingproject.blogspot.com/
A group I created on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=226100067&gv=12#/group.php?gid=65395487640
This will hopefully become a book someday. I can't wait to see it as a book. That would be really cool.
The main project website a friend created:
http://www.geocities.com/wematter@ymail.com/
The website I created:
http://www.freewebs.com/wematterproject/
My blog for the project:
http://wematterproject.blogspot.com/
A blog another friend created:
http://thewematterwritingproject.blogspot.com/
A group I created on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=226100067&gv=12#/group.php?gid=65395487640
This will hopefully become a book someday. I can't wait to see it as a book. That would be really cool.
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