These cold winter evenings have been brightened with this project and the house is littered with spidery lengths of red thread that cling to any passing body. And offcuts of paper, fabric, lace and ribbon. Nothing is safe from my scissors. (It reminds me of the time my mother, on preparing to go out for an evening 'do', circa 1970, and following one of my 5 year old fabric scavenging sessions, took a large print evening skirt - like I say, it was 1970...- from her wardrobe, to find a doll-shaped sillhouette cut from the very middle of it. Not a good look for a dinner party. How, or why she didn't kill me I'll never know! I think the long skirt ended up as a mini, and my dolls were thereafter very well dressed, so all was not lost.)
I love the fat chunkiness of it, paper bursting, threads hanging. Scrappy indeed.
pages, waiting to be filled. I think it may last me the year, but I'm already planning the next one. I am addicted, for sure.
it looks so cute and creative. i'm working on a moleskine - filling it up now. it's fun and relaxing.
love the story about your mum's skirt - she was a very good mum indeed. i can remember my mom taking my dad's shirt sleeves and cutting them off short for the summer and i love making doll clothes out of the remnants.
Posted by: charlane | January 09, 2010 at 05:21 PM
I love this, Maz! It looks so tactile and just invites you to have a leaf through it. Fantastic!
xxx
Posted by: Bobs | January 10, 2010 at 10:50 AM
This is so stunning! I want one SO bad! lol
Posted by: nicole renee | January 11, 2010 at 01:06 AM
I am totally in love with your journal. It's a good thing you don't live nearby, or I might be tempted to snag it!! *laughs* Seriously, it's gorgeous and I adore the RED and all the buttons. YUMMY! You did a fantastic job. I am your new fan. *wink*
Posted by: Lelainia | January 11, 2010 at 07:10 AM
Wonderful work, I've enjoyed looking at each pic in detail!
Posted by: Christina | January 11, 2010 at 09:12 AM
This is a beautiful journal. I especially like the buttons. Great work! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Victoria Bolton | January 12, 2010 at 04:05 PM
Stunning - there is no other word for it!
Posted by: Bekka | January 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM