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Calcite is a protecting and grounding stone. It can help   bring inner peace and promotes creativity and imagination.

Dec 25, 2024

 

A Wish For You

 

Happy Holidays

 

Christmas Stew

 

Concertina Handmade Art Book - 'Abandoned Houses'

I crafted this Concertina /Accordion Art Book. I purchased the digitals from three different Etsy Shop sellers; 'CherylFrancisART', 'ArtHouseWhimsy' and 'BuyMyPrintz'. I selected the images I wanted to use and resized and printed on Natural Lokta Paper for laser & inkjet printers. The Pages were created using Handmade Lokta Watercolor paper and I used Hemp Cord for the binding.

The Poem is; (a favorite and also featured on my blog homepage) "The House By The Side Of The Road" by Sam Walter Foss. The Album /Journal has 20 pages and measures 4 x 6 inches. The Book is almost 8 feet long end to end when completely unfolded.

A little bit of page distressing and ink splatter were added for interest.

 

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‘Painted Girl With Bird’ Art Journal

I love these images from 'CherylFrancisART'-Etsy. I selected the images I wanted to use, resized them and printed onto Lokta handmade printable papers, distressed the edges and matted each on off-white handmade cardstock paper. Each was matted again onto handmade colored cardstock papers also distressing the edges. These became the pages of the album. Did a simple binding using hemp cord. The images are so sweet, just a lovely album to flip through. Measures 4.5" x 6"

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