4 of 30

The breath you take when you get a good idea...

3 of 30

Feeling Free and never taking it for granted.

Day 2

This is Day 2 of 30/30 project... I made the book in the previous post and I am making it a book of toasts. Things I want to make a toast too and remember....

Here's too...

New Journal and 30/30 project

I watched a video on youtube about making a journal out of a pad of watercolor paper. It looked fun to do so I did it.

First, I had to cut the edges of paper in a decorative design..

First, I had to cut the edges of paper in a decorative design..

Then the back of the pad is cut in half.

And taped together - I used packing tape but you could use bookbinding tape too.

I added scrapbook papers to the front

and glued them
added interior pages,

And then covered my tape with foil tape.

I sewed 2 signatures in,

and used foil tape to put on the outside. It covered up the stitching and I put plastic flowers underneath and then burnished them to show up.

I love this tape! You could use all kinds of objects underneath for a design.

This is a top view.

Now to fill all the pages!!

On one of my yahoo groups, we are doing a 30 projects in 30 days. This is Day 1. Shh, don't tell that I am days behind and now need to get to work.:)

400 posts - really?

I can't believe that I have done 400 posts on this blog!

For a short break from out regular programming






A video I shot as part of the library team of Teresa and I. We had to do a book review, post it on youtube and then post it here.

So here it is!

Hurray for all tasks done!

Still workin...

Yeah, I'm still here... stayin busy doing yard work, painting, decluttering. Lotsa fun!

Oh and working online.

These are some items I have listed on ebay at the moment.

Have a good day!

Podcasts

For my work, I am doing 10 tasks learning Web 2.0 technologies.

This weeks task is to listen to a podcast and report on it and how podcasts could be used in a library setting.

I have listened to some, but for this task I listened to one at voodoo lounge - a blog by Rice Freeman-Zachery who is a very creative person herself! I listened to her interview Kelly Rae Roberts who I wanted to hear more about. The podcast is here.

I have a print of hers that you can see in my top banner, and I also have her book Taking Flight. Her website is here.

It was very informative, telling of how she started and advice for people that want to start being more creative or pursue their art. It is nice to put a voice to a name too. Pretty cool.

I can see how people could get caught up in these! There are tons of art and craft podcasts and I am glad I now have a connection that is fast enough. Very cool that they could be put on ipods too and listened on a commute or waiting in line!

I think there are a few ways these could be used in a library. There are many podcasts on book and DVD reviews, and many meet the author ones. It would be interesting to get to know a favourite author better.

If a patron showed an interest in a subject, for example travel - we could also point out the podcasts for more information. We could have links on the website sorted by subjects and pointing people to the different places to download.

Just like audio books are good for car trips or people with vision impairments, these would be good for that as well.

Very interesting!

eeek!

Uh, yeah... I am buried in stuff. Moving around stuff, sorting stuff, stuff to dump, stuff to thrift stores and stuff to sell.

The snow is finally gone and I'm in the midst of getting the house ready to sell and fixed up and SORT, SORT, SORT. It's so wonderful to purge!

That's what I've been doing - you?

Macro Photography

I opened up Pioneer Womans Photography blog today to see one of my photos made the cut!!

The topic is Macro and check out some more great photos here.

Woohoo!

New journal book

The weather here has been amazing - high 20's!!! LOVE it - so I have been outside as much as possible.

I went down to visit my Mom and clean out some stuff and I had an AHA moment when I was moving some old records. I took all the records out of the book and look what it is....

Won't this be perfect for a journal altered book? Each section is an envelope and heavy brown paper. I can just cover up the holes with other paper and I am good to go!

This is on the inside of the front cover and very cool too. Could be great for a round robin and a sign in page! See - it has ARTIST already there.

This project is goin to the back burner of many other things I have to do around here, but I thought I would share.