i had to share another amazing fabric scrapbooking creation. i love that each person sees so many different possibilities this products potential.
this wedding album was sent to me by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer from New York City, where she is the Artistic Director of The Milk Can Theatre Company.
and check out this fabulous detail...she sewed the paper flowers in the page protectors!!! GENIUS!
"I wanted to create a wedding album that felt lush and bright and full of energy. The wedding was held in a beautiful arboretum (so, lots of green backgrounds with plenty of bright flowers) and I wanted to embrace that setting. Therefore, I chose paint and ink colors (green, yellow, blue, and a smidge of red) that reflected the environment.
It was really very, very simple. To create the background for the album cover, as well as each of the canvas pages, I just repeated a basic
process over and over again: I painted a general wash with three colors of acrylic paint. I added a stamped image (always using green ink) to most of the pages. Then, I stamped with a toilet paper tube and acrylic paint.
To create the clear flower pages, I placed flowers into the page protector and then stitched a grid pattern to anchor them in place. This was probably the most difficult step because the flowers just kept slipping around! But, I love the effect! If you'd like to try it, I recommend working in rows and going slowly.
I used gesso to create the white shapes for the journaling. Because it’s a primer, you can paint over anything (photo, background, etc.) and have a nice clean white space to work in. As you might imagine, I used a VERY small brush to paint all the journaling. If you'd like to try painting words, be sure to use a small brush, very little paint, some water (to make the paint flow, but not so much it gets everywhere) and work slowly and in segments."
WOW!! have a great weekend!
week 5: day 31(wednesday) - 8 mile run
- time: 1 hour 34 min
- distance: 8.02 miles
After seeing the flowers sewn in the page protectors, I immediately thought of sewing pockets in the pp... very much like a shower curtain I saw years ago.
I would love to play with one of these albums myself. It looks like loads of fun.
Posted by: wendy G | June 19, 2009 at 09:41 AM
WOW! lovely albums; you never disappoint!
Posted by: Leni | June 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM
This is beautiful. I LOVE the flowers in the page protectors!
Posted by: Jen | June 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM
94 minutes for 8.02 miles? How are you doing for stride length? I do better with shorter, faster strides than I do with longer, slower strides. At first, I felt like a cartoon of a person running, with my feet going way too fast, but then I realized I was moving much faster with less effort.
Posted by: Jean | June 19, 2009 at 02:36 PM
Donna,
I am pretty sure you have read about it and I am not quite sure how your schedule is or whatnot; but being a somewhat experienced runner/triathlete, I have to recommend you start doing some of your runs outside (I have not read all of your posts so I am not sure if you already do). The treadmill is great for squeezing in runs when you are short on time; but it does not compare to running outside in the elements.
Posted by: Danni | June 19, 2009 at 06:28 PM
I know your not a blog award person but I could not help adding you to my list as people with lovely blogs. So you do not need to post it but you can stop in and see it.
Posted by: Debra Abel | June 19, 2009 at 08:29 PM
How did your stress test go? I've been wondering about that since you said you went to the doctor.
Posted by: Kim Hacking | June 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM