eye candy of a different variety...

Ta da!! See, I told ya I'd share my journal one day. I was motivated to get it into photo shoot condition today and I snuck into the studio periodically to do so. The book was deconstructed and then the binding was widened and remade with linen binding tape. After the signatures of Fabriano watercolor paper were sewn in the binding is covered with upholstery fabric (scavenged in the art asylum room) and embellished with buttons. The rectangular bit in the center is actually cut all the way thru like windows with a birdie postcard and vintage wallpaper placed behind. I punched holes thru the covers with my Japanese screw punch and tied some of the pretty velvet ribbon used on the cover in them to make a closer. I then glued a vintage pink flower over the top hole.

Here are a few of the spreads inside. In addition to building the actual book Pam's class involved experimenting with various mediums to make backgrounds on the pages so there would always be a page ready for journaling. We did several spreads before even sewing the signatures in the book. One of my favorite techniques is to stitch on the pages before binding to have some fun texture.

These are two of the entries I have done. You can see them larger and a few other shots by clicking on any image and visiting my Flickr album.

And just a note on the "other" Eye Candy. Still waiting on the printer part.. soon, so soon....