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The other day I almost cackled with glee when I noticed that the McGill Bookstore had received its new shipment of Clairefontaine notebooks. I bought the larger one you see here to replace the notepads I had been using at my desk to plan my day, record happenings, jot down notes, phone messages, etc. It stays at my desk, with my work.
The small Clairefontaine (also grid paper) is my general purpose, always with me, notebook.
The moleskine was meant first for recording 'big phd ideas', and then relegated to 'big ideas', and in general, doesn't get much use. In fact, I've stopped carrying it around with me.
I would recommend the Clairefontaine notebooks over Moleskines. They are of excellent quality, have a good spiral binding (takes up less place, easy to hold in hand and write with anywhere), and cost a lot less then the Moleskines (the two Clairefontaines picutred here together cost less then half of what the Moleskine set me back).
My first altered item. I finished this altered composition notebook and just love it for important notes.
A new school year started (yesterday), so I was inspired to start a 365-project again. I want to picture all my most important memories in this project this school year so I get an awesome 'book' of pictures at the end.
Hopefully I won't forget making pictures because I really do wanted this a long time ago. Behind every picture there will be a real or fiction story (depends on my mood), which I will include shortly in the descriptions.
Story of the Squirrel notebook ~
Once upon a time there was a squirrel. At a night the squirrel said 'hi' to the leaves, but the leaves didn't respond. The leaves only breathed really hard. The squirrel desperately asked mothercat why the leaves were ignoring him. Mothercat answered: 'They are sleeping honey, if you want to talk to them you must wait till you see a bird in the evening. When you see a bird you can make friends'. So the squirrel waited and waited, but no bird came. The squirrel cried and cried tears out loud. Finally a gorgeous pink bird came and asked: 'My dear, why are you crying?'. The squirrel jumped up and as soon as he saw a leaf he tried to talk to it. The bird became sad and mad because he felt ignored, so she left. Back home the squirrel asked mothercat: 'Why didn't the leaves talk? I saw a bird!'. Mothercat laughed and said: 'Honey, the bird are the leaves. The leaves are the birds. They sometimes hide themselves behind those leaves. You can't even tell how smart they are! I have something for you, squirrel.' Mothercat went to her old closet and found a special blue leaf. 'This my dear, was from my old friend Mrs. Birdy. It protects you from bad animals. You can keep it well, or gift someone special with it.' So the squirrel thought about the conversation and waited the next day for the pink bird. The same bird came, but ignored the squirrel. The squirrel said sorry to the bird and gave the bird the special blue leaf. That's how the animals became friends.
the end
Mouse Theme Swap - (made for smilesalot7)
Hand drawn and hand painted with acrylic...I love a mouse in a bowtie! Hot air balloon is stamped, die cut, and adhered with dimensional foam for a 3D effect. Clouds are die cut. Book has a sturdy front and back cover with 30 total interior pages of blue, grey and pink paper. Book pages are bound in a hand sewn method using embroidery floss. Notebook is ATC size (2.5" X 3.5").
Simple project for making pretty notebooks. Tutorial: tinyapartmentcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-minute-gift...
received from renee for the kawaii koala altered notebook swap..
i love her style - it's so layered.. i've tried so hard to do the same on some of my projects but i'm too anal and just can't manage that 'evolved' look to my crafts ;/