Relative History Design Team

I am so excited to share my news!!!  I am honored to be a member of the Relative History Design Teams special Project:  MY DEAREST JANE~

Be sure to check the Relative History Facebook page for all the Events over the next 8 weeks. 

This morning we have the initial launch with an introduction to Jane and her life and discussion about Pride and Prejudice with a little craft project lead by Paula.

Join us for more Jane crafting and discussions:

June 5th  "Sense & Sensibility"

June 19th  "Mansfield Park"

July 3rd "Emma"

Check the Relative History Facebook page for details on the events!!

Relative History announcement on Facebook May 17th!

We have a Special Announcement!
Today I would like introduce you to our New Design Team Members who recently joined Relative History in preparation for our new Jane Austen product launch "My Dearest Jane".

I am also going to take this opportunity to remind you of the wonderful and extremely talented people who have been working with me for over a year!

We are a small company who are growing both locally and internationally! Our friendly team has already achieved some fantastic results and the Magnificent Ten new Ladies are already adding so much! We are all so excited about the coming months.

During the Jane Austen Promotion we will be taking a Journey through 4 of her best loved novels starting with "Pride & Prejudice" followed by "Sense & Sensibility", "Emma" and ending with "Mansfield Park". We will be holding an event for each book where we will be including items for book lovers, crafters and those with a love of history.
A must for any Jane Austen Fan!

Recyling an Old Book for a Paper Journal

USArtQuest has been an awesome partner with the design team at Altered Pages during March, their products are high quality top of the line. Believe me, no one is paying me to say this! Over the next three days I have a project that I will be sharing in stages.  I am up-cycling an old book to be my journal.  I am not sure if I would call my journal a junk-journal or a glue book.  It is not your typical journal, maybe it should be called a paper journal. 

The plan is to fill this journal with  images of  Marie Antoinette from Altered Pages collection of AWESOME images!

Before we get to the journal I would love to introduce you to the wonderful handmade papers from USArtQuest!

They are a feast to a paper addicts eyes!  I can almost feel them with my eyes!

The colors and textures are to die for, there are mulberry papers, glittered papers, sewn papers, botanicals, even wax.

You will find prints and patterns, USArtQuest has it all.

Back to my journal.  If you touch and feel handmade papers you will not be able to toss even the smallest pieces.  That is where a paper journal comes in.

Along with other USArtQuest and Altered Pages products I will be sharing my paper journal journey!

It will be filled with pockets, tags, envelopes and more!

To start I find old books that have outlived there useful life.  The old books HERE would be great for the cover!

Cut the pages from the spine.  If the book is really old it will practically fall apart. 

Then the fun begins... selecting the papers to use in the paper journal book.

Tomorrow we will add pages to the book! 

St Patricks Day is almost here!!!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

Last Year I took a class at my local scrapbook store, THE SCRAPBOOK ZONE and made this book.  I then embellished it with my Altered Pages Erin go Bragh collage sheet and KUNZE German Scrap! 

The front of my book is embellished with this beautiful KUNZE German Scrap frame around the image of the fair maiden from the Altered Pages Erin Go Bragh collage sheet.

On the pull out tab it a precious angel from my collage sheet.

On this page is a sweet boy and girl from the collage sheet.  On the opposite facing page the top of the page is trimmed with beautiful KUNZE German Scrap adhered with Tacky Glue!

Two Irish dancers from the collage sheet and in the corner KUNZE German Scrap corner. On the opposing page a KUNZE horseshoe and shamrock. The shamrock has been highlighted with Wink of Stella... see it glitter!

The KUNZE horseshoe and shamrock were silver, a green tint was added to the shamrock with the grass green Chameleon pen!

Wishing you the LUCK OF THE IRISH

this St. Patrick's Day!!!

Supplies:

Altered Pages Erin Go Bragh Collage Sheet

KUNZE German Scrap

Green Grass Chameleon Pen

Ribbon

Wink of Stella

Pattern Paper

Double Stick Tape

Tacky Glue

Old School Books at Simply Renewed

Today I dropped off a few old school books with great pictures at Simply Renewed Antiques! You can find them with the ephemera.  

Simply Renewed  301 Pacific Ave. * Bremerton, WA.   98337 Phone: 360-479-4101

Awesome Finds at the Thrift Store

Here are a few treasures I picked up recently...  if you know me then you are aware of my love affair with vintage paper!!!  

When I saw this I couldn't pass it up.  At first I thought is was a page from a calendar.  Then I found two others with page numbers on them.  Unless you know of a calendar with 22 pages I don't think this is a calendar page. 

This is an other wonderful find.  A book titled "The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls"  by  Tudor Jenks. (C) 1893 by the Century Company, The De Vinne Press.  The book is about the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.  The Fair ran from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893 with more than 27 million people attending.  Learn more HERE about the Fair!