Rustic Country Chic Guest Book or Photo Album

This book has been patiently sitting around my studio waiting for me to finish it,

which I finally did this week. Yay me.

It was a case of "am I finished with this or not?" It seemed like it needed

something else. The poor book was relegated to the shelf for 3 months

before I figured out what it was.

 

Beads! The magic touch.

 

 

I didn't want to overload the book with beads...just a subtle something extra,

so I put just three on every other thread.

 

 

I had a lot of fun stamping on the pages and making little pockets and envelopes.

 

This book would make a perfect guest book or photo album for a barn-style, forest theme, wild west, or vintage wedding. You could also use it as a journal for everyday or travel. It can be purchased here.

 

 

Hand Painted Photo Album: Starfish on Ocean Blue

I've been working on a different style of book lately to use as a photo album. I wanted something with a flexible spine but case bound and enclosed, unlike my other open spine books.

I've been experimenting with colors on my art journal pages. Some of them look cool enough to be book covers so I thought I'd give it a try and use one of my designs on this album.

The stitching looks a lot like longstitch but is really more like a pamphlet stitch because I don't have the running threads at the top and bottom of the spine.

 The starfish cut outs are textured and feel almost like real starfish!

The covers are textured to give an aged look. This would be a great album to store beach vacation photos in or could be a beach wedding photo album or guest book.

  I ran some of the pages through my computer and printed various designs on them.

 Other pages I hand stamped and made little tags, photo cards,

and envelopes to store treasures or photos in.

This book is a lot more time consuming than my other books but I'm very happy with the outcome!

I can make a book like this in just about any color at your request.

You can purchase this book here.