With the kids back to school, three friends and I got together this week to create new Planners for the school year. We had a great time, eating, talking and drinking mimosas and coffee. Since making a planner tends to be a big project, we decided to allow two full days to work together.
On our first day, I decided to create a piece of fabric paper. I talked about this process in a
Fabric Paper Design post last December. This is one of my favorite ways to "play" with design and color. Here is a look at what the fabric paper turned out like:
The next step for me was to paint the front and back cover with black gesso, one of my favorites. I decided to use glimmer mist on the front to give the cover a little sparkle. I drew a tree on the back side of the fabric paper, cut it out and glued it to the front cover. Using old Somerset Magazines (they tend to have the best fonts), I cut out the letters for the word Planner.
For the pages, I used the free printable weekly planner page templates available at
Vertex42. I used these pages last year for my Planner and they worked great to keep track of all the millions of kid activities and all the jewelry To-dos.
For a final organizational tool, I sewed a pocket using
Grunge paper from Tim Holtz. I love the feel and the smell of this paper! It smells like leather!
So here is the final result! Let me know what you think about my new
Planner.
I love the awesome metal key that my friend Allison gave me. I am using it as a page marker, it sure beats the paper clips I used last year.
I did get a chance to finish up a few pieces of new jewelry; a pair of flip flop earrings, coffee cup earrings, a peace sign necklace and a few other surprises. Look for the new pieces to appear on my Esty shop over the next few days.
I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and I will be back to blog on
Monday about what will be happening next week at my studio. Stay tuned for a
news of a
New Store carrying Stacie Jewelry....
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