We were planning to move, so I needed to reduce the amount of accumulated ephemera and wallpaper samples. Simple, right?
I saw a link on Debbie's blog for a class that looked interesting: Mary Ann Moss' Remains Of The Day Journal. I saw the preview and went nuts! The premise is to sew together a bunch of stuff: junk mail, used envelopes, ads, magazine pages, photos, paint chips, labels... You get the picture.
I swear if I had any money to spend (and you know I really don't!) I'd spend it on one of these classes:
This woman is a genius! I'm excited-crazy-inspired about her work!
So anyway, I started tossing paper into a shoebox. Eek! It really isn't hard for a packrat like me to find plenty of material for a paper project. I was having a problem getting started, so I decided that instead of just throwing together random items, I'd use things I like to look at and to play with color combinations. Guess what--I now have--well, take look:
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| Purple and green |
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| All different greens plus peach |
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| Turquoise |
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| Pink, fuchsia, raspberry |
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| Phoebe helping me sew |
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| Burgundy, apricot, rose |
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| Phoebe adjusting the stitch length |
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| Sunset colors: purple, orange, gold... The materials I'm using aren't really the kinds of things used in Mary Ann's class. But her idea really set off some dynamite in my creative center. I think what I have here is a multi-page collage of inspirational colors, handmade papers, bits of graphics and photos and images I like too much to throw away. |
I have several signatures ready to be sewn. But I'm leaving lots of little holes and spaces and pockets so I can write in the finished book, and tuck in stuff whenever I'm inspired.
Thank you Mary Ann Moss!
