…to what?
Yes, my birthday. I told you that in my last post.
Also to something ‘big’, I told you that too, but I ain’t going to
spoil the fun now by telling you more then that.
Not yet my friends, not yet.

Let me tell you this though: the news will not only be exciting for all crafters –
it will also be interesting to photographers & haiku writers out there!

Is that a hint?
Hardly, but I won’t give you more.
Just wait and see on Sunday!

There’s no sense in breaking your head over it now any further,
so let me divert your mind of ‘the secret’ and show you what I got today.

(Remember: you can click on each image to enlarge)

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For Haiku my heart:

Shadows

Haiku My Heart is a wonderful place where people from all over the world
post beautiful photos and and write amazing Haiku. It is hosted by Rebecca
and you can find the list of participants on her blog recuerda mi corazon.

Today one of my best friends celebrates her birthday! (Happy birthday ‘sis’.)
I made her this little book.

Blij boekje (happy little book)

I love to take photos of all sides!

Here you can see how the spine inside folds like a harmonica.

This is what the spine looks like when it’s closed.

After the stick has been removed, the spine reveals its ‘secret’…

… an (old) photo of me and my friend. (I couldn’t find a nice, more recent one.
We should meet and take new photos soon Lenny!)

With this post the weekend starts!
For me it will be a very happy and exciting weekend!
Sunshine, a birthday, presents and ‘the big announcement’…

I hope to see you here to celebrate with me on Sunday!

Aaah…. I know how to keep you in suspense, don’t I?

What am I so anxiously expecting on October 2?
And what’s with that time: 10.50 am?

Well, for one thing…. Sunday is my birthday!
I was born on 10.50 am exactly.

But there is more…

… as you know the last couple of weeks (Months) I worked
on something ‘big’. The time has finally come to reveal it…
and what could be better then revealing it on my birthday?
I might even throw in a give-away, to celebrate.

I hope you all count down with me…

On to the art journal page I made about last week.

The Chronicles of Marit 2011 – Week 38

Teeeeeheeeheee…

Yes, there’s a lot of journaling on the page.
You can not read, or even see one letter of it,
for obvious reasons.
(uhhuh – counting down)

“Do you have something to share that isn’t a secret”
you ask? Oh yes, there’s something I indeed LOVE
to share with you!

Seth hosted an online ‘stack’ project last week (see
this blogpost) and he really started something. I
hopped to several blogs on the ‘stack list’ and that’s
how I ‘met’ Alicia from Altered bits. This lady got
triggered by the stack project, and came up with
another idea…

She puts it like this: “I have stacks on the brain as
of late and this could be a HUGE stack…  introducing:
the tallest handmade book in the world {project}.”

Alicia calls all artists to make pages for the book
that she wants to bind into the tallest handmade book!

I already signed up and I hope you also will hop over to Alicia to find out all
about the project and agree to make a page or two… the tallest handmade book
in the world: you know you want to be in it! Read about it here on Altered Bits.

Back to the clock counting down… besides my birthday and the ‘big reveal’,
it also marks the last day of registration for these workshops…

Click on each image to find out all about these art journal workshops.
There’s still room: be sure to register before Sunday if you want to join!

Although the clock will still be ticking on Friday, I hope to be back then
with another blogpost. Have a lovely week dear ones, see you at the
end of the week (and on Sunday ofcourse!)