For those who didn’t know already, I worked on a “Book of Me”
throughout August. On the Cocoa Daisy forum there was a
daily “BOM challenge/theme” to make pages for your own book
and if you did them all, you ended up with 31 pages…
I skipped some challenges along the way ’cause I didn’t like all the
themes, and now I’m almost done with my book.
Still two pages to make (maybe three, after today’s challenge is posted
and I like the theme) and I want to make one “last page” myself, but
since the rest is done I made the cover last weekend.
This had to be
MY BOOK, so
I chose my
favorite materials
for the cover.
Paper from an
old encyclopedia
and spray ink in
my fave colours!
I hand wrote & cut
the title to use as
a mask. It simply
says “I”
Right now, it has
17 pages but look
how BIG it became!
Photo from aside…
I never can resist
to take photo’s from
the side!!!
On to the pages I made last week.
Here’s the one I made with the challenge/theme from August 23
“What’s in your handbag”
I put transparencies in between the pages on which I traced some
things from my handbag, the third photo should make it clear…
Journaling says “Some things – from my handbag”
Keys – Lighter – Notebook – Wallet – Pen – Cigarettes
The next (August 24) is a digital page.
The challenge was to “take self-portraits that do not include your face”
I loved this one!!!
Title: “Self Portrait (in pictures)”
- Addicted! My tobacco
- Scrap tools
- My perfume for 25 years (Paris – Yves Saint Laurent)
- List with my blood pressure values on the fridge
- Some of my music
- I play with stones in my garden
- My morning ritual: coffee from this mug
- Periodontitis – so I brush real good!
- Some of my diaries
- Reading glasses (+1)
- Black leather handbag
- I always wear this necklace
- House shoes
- My favourite night dress
Next BOM page (August 25) was about travelling.
“What kind of travelling do you love? Camping in the hills?
A Beach Holiday? where have your favourite destinations been?”
I almost skipped this one, ’cause I don’t like to travel (I wrote about it
when I listed “facts” about myself, at the end of this post) but then
I remembered I still have some left-over photo’s from the one vacation
I really, really liked – the trip I took with my friend Lena to Edinburgh
in 2006. (I call it our “Bay City Roller Memorial Journey”)
And the last page I made: (challenge on August 26) “scrap about your blog”
Journaling (left page)
“After years of scrapping on my own (and buying a magazine from time
to time) I discovered the huge online scrapworld. It didn’t take long before
I was hooked on the scrap blogs and online challenges… but to participate
in those challenges I had to have an online gallery – so I chose to start my
own blog. My “boys” helped me establish my blog and galleries, and as of
November 11th 2008, I’m online. I enjoy it ever since!!! I made a bunch of new
friends and I can’t believe the amount of inspiration that’s flowing, the things
I’ve seen and learned and the way my work developed through all this!”
Journaling (right page)
“All the comments my blog friends and followers leave on my blog…
that’s the crown to my work!
(The list on the right page is the blog roll from my weblog)
When I looked at that last page – about my blog – I decided it’s time again
to change the header. I’m a bit bored with it… and since my birthday
is coming up I plan to give myself a new blog header!!!
(Teehee, some present… I’m gonna have to make it myself – but I will give
myself the time to play with it!)
I’m also working on a “1000 comment present” but I can’t show you yet.
I suggest you just keep on leaving me comments (I LOVE COMMENTS!!!)
so that we will reach the 1000 soon, and maybe I’ll publish a little sneak peek
(to tease you and make you eager…) of what I will be sending to the one person
who will leave the comment #1000 on my blog…
Wishing you all a good start of a new Month.
(I love September! Autumn in the air, the light of the sun standing low
on the horizon, the haze in the morning, the leaves turning yellow and red…
my favourite season!!!)
Je t’embrasse!