A Wee Bookie

Hello lovely bloggers,

The dilemma today was what to do on the first sunny day we've had for ages, well the answer of course is to stay in and faff about making a mini book for this week's Out of A Hat Challenge.  (Actually I did have mother over in the morning then my daughter had an Orthodontic appointment so I haven't totally been lazing about all day! ahem!).

Here's my wee bookie made out of one sheet of 6x6 paper.  My daughter actually showed me how to fold it.

the front

showing the folds

Cut the 6 inch paper into quarters then fold each one in half horizontally, then vertically, then once diagonally, then you push in the diagonal folds and it folds up into a little square.  I then inked all the edges with a touch of distress ink.  The edges of the paper also look a bit distressed too but that's cause I need to put a new blade in my cutter.



You then glue the four folded pieces together, back to back, making sure they're all pointing the same way.

the back

I then glue dotted a piece of ribbon to the front and back and covered up with a little stamped and inked piece.  Theaded a button onto the ribbon using an embroidery needle, this holds it together nicely.





Each section opens up individually

who stuck the cover on the wrong way!

I then realised it could be hung up by the ribbon but of course I hadn't stuck the covers on the right way for that had I!


Okay, that's it for today, time for tea.

Thanks for visiting.
TTFN
Suze xx

Mojo Monthly Mini Book

Sarah at La-De-Dah has set up a new blog page "My Mojo Monthly". It's a very inspirational read with plenty of ideas and lots of encouragement!  It's not a challenge, rather a place to share creativity.

Something I've had on my "must do list" for quite a while now has been to make a "mini book".  I've been very much inspired by Valerie (Bastelmania) who makes gorgeous books, so this is what I've done and I've gone with Sarah's idea of trying to use up some of my scraps and bits & pieces.

I'm quite a methodical and orderly person so I immediately realised I couldn't just stick things on the pages any old how, I needed to make it with someone in mind, so I've made it for a friend who now lives in Switzerland.  She's originally from Taiwan but she was the first friend I made when we were living in Malaysia. She loves her tea so I'm sending her some Scottish teabags.

Okay, enough waffling, here it is ....

 Li & I at the floating market in Bangkok

an oriental page

and a Scottish page

my lovely kids

I have to say, this may be a new addiction! It was great fun to do (although I didn't realise just how time consuming it would be - deciding what to put where and there are a lot of pages to fill!). I'll definitely be making some more of these though.

Thanks Sarah and Valerie for the inspiration.

Happy crafting and creating everyone.

Suze xx