Adventures Of A VIntage Girl

I originally created this book to do as a class but, I got really carried away and in the end it ended up being put up as a sample in the store. It would have been a really expensive and very LONG class.

I was so happy with the results of the book. I am pocket girl, and I love vintage things, this book is sooo me lol. I sewed all the pages together so they are actually pockets that you can put pictures or treasures of sorts in and we had the perfect stand to display it on at work from 7Gypsies (their photo display stand)
Here is a peek at what it looks like:

 Front Cover

 Some of the inside pages

 I love to use Tim Holtz stains on my wood pieces, they just add so much and you can get them in a bunch of different colors.

 Hope you enjoyed.

Thanks for joining me again and will see you next time!

xoxo
Danni

Surprise!

I am back...Sorry, I haven't done much posting lately. Life has TOTALLY over taken me, aaaahhhh!!!!!

But, I am here to share with you a project I designed for an upcoming class :) (If you are in San Diego and would like to join me for class click here to see details and phone number is toward the bottom. Not in San Diego, kits can be mailed, just follow the same link for number) And, as you all know I love to teach and I LOVE mini books, so I am pretty excited to share this book with you.

When I first saw the Surprise line from Bo Bunny, the colors totally won me over, bright cheerful and works for both boy or girl and can be used for any age.

Take a look...

 I just love to add pockets to my books. They are PERFECT for storing "stuff" and this mini book is no exception.

 

Well I am off to greet the world (aka going to work) and eagerly anticipating the arrival of my Gramma and my little brother from Washington. They will be here until next Sunday (this is my grammas annual visit and she usually brings a brother or sister with for me to see), YAYAYAYAYAYYAYYAYYAYA!!!!!!!!!

Happy Crafting,

xo

Danni

Family Is...

Well, my family is:

Awesome
Wonderful
Amazing
Annoying 
Caring
Loving
Supportive
CRAZY
Silly
Weird
Beautiful
Big


But most of all I wouldn't trade them for  nothing. They are simply the best for me. Do you feel that way about your family? If so, you will LOVE the new mini book I created using the Family Is" line from Bo Bunny. Not only are the colors amazing but, it is perfect place to stick all those wonderful or not so wonderful family pictures... you know the ones where you kid is sticking his tongue or won't stop scrunching his face up lol, ya those would even work for this book.

(So, the photography, is not bad but it is not good. I am LEARNING!!! Already I have learned so much, like,  best time by far is early morning light and thanks to my good friend Connie, not only is she super crafty and has the best Tim Holtz collection of ink but her photography is AMAZING. Don't just take my word for it, you should check it out for yourself and tell her I sent you over :) She will Love it!!!)

 Don't forget to check out my Flickr where I posted A BUNCH of pictures of this book. Some that I think are AWESOME and some not so good. But it will give you a sense of what my mini book class will look like. Also, once I figure out how to create a gallery in Flickr I will be able to separate the pictures for you.

I just love all the texture and dimension in this book and am truly satisfied with the results, now to proudly put on display and wait for the world to see it :)

Have a wonderfully good crafting day

xoxo

Danni

Double Dose

Ok, well I know I already did a post on this fun little mini book, BUT...it is being featured on SRM's Blog!!!!!! I am so thrilled, tickled, and utterly excited. I love using all their stickers and, the new Glassine bags that they recently released, are so fun and VERY versatile!

Check out the fun I had using the glassine bags and life is good sentiments...

Look how perfectly that sentiment fits on the cover...I am thinking it was made for the book ;)

I used three of the small bags in the book and I embossed all of them in different styles and the texture that it gives the bag is sooo cool. It's the perfect touch without being too much.

I used three of the largest bags and papered the bottom 1/3 of the bag and made it into an additional page while leaving the opening for a fun little pocket. Cool huh?!?!?

To check out more pictures of this mini book see my gallery by Clicking Here. Can't get enough of ME, haha, I post every Wed. (along with my Createry Girls) on Mon Ami Createry. 

Don't forget to stop over at SRM's Blog and say hello and tell them I sent you.

Have a great Day!!!

xoxo

Danni

Life Is Good

I had my FIRST all day class...whew....that was exhausting!!!!! I also had my FIRST teacher gift....awe soooo sweet, it was from a little 7 year old girl who came to class with her mom. I gave her some of my extra supplies I brought and she made me a cute little picture.

Even though class was long and exhausting everyone left with finished little mini books and happy as clams.

 And here is a little glimpse into what we made today...

                                                
 Aren't these glassine bags from SRM just the cutest??? They have been embossed using the Lifestyle Crafts embossing folders and it adds just the perfect touch of character. We also used the Life Is Good stickers (hence the name of the book) through out the whole book and the sentiments are a great way to caption pictures whenever they get added in.

 We even used some Dylusions Ink Sprays AND to add a little shimmer we used Kiwi Perfect Pearls.

 The whole book features October Afternoon papers. Oh, I LOVE, pretty much every paper line they put out :)

 We made fun little pull out tabs for the big pockets.

 This page was a lot of fun, stamping and cutting out these fun hexagon shapes from the Sweet Stamp Shop. Plus, Sweet Stamps are a local San Diego company. What a way to support local businesses, huh???  :)

And... something else cool we did, but might be a little confusing to explain, but, the side pockets are actually the BIG glassine bags (the largest ones they sell) folded three inches from the bottom and then when we put all of our bags together the three inches that were folded became an extra page, which you see in the picture above, covered in paper. Hope that makes sense.

 Here is another little pull out page

 The back of course is decorated too :)

Here is what all the little tags look like. I used the Forest Moss distress ink pad and Bottle Adirondack ink pad. I think that the tags are one of my favorite pieces of the whole book. The colors are so rich and beautiful.

Well, that pretty much wraps up my day making a little mini pocket book. And don't forget to check out the links for more fun and cool products from some of my favorite companies. Some of which you may already know :)

Lots Of Love,
Danni