rage against mediocrity

JOHN FROESE (Brian's dad and my dad-in-law)

Sept. 13, 1928 - Feb. 21, 2012

I'll be back next weekend.

 

pce

Austria KIT PROJECT: N0. two (2); Index card KIT; Metal punch sets; Housekeeping

HOUSEKEEPING

IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE "STRANDED ANGEL" ALBUM CLASS coming in March,

YOU MUST TELL ME IF YOU BOUGHT THE "Austria KIT" because if you DID,

you will already have the postcard necessary to complete the album and won't require another one.

IF you did NOT buy the Austria kit, i must tell you that there are VERY limited numbers of kits WITH the POSTCARD so if you need a kit that includes the postcard, YOU MUST TELL ME RIGHT AWAY!

Thank you for your undivided attention.

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Austria KIT PROJECT No. 2

(I STILL HAVE 2 KITS LEFT!!!)

"Powerful Changes"

I started with the paper bookslip cover.

(whatever it's called, i really don't know

the official word)

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I used 2 of the napkins, the Birdie and

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the "journey" one.

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Before mod podging or doing ANYTHING to the cover,

I typed my quote into the label space

on the cover (see photo later in the post).

I then mod podged first the "journey" napkin,

then the Birdie onto the cover of the book cover.

I added some clouds cut out from a piece of paper.

Then stamped and embossed various words

right over top the whole thing.

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Ollie likes to see all my completed projects...

He's a nosey little guy,

but I always take the time to show him

what I've made. :)

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I added the inside pages which are

folded 8.5 x 11 paper.

Then used an elastic with metal clips on end,

to sew 2 signtures into the now "journal".

I used the blue masking tape to add a signature

not "sewn" in.

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This is a good shot of the embossed words,

letters overtop the cover.

It provides a "binding" together of the elements

in my opinion.

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another view

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This is the photo of the typed quote on the book cover

which I did before I did ANYTHING else or

it would have never fit in the typewriter.

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I added a piece of the butterfly feather which i

had left over from the butterfly

that was featured in

Project No. 1.

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Pretty little Spring time journal...

How could I in good conscience

leave it this way??

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Of course, I can't leave it all pretty.

I added human aspects to the bird so as to

completely change the overall feeling of this journal.

I added a bunch of elements to the inside pages.

Envelopes, notes paper, tags etc.

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A peek inside

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You can see the 2 index card layouts

I did in the Feb. class

which are now stored in this journal.

They had to go somewhere right?

These kinds of journals ARE GREAT

for all those things you make that

don't have a place to rest.

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My finished journal.

I'll show it to you in a month or 2 if you remind me.

It'll look full and busting at the seams and

just might be full of a bunch of

cute and weird and whacked little projects. :)

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Hmmmmmmmmm...

 

 

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INDEX CARD KIT

(limited quantities)

COST: $7.00 plus shipping

includes:

1. 5 vintage Index cards

2. Approx. 2 meters of washi photo tape

3. 2 ounce plastic bottle of Walnut Ink Crystals

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 My Metal alphabet punches

(in answer to a question from Lisa)

I have 2 complete sets

and

a whole whack of vintage alphabet metal punches

(at minimum one complete alphabet in various fonts plus dozens more!)

I think that's everything for now...

pce

UPDATE

just because I like to keep you updated : )

 

MAIL ART CLASS

The first of 2 special order items for the "MAIL ART" class HAS ARRIVED!

I am STILL waiting for the 2nd. IT HAS been shipped and should arrive early next week.

THEN i'll start on your envelopes which will then be mailed along with your product within the next 2 weeks.

THEN the class will be online. YAY! YAY! YAY!

can you tell i'm excited about this class??!

I don't know why...maybe I just love mail ;0)

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"ALTERED EXISTENCE" Class

Lots of overseas gp's still waiting for their books, although I know some of you have received them! It's weird how people in Australia get their books before people in the U.S.! WTF is up with that??

Anyway, I WILL NOT START the class until the time limit for mailing is up. IF you don't receive your book within the specified time limit that Canada POst has given me, then I will refund 100% of your money for the class. Because it costs money to ship these books, I don't want to take a chance in "re-mailing" the book. I know it sucks, but...

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PHOTOS COMING

of:

1. Metal alphabet stamp sets

2. Index card Kit

3. Project N0. 2 from Austria Kit

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MARCH class schedule

along with

COMPLETED Projects

will be posted by MARCH 1st.

SO FAR, HERE's the plan...

1. "Stranded Angel" Album. (COST AND KIT) Those of you that bought the "Austria" Kit, you'll already have the postcard I'm using for the album. Those that didn't buy the kit, you'll need to let me know because THOSE kits are REALLY LIMITED!

2. "Glass Effects" (FREE but might have a kit)

3. Index card layout ALBUM: Since I'll be doing and do, quite a few index card layouts, we're going to make an album to hold them all. (COST and KIT)

4. Solvent transfers (FREE but might have a kit)

Sign up starts now!

(for those of you that sign up for everything please email me anyway so I can get you on the list!)

Spaces and kits are limited

for the classes associated with a kit or

that have a cost and a kit involved.

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What else?

does anyone have any questions?

anything?

pce