Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Notebook Cover

I stayed up late last night to make this. It was SOOOOO much fun choosing materials and the design. I found the project in this book Meet Me At Mikes.
Then I changed it, and used The Cute book to help create the kitty face.
I used recycled materials I found at StVinnies.
Embroidered felt kitty face for a cheery front cover (stuffed with polyfill). Does anyone know where I can get ecofill in Australia??
Fits an A5 sketchbook. I got the black textured trim from an antique shop.
Slips into the envelope of material at the back (the pattern did not explain how to do this...but I worked it out anyhow!)
Great for those ugly black visual diarys from the newsagent

This is day 4 of "art everyday month"...so far so good. I am loving the sense of achievement!

10 comments:

Teri said...

This is really wonderful!

Caroline said...

Day 4 already - good for you!! Cute cover!

melanie said...

Oh SO WONDERFUL!
A messy book you say...what a brilliant idea, perfect for a messyfish to explore her creativity with free abandon...Day four? you are on a roll sista' i love it!

Kelly said...

What a great way to spruce up those drab journal covers. The fabrics you chose are so fun!

linda said...

Wow! Fantastic...very cool cover and I like the little cat face too...hehe!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

What a cute cover. It looks so you. Good job.

Chris Zydel said...

This is totally adorable!! What a cute, cute kitty kat!!

amy said...

Cute cover and so creative! I keep thinking of doing something like this but end up painting the cover black instead of covering it which is boring! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

becclebee said...

ooh, i love this idea! i just bought a boring blue journal - now i am all inspired to cover it in fabric fun. thanks!

Ana said...

That looks brilliant! What a creative way to transform a plain visual diary. Very inspiring. :)