Bits of Life

I had read the buzz about Smash Books and Junk Journals and really wanted to make something where I could put all the little bits of life that had no financial value but for some reason I wanted to hold on to.  I have a desk and drawer full of bits of practice art that I just think is nice.  Things I doodle while I'm on the phone, or things I find that amuse me.

So was born my 'Bits of Life' book.  The cover is made of matt board and covered in patterned paper inside and out.  I used my zutter binder to hold it all together and then attached a Tim Holtz faceplate to the front.

There is lots of room inside for me to write, draw or stick things.  I started out with the things that were just lying around on my desk.  A thank you tag I'd made and never used.  A paper heart I had left over from doing the Jennifer McGuire techniques class, I made into a face.  Just random bits of my life I want to keep.

Pages for Captain Slow

I tried quite hard not to make the book for Captain Slow look girly or in any way pink, but there had to be some type of arty farty bits in it.  Below are some of the pages:
- A steampunk type page that Cpt Slow decided was Douglas Adams!
- A page of scrapbook paper made to look like a shirt and tie
- Bizarre multi-media piece I made while my daughter was on Skype with me telling me to do different things