Way back (a whole month ago! look at me post!) when, I made this post in which I list all the crafts I do/have tried. I am afraid I need to add another one to the list.
Well, two. I don’t think spinning is on there, and I do want to do more of that sometime.

Today’s craft: I… I hesitate to say it. scrapbooking.
But, I am am doing it with a difference. I’m not making one of photos and going all sappy and gooey in the writing. I have just always wanted an excuse to use some of those papers and stickers ever since I worked at Michaels. And now, I have had my idea.

Now that I’ve moved out of home, I do a lot more baking and cooking that I used to. In fact, I bake and cook. Mum did that at home. I’ve printed out recipies from the internet, mum has mailed me photocopies and cuttings, and I want to make them purdy. So, I went to Michaels tonight and bought myself an 8×8 scrapbook, some food-related stickers (if you have any you don’t want/want to trade, feel free to contact me!), and a package of neutral-coloured cardstock. I think they key thing in scrapbooking is the journaling, the writing that explains the photo. I see too many in books and magazines (I’m in charge of the craft section, remember?) that are a photo and then a whole bunch of papers and embellishments, with no explanation. Everyone has their own style, and mine is geared towards the writing.

Recipies are writing! I can handwrite, or print in a cool font from the computer. I have room to try out some of those cool papers and stickers too. I’m not going to let it get away from me, I just want to have all my recipies prettied up.

The plastic page protectors are great for spills too.

That is the album I got. They had a plainer one I liked more, but they didn’t sell refills for it. Silly Michaels. This one is nice, I was a bit iffy about the suede spine (this will be used near powdery things like flour, remember?) but the colours were nice. I knew I didn’t like the look of the pink ribbon that covers the join between the stripes and the suede though, so I went to the ribbon aisle and found something to cover it up:

It’s navy velvet ribbon that matches the darkest stripes. Again, was hesitant about the velvet, but if the book already has suede, what’s a bit of velvet? It’ll just look used, and thats ok by me.

Ribbon is cut, Fray-Chek is drying, and tomorrow I’ll epoxy it on. I have to be careful, as it is exactly the width of the pink.