At the beginning of the year I made some tiles at the high school where I student taught. Last weekend I finally I began the process of making the tiles into a book. When I first made the tiles out of clay I poked holes (for sewing the book together) through them before they were fired so I wouldn't have to drill holes once they were ceramic tiles. Been there, done that. Drilling holes through tile is a long and painful and often fruitless process. So I was nervous when I realized that the glaze I used to paint the designs was so thick that it filled in the holes and turned into glass when the tiles were fired. So much for my genius pre-hole punched tiles! I had to drill holes through my non-existent holes. I broke one of the tiles so I used a plain tile with pre-punched holes (yay!) for the back. I just painted it black to match the front cover. The pages are made from all shades of teal scrapbooking papers and cardstock. I like how it turned out, I think the bumps along the way make me appreciate it more. And so without further ado, I present my second tile book: The examples page on my PaigeBooks website has been updated with this newest book.
That is a really cool book. A book like that is intimidating, though. It's so nice I'd always be saying to myself, "I've got to save this for the perfect project." Of course, nothing would ever be book-worthy and rather than mar the book, it would remain empty its whole life. I can't wait for you to come to Washington so we can make a book where the covers are fabricated from old wood scavenged from the cabin. I want to fill the book with before/after photos of rebuilding the cabin.
I’m from Seattle. Chris is from Denver. We met at BYU and got married in 2007 in Nauvoo, IL. Chris graduated from the USC School of Dentistry in 2013 through an Army scholarship and then we were stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany for 4 years! We visited 43 countries while living in Europe and miss it every day! Now we live in Littleton, CO where Chris works as a dentist at Old Town Dental. I’m a stay-at-home-working-mom to our son Fox and daughter Jane. Scrapbooking is my passion and I have 10 signature collections with American Crafts called GO THE SCENIC ROUTE, BLOOM STREET, TRULY GRATEFUL, HORIZON, WHIMSICAL,PICK-ME-UP, TURN THE PAGE,OH MY HEART, TAKE ME AWAY &FANCY FREE. I’m a teacher at Big Picture Classes, the Creative Editor for Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine, I design 10 new Silhouette cut files every week, and I have an Etsy shop. I love teaching in-person scrapbooking and bookbinding workshops whenever and wherever I can! Thanks for stopping by!
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That is a really cool book. A book like that is intimidating, though. It's so nice I'd always be saying to myself, "I've got to save this for the perfect project." Of course, nothing would ever be book-worthy and rather than mar the book, it would remain empty its whole life. I can't wait for you to come to Washington so we can make a book where the covers are fabricated from old wood scavenged from the cabin. I want to fill the book with before/after photos of rebuilding the cabin.
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