Lucy's Play Date

Every now and then, I host a play date at my house. It's all about finding the child inside of you and letting her play. Today....a perfect play date! Eleven of us, gathered in my basement studio for chocolate, food, and creative play! Here's Shelly & Karen:



And Kathy:



From left in the back, Tanny, Karen, Sherri, Peggy
In front, Shelly, Judy, Rose, Kathy & Kathleen

Colleen & I were taking the photos.



We all had lunch at Zamparelli's where I presented Nancy with her new cigar box purse. I do think she liked it!



Today, we made star books with tags using the Bind-it-all. Here's one that Shelly did using bosskut dies. Oh dear...I might have to have some of these dies. They are just so delicate and intricate..I just love them!



Karen did this one using stamps



And Peggy made this one using 3D pop-ups:



Mine is called "My ABCs"



And it's made to look like a sampler:




I used Ranger ink to distress the tags and tried to place the pages in the color of a rainbow







It seems that every time we meet, there are always leftovers from lunch. The girls will put them in the refrigerator to keep throughout the afternoon. But every time, Sherri seems to leave hers behind. So today, she literally put her car keys on top of her leftovers inside the refrigerator. That way, she couldn't go home without it! LOLOL!



Such an amazingly talented and fun group. I am so honored to have each of these gifted women as my friends.

Good food, chocolate, friendship and creative play. Life is perfect!

BIAS-Book

It's been a rather creative week around here. Yesterday I came up with a way to do a star book using my bind-it-all. BIAS-Book - Bind-it-all-star-book! I have over 1000 tags in boxes in a cabinet and haven't had a creative idea on them lately and it hit me....why not try a star book with tags and the bind-it-all?

And it worked! But of course, I put a bit of my own spin to it. I did not decorate this. It's my "pattern". Tomorrow, I hope to do patterns in the other sized tags and then start to decorate some. I'll be teaching this in a workshop in my studio on Monday. If you are local, email me to see if there are any openings as it's filling up fast!



Note, the center spine is done with the bind-it-all once again. When you open it up...it's just wonderful! I can just imaging all kinds of things to do with this!



My spin on this....rather than adhering the ends together.....punch holes and tie them together!!!



It could be fun to diecut into the tags and see what happens.....



Or to ink each tag with a different technique.....



Who would have thought that plain manilla office tags could turn into something this grande? I used a standard size 8 tag for this book. From American Tag.



So many ideas stuck up in my head....I think it's about time I get some of them out! I can just see a range of BIAS-books in each size of tags that are made! Imagine a tiny book using a size 1 tag.

And just a kind reminder....if you use any of my ideas be sure to obtain permission first...it's only an email away! What a fun way to make a star book with absolutely no adhesive. You just need tags, a paper trimmer, a hole punch and a bind-it-all!