This, That and The Other + Mail!
My mailbox runneth over today! Lots and lots of goodies, an issue of Paperworks, several 4x6s from swaps, a journal to work in from 1001 journals dot com, some gorgeous 1x1s from a friend, and if that's not enough I received a couple of fabulous vintage sewing patterns I won in a little giveway over on Amanda's blog!
Now onto what I've been up to lately!
An ACEO on etsy:
![The Elusive Passage](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tb3Y1YjdZDisTiYZcEK-U1tOcAu5PF009qzGACPqCSHOKipHL7iEtXfl4mGQ5UupdcuOBN-Ua_tYGp85bfLx_XZS7GDLL7-L0SDI8dQCjgv70wwuNXn1zFmEbwpypxreE=s0-d)
Back to the mystery envelope project, these are the latest 1x1s. The insurance pamphlet has on the last page a cool list of all the names of the Directors, I'm sure I'll be cutting men's names from it for a while!
![One Inch Quartet](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tGMf6CAF3l68LDW5uWWEWpBnAu4cOwrNrtSQXn7lX3UUzUqV3gLtyzBDuMpwJUFnwnZtvELIlBI9zyvRudzH62TpeWjn9d3msjphIuEp_0OMTfH9i24O4WGWERfG4khzg=s0-d)
This next piece was made from the same brochures I'm using for the one-inchers. I love the layers in this but I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I'm not sure if it is finished. Does it need a focal point? Maybe it's just a background? Perhaps it may be done, time will tell.
![Happy Motoring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tUcp5RtTUURVZAePtPoERRhDraNDssaveOSgySlo4KSeAZ95RzchfaANa3HFgMvs9ZH1mNR9MN8qQeXlQY55CUqgBE9MsDAMWnxfVhAaDDELYFjAe2EZUszamioI_M2Q=s0-d)
A close-up:
![Happy Motoring (detail)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sYz5OiiXhb-palddIJUMulMqUuUodaG2nusXJf6sMe_uEF2-sdGRcPLlnmC3koCaAIG7q_vuMV1LLlA78yCadc37Z_1Bw2lGKFYK8OgtifG2L5ZsZX-0JJW-2MKsCv=s0-d)
And last but not least, this is what I did yesterday. I made my first real book! It is 4x6 and filled with mixed-papers and I did a coptic-stitch! I had to sit in front of the computer and sew and follow the directions step by step but it was not very hard, just fiddley. I think I'd have to make an awful lot of these before I could do it without following the directions. It's not perfect. I know what to do next time to make it better, but I think I did a pretty good job, it's nice and tight if not exactly even. For the papers I just grabbed all the odds and ends I had laying around on, beside and under my art table!
![First Coptic Stitch Book](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_su0mHT22jJ2OJX_vODRjYCbtJJ5Pf_2iQc1HpZhhCv4KzNwLDPLB-HlXakrGIq32BYNmR6xI1l5fGulRGAL2aCGr2yt0zaEVj3J4Rz12wOUy9MtmYEhphYsKNu184=s0-d)
![Coptic Stitch book (inside)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u_M1cIDZHCff08QYP10VIPpcWFI1_8FQXmwWBx4ewXvrCqbRUYuswCKuldiVbuySBTRMZXWZO9RY_Wv5ILlaga4cquek57O5UDxLVH4lgQD99b5cnAsuMPMeyXLYg=s0-d)
Now onto what I've been up to lately!
An ACEO on etsy:
Back to the mystery envelope project, these are the latest 1x1s. The insurance pamphlet has on the last page a cool list of all the names of the Directors, I'm sure I'll be cutting men's names from it for a while!
This next piece was made from the same brochures I'm using for the one-inchers. I love the layers in this but I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I'm not sure if it is finished. Does it need a focal point? Maybe it's just a background? Perhaps it may be done, time will tell.
A close-up:
And last but not least, this is what I did yesterday. I made my first real book! It is 4x6 and filled with mixed-papers and I did a coptic-stitch! I had to sit in front of the computer and sew and follow the directions step by step but it was not very hard, just fiddley. I think I'd have to make an awful lot of these before I could do it without following the directions. It's not perfect. I know what to do next time to make it better, but I think I did a pretty good job, it's nice and tight if not exactly even. For the papers I just grabbed all the odds and ends I had laying around on, beside and under my art table!
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