Cloth Book Finished...Bound and Beaded!

I chose gold thin jewelry wire to bind the pages together using three gold grommets on each page lined up and I ran the wire up from the back in the top hole, down to the back in the middle hole; up from the back (other end of wire) to the top middle down to the bottom hole through all pages to the back and then left wire hanging from both ends...to which I added beads and wrapped the wire around a tiny last bead on each wire end.

Details added to this front cover are three sparkly blue diamonds and running stitches with dark green embroidery floss.

"graduation...Life's New Journey Begin's"

Close up of beads and spangles hanging down from Prom page! I chose to leave my front cover back raw to show my work. It opens nicely for each page to fold back onto the top cover.

I added silver hearts around the pocket photo on left.

I added a gold star to my son, her father, playing the shovel "instrument". ;-) on left pocket.

The back of the Country Faire page is denim and western earrings which she can

leave as embellishments or take off and wear!

[I just realized they can be my cacti for cactus Monday too!!!] I added pink tulle and pink and black bangles to her Prom page.

More pink tulle and another row of pink and black polka dotted bangle to

the back pocket page.

Here you can see the layers of pages with beads and bangles showing.

More silver hearts added as embellishments on the Who AM I? and Where am I going? page.

More top sewing quilting to the message page...

The last page instead of saying "The End"

says:

"The Beginning"

as it is the beginning of her life after graduation.

A small photo of a map of her college is ironed on.

Theater curtains are heavily embroidered and then the page is heavily

beaded as she enters the next STAGE of her young life!

Click on this page to see details UP CLOSE (and any of the others if you so desire). I worked on this one page most of Sunday, and then bound it up

after I finished that fun work. And on the very back

my signature

ART BY LYNN

!

Next I will add some photos to the various pockets,

leaving plenty of room for her to add her own.

I will later show you the special box I found for it

and that will be that.

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Thank you to the person who added one more vote to my Nest Building Quilt this weekend.

And to Elizabeth and Bluebeard at Altered Book, who blogged about the contest asking her followers

to vote too, many thanks! So sweet of you!!!

;-) ********

And I actually took photos of cacti this weekend, but will blog them later in the week,

as this is much too long already!

HCM

!!!