Howdy...
I just finished up a Vintage Back to School journal page swap that turned out amazing! Thank you so much to all the artists who participated! Everyone definitely brought their A+ game and exceeded my expectations and brought my vision to life! Thank you!
Here's everyones pages sorted and ready to bind into the covers...
Of course, the pages first had to be inspected by Mr. Tubby...
Cover preparation assembly line...
Front covers...
Another inspection by Lt. Bastian...
And then the journal pages were married with the covers...here's a finished journal...
Stacks of the completed journals...always one of my favorite views...
I was very lucky enough to meet up with two of the artists who were in the swap to give them their journals in person. Sheila and Jan live in the Portland area so we got together for a little dinner and journal meet up. I first met Sheila at an Anahata Katkin class at Papaya headquarters in Ashland, Oregon (the year before she did Art in Ashland) several years ago and then another time at an Art and Soul event. We maintained our friendship via online (gotta love the interwebs!). This my first time meeting Jan but you'd never know it! I felt like we all connected and I had a wonderfully delightful time! Here are the three of us towards the end of our three hour dinner (where time absolutely flew by!)
L to R: me, Jan, Sheila
Okay, so back to the journals...below is a list of the artists who particpated in the swap. If they have a blog, their name is underscored. Several have posted pics of the journal and everyone's individual pages so please be sure to visit them and say howdy! Sorry I'm being lazy but this way you'll get to go visit them and get to know them! :-)
Jan Clem
Mollie Morrison
Lorraine Peltier
Barb Rickard
Handmade U is just around the corner (SO EXCITED!) and at this point in time, pretty much my every waking moment is consumed with prepping and dreaming about this fabulous event! I can't wait...and if you've been on the fence, there are just a few spots left!
I'm sure the ladies are going to love their journals...many of whom I know! Of course the dinner turned into 3 when you are talking of journals & yummy art! Can't wait to see you in just a few short days & give you your swap!! And hug you! Thanks for the water tip!
XO~Hope
Posted by: Hope Ellington | September 11, 2012 at 04:09 AM
they are lovely ....next time im in...cant miss out on all that fun...hugs
Posted by: tabitha | September 11, 2012 at 06:53 AM
Oh, I love seeing the "behind the scenes" photos of how our journals were assembled!! Thank you again so very much for hosting this swap and all the hard work you put into putting these treasures together! xo
Posted by: Cynthia | September 14, 2012 at 06:32 PM
All those journals looks just awesome. Need to keep my eye out for a swap like this. Looks like lots of fun.
Posted by: tina | September 17, 2012 at 01:35 PM
what a cute cat you have..
Posted by: Mali Gold | October 14, 2012 at 08:32 PM
the journal was fabulous! and hello Mr.tubby..he's so cute..
Posted by: branded apparel | October 24, 2012 at 07:25 PM
Looks amazing!
Posted by: Manon | November 07, 2012 at 03:25 PM
That was a lot of pages and really look amazing.In Finland i never been seen something like that.I notice that many of people are focusing on choosing courses.In fact in Finland many now are use to choose in a training courses which is really good and i am really glad that you share this article to us.Pretty awesome.
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Posted by: SarahLake | January 10, 2013 at 03:46 AM