Fun with Books

Well hello and welcome readers.

Have a treat to share with you. Ihave been making a lot of books lately. My binding techniquewas that of coptic stitch which I find very relaxing and enjoyable. 

As I needed a new book for psychology I saw it a better use of my time to make one rather than buy one. Also I was able to use the type of paper I like. 

    

For the two books above I made the books a little smaller than that of A5 as I wanted a convenient size for note making. The top book is made with 70gsm bleedproof paper printed with a dot grid for drawing and typography.

    

I also made this sketchbook using the large stack of tea stained papers and the box of a Diablo III collectors edition. My plans are to do some more of my typography in this book. 

After showing the first two books with comic covers I had a request to make one for some one. After some backwards and forewards regarding covers I ended up making this. 

     

I also have two handmade books for sale on my webstore.

You can have a look at the books in my flip through on youtube.

A gift to a mother

Hello creative people and welcome again to my blog.

Today I want to share with you a mini album I made for a customer. She was ordering this as a special birthday present for her mother's milestone birthday. After going through the color options and things her mother likes, I created the mini album.

The hardest part about this order was that the customer lives in CANADA, but her mom lives in Western Australia. Thankfully technology was there to help with YouTube and private listed videos. I also made a video flip through for you.

The album was given to her mother this week which now gives me to opportunity to show it off to me followers.

Here is a flip through, I you love it at much as my friends mother did when you got it.

A touch of Elegance

Hello all and welcome to another post on my blog. 

A few months back I was asked to my a card for a friend of my brothers. Knowing that the recipient liked Art Nouveau and that she has a wonderful expressive side I created this for her. 

I have had the Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante for a while and it wasn't until now that I saw the roses in the one paper. I was a great easel card to make I am really liked it. What do you think?

Adventures in Winter

So before I injured me knee I was quite active and going out a lot. However it was during winter and I had to rug up really well to make sure I didn't get sick. Some mornings were rather brisk and required covering my nose to stop getting a very cold face. As usual I was doing my photo journals of my days.

An Extra Wide Mini Album

Hi there crafters, I am so happy to have another blog post for you. I know I am have been a little quieter that usually. For the last 4 weeks I have been on bed rest by doctors orders after hurting my right knee rather badly. There was even talk of surgery at one point but that was re assessed thankfully.

To keep my self a bit distracted from the obvious difficulties that this injury has caused I have been doing what little crafting I can. I also had a custom order which I was able to work on. Unfortunately I made a mistake when creating the spine and as the title of this post indicates, I made it extra wide, seems I wasn't reading my rulers measurements as well as I thought I was. I personally blame being tired.

All was not wasted, I had some extra supplies and was able to make the custom order correctly. As for the mistake, I kept it for myself and made THIS....

Isn't it gorgeous?!

Here is the flip through video. Remember to like, comment and subscribe!

The Birthday Cards on the birthday list

Hello lovelies. and Thank you for visiting again today.

I am currently resting up with a injured knee. To pass the time I decided to make a few cards for those in my life who have recently had or are having birthdays.

How I do Typography

Hello everyone and welcome to another blog post. 

This one is a little different as it isn't cards or layouts or even mini albums. This post is for my Midori fans asked about my typograph I starting showing in some of the facebook groups. But scrapbookers and cards makers don't despair I am sure you will get some thing out of this too, so stick around. 

A little bit of history about how I can to do letter form. I have been doing this since I was about 10 years old but I took a few years hiatus but started up again last year when my psychologist recommended I use the skill for my depression and stress management. 

These are some of the pages I did last year.

This year after becoming enamoured with Midoris and started making my my own inserts I started working on these quotes.

Ok so now down to the how do I do it. 

 

Now to where I get my inspiration:

People I follow on Instagram

Neil Secretario

Christopher Craig

Handwritten in Singapore

Type Gang

Daniel Palacios

Mimi Designs

Calligritype 

Patrick Cabral

R y o . K o i z u m i

Tammy Tutterow 

really like Tammy's stuff as it is very free and she does not come from a graphics typography background.

You can also just do google searches for typography. There are also design books on calligraphy and typography.

I hope you like this and that it inspires you to give it a try.

Another Mini Album

Hi there again everyone. While I have been on my medical leave, which ends soon, I have been doing some projects for the hell of it. A few weeks back I posted another Mini Album which inspired me to make another using some of my Kaisercraft paper pads. I am in a de-stash mode at the present and am working on clearing out old papers/collection.

This is my newest one using the 75cent collection of which I had 3 paper pads and some of the collectables.

Here are some 'In the making' photos from my instagram 

Working on a #minialbum with a #kaisercraft paper pad.

A photo posted by Kerry-Jean Watson (@kerryjeanwatson) on Oct 12, 2015 at 1:03am PDT

Still working on that #minialbum. Got a little side tacked with another project. But it is coming along nicely.

A photo posted by Kerry-Jean Watson (@kerryjeanwatson) on Oct 20, 2015 at 4:01pm PDT

The #minialbum just needs some finishing touches on the cover.

A photo posted by Kerry-Jean Watson (@kerryjeanwatson) on Oct 20, 2015 at 4:46pm PDT

This is the complete mini album flip through. I hope you like it and please leave a comment or feedback or questions. I am hope you come back to see what else I create.

Harry Potter's Marauders Map

Hello crafters 

About 7 weeks ago I realised something wasn't right with myself and went and saw my Doc. After a bit of a lengthy discussion, tears and anxiety attacks, it was realised that I was not coping. My doc put me on medical leave and we arranged for me to see my ever-so supportive and helpful psychologist to work on the depression and related issues that have been causing massive problems.

While on medical leave, I have been getting into doing different projects and stepping out from the usual work I have been doing for the past few years. This has included making the mini album and also doing some garment/clothing design and sewing. I am also going on adventures during the week when I would otherwise be sitting at home alone designing. During the start of this treatment and therapy I rewatching the Harry Potter movies for the upteenth time and got an itch to make the Marauders map. After some research I found two really good available versions which I have linked below.

Making the Harry Potter Marauder's Map was a hell of a lot of fun. Also gave me a good opportunity to test out my new A3 printer, which did a splendid job.

The smaller map is from here

The Larger map is from here (this is a french site so use a translater)