5 in 5 - November 2015 - 3 BOOKS FOR 3 GIRLS

Welcome to '5 in 5' where on the 5th of

each month I post 5 photos that I have

taken in 5 minutes. 

 

I am always looking for new ideas for hand making books, so when I saw this pad of papers I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it:

 

 

I would make 3 books for 3 girls!

They are very different in personality so I wanted the books to reflect this:

 

The smallest one is quite daring and she might want to add photos into her book and write about things that she likes. She started school recently and likes to practice her writing, these prompts might help:

The middle one is a girl of my own heart because she loves reading, writing and stationery. So her book has extra space where she can write facts and personal thoughts, and make the book her own.

 

And finally, the oldest and most grown up one. She loves inspirational and motivational quotes, so some of her pages have space where she can write her own. There are cheerful background papers too, where she can print or stamp quotes to stick in.

 

 

I hope they have as much fun as I did making these books.

 

And as I sat here writing and choosing photos, the idea came to me that others might like to make a book, one that they can keep or give as a gift. One that can be added to, and made personal.

So I plan to run a workshop. 

And I know not everyone will want to use the papers and colours that I used here, so there will be a choice and lots of ideas. I'm getting excited thinking about it! 

 

My workshops are run in Essex and I know that does not suit everyone but I am prepared to travel and come to you. So if you have a group of people who would be interested in a book making workshop please get in touch as we may be able to work something out. And please let others know who might be interested, because I love sharing what I do! 

 

If you follow my blog you will know that I also love photography, and so a big thank you to Maggie, Eileen, Helena, Melanie and Joy for taking part in this 5 in 5 photo challenge last month. And I'd love for you to join in too. So if you have time to pick up your camera for 5 minutes this is what you do:

 

  1.  Choose a location.

2.  Have your camera ready.

3.  Set a timer for 5 minutes (I use my mobile phone).

4.  Take as many photos you can until the time is up.

5.  Choose 5 photos to download and share by using the link tool below. 

   Please note: 

You have until the 25th of the month to add your photos to the link

and you can take  your photos any time. They do not have to be taken or posted on 5th!

 

If you'd like more details please go here.

 

KNIT AND NATTER - PUTTING MY FOOT IN IT

Recently an online friend posted a photo of an old book she had bought. My heart became all of a flutter, because book+old+interesting = LOVE!!!  Then my flutter grew, because she went on to tell how she had bought this for a friend, and added:

'This one is for you, Sandie!' 

Well, what's a girl to think?  But it seems I got it all wrong because my exuberant thanks was met with a rather embarrassed apology.  It seems the book was meant for another friend, and what she meant by her words is that this book would appeal to me too! 

I felt equally embarrassed and fortunately we are both adult enough to laugh about the situation and let it pass. I've learnt from it too of course. Rather than get over excited, another time I will check out the meaning rather than assume my interpretation. And I was glad that we handled it in the way that we did. I could easily have been overcome with shame or vulnerability and removed my FaceBook comment in haste, before others saw it. Because some people

can be unkind or insensitive.  But not in that closed group, where  others came in to share their own fopas and said how easy it is to read into things, especially when written as a text or comment. 

And yesterday another friend posted a link where stories showed that others are human too.  See here

It's good to know I'm not the only one to put my foot in it. Which brings me nicely to this:

 

 

 

My blog friend Sian, over at 'From High in the Sky' is a knitter of socks. I immediately thought of her when I saw this pattern book and I admire her half handkerchief heels and wedge toes even I don't understand how to do these. And in response to my recent 'My Month in Numbers' post, where I mentioned my love of numbers and sequences, Sian commented that she has a socks pattern to knit stripes in a Fibonacci sequence? How about that?!  I can't wait to see them!  Meanwhile, I know how much Sian loves vintage knitting patterns, so:

Sian. This one is for you!

No, really!  Happy mail will be in the post and you do not need to check this out. You read it right!

 

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If YOU have a sock story, or one about when you have put your foot in it, please do leave a comment and share. I’d love to hear more!

And if you think someone else will enjoy reading this post please feel free to share this too. It’s good to see a humorous side to life!

Just to clarify, 'putting your foot in it' is a saying here in Britain that means you've said something amiss, misunderstood, or made a fopa.

 

 

 

POSTSCRIPT: This morning Blogger is playing up. It won’t allow me to edit and set out the post as I choose, so apologies for the poor presentation. I will come back later and hope that the glitches are sorted so that I can put this right. Some days technology just seems intent on making life difficult!