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it's nice to work big when space allows for it
it can be liberating
and bold
and a good way of using up lots of materials
that need using up.
but working small is good too
you can find beauty in tiny scraps of materials
and focus on small buttons
and titchy found precious stuff.
I've been making teeny-tiny zig-zag books
they fit in pockets and purses easily
handy for hospital visits.
they measure about 3cmX4cm
and, because they are so small,
maybe I should be selective about what goes in them.
I have this one to give-away.
To win it just leave a comment saying what
you would use a book this small for.
I'll pick a winner at the end of the week.
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18 comments:
synchronicity of small scraps!
I would use it for fingertip sized scraps of paper entirely too luscious to be lost in something big. and small words to go with.
happy new year 2012.
xo
I'd use it to draw a collection of small circles!
Happiness to you Kate in 2012! xo
i have a small tin box where i collect small ephemera. i would collage these into this little darling.
Happy 2012 to you! What a beautiful object you've created. I hope it finds just the right home.
Oh, wow. I'm using the word titchy lots and lots this year. In fact, I may make it my word of the year!! No! I mean it!
here's what I'd use this lovely book for. I'd put titchy little words in it. When I hear a cool word or a word that sounds fun when you say it over and over or even a word that make me uncomfortable or a word that's not in any dictionary, I'll put it on a page and doodle all over it, and then it will be a titchy little word that one must look for in the maze.
Maybe I should give it to someone else, but I want it.
ha!
Happy New Year, you fabulous person!!
Your little book has set my imagination alight. Each page will be a visual haiku of treasured scraps and words...... or perhaps a little book of Basho .... or for quotes that inspire.
Hello Kate and Happy New Year - I would use it for one of my journeys, scraps, jottings and doodles along the way - could be by train or a walk! Many creative adventures in 2012
well all I can think of is what you are using them for... hospital visits ... thats so lovely...!
I love handmade books. I'm going to make one this year for this postcard challenge I'm joining in with. Details on Darcy's blog if you feel like joining us.
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/
If I won this one, I'd fill it with inspiring quotes and reminders.
So glad to have found your blog (popped over from Leslie's).
This is a gorgeous little mite. I would carry it with me in my bag and use it to sketch or note things that I see around me and want to remember for my art journal.
With best wishes for the new year.
Happy New Year, Kate. Small moments are the most precious.
I've followed you from Leslie's place.
I am working small too, making journals.
Love the concertina book, not sure what I'd use it for.. maybe small thoughts for my small mind.
It is funny l don't like working small when l am painting but when l am making books, l love working small. I like to have a book with me all the time, to write in, draw or make notes. I am looking for a small book at the moment to put little drawings into, that l can use when making "matchbox" books! I would love to win this one, it is gorgeousxxxlynda
ps..who ever wins it.....good luck!xx
Happy New Year to youx lynda
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What a gem! Inspirational words seem to fit. A random page for each day. Perhaps tiny collages (I'd love that)... the possibilities are endless. Small sketches of friends?... a lovely keepsake.
boy, i don't know kate. i was going to say small drawings until i read leslie's idea. maybe both!! bits of small paper and small drawings! i do have a lot of small bits of paper lately. i never like to throw them away.
i always love to see your posts... : )
xoxo
I'd make a pocket in a bigger book like a kangaroo pocket, then fill it with a secret!
Well, I know that I have no chance of winning this NOW, but for goodness SAKES!! This is the damn cutest thing that a person could win!
You are so sweet and generous.
I like little small things. I'm finding that my doodles in the Sketchbook Project are getting smaller and smaller! I wonder what that's about?!
(plus, a person needs more of them to fill the page)
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