Hand made album and covered box

Two things I made at the end of last year. Above is a photo album I made for my sister. The covers are collaged papers [purchased papers - I was in a hurry] with torn edges and distressed with walnut stain, then a couple of coats of acrylic wax. I used a Zutter binder to make the book and I filled the album with vintage family photos. The front cover has a rectangle cut out to show the first photo of my parents with my sister when she was a baby. A vellum page protects the photo.

Below is a box I covered with torn pages of a vintage sewing book. I painted it with a couple of coats of acrylic wax to protect it. It was filled with sewing bits & bobs, lace, trinkets etc

Wedding Photo Album Covers

I've been away for a few days, first to London to see my daughter and new hubby and to give them the wedding photo albums I have done for them. The original plan was to make a book from scratch but I decided against the idea as I'm fairly new to making books so I purchased a couple of albums and covered them. The large one, above, I covered up to the spine area and the smaller album goes all around the album. The large one has an embroidered print [printed on fabric thru the inkjet printer], a padded embroidered heart and three strips of lace down one side. I've embroidered french knots along this. It came with a box to keep it clean.

The smaller album was a transfer print onto fabric. The picture was made up of the original invitations, the place tags, lace, a book, and stamped images. I also made a plastic cover for this one.

Bookmaking - Album 2

I've been making another book, another album for Emma's step Gran.

I don't have a sewing frame, so I just used the edge of the desk.

For the ends, I cut up an artists canvas board [I got some in a sale at the supermarket] and covered it with white cotton fabric [& wadding]. The fabric was deocorated [before covering the boards] with a photo I printed onto a heat transfer sheet [T- shirt transfer] and two strips of lace. The lace was held in place with Raised Chain Stitch - the foundation stitches were in two colours [I had stitched them too far apart, so stitched in between with a different colour - it looked quite attractive without the chain stitch]. I also stitched a few French Knots on the lace and all around the photograph.

 

Handmade Photo Album

I made this book for my mum for wedding photos. I've only made one book before, which was a bit floppy, this one is a lot better.