Chugging merrily along

Things are proceeding apace. I have most of the layouts finished and am now fixing things in place, making note of embellishments that must be afixed in later stages and generally working through both assembling and visualising the finished piece. I’m quite happy with this book in general and am particularly happy with certain spreads…

John, you’ve been ratted out

Me: I think you like noodles and cheese. (For the record, we’re talking real noodles and real parmesan, not KD.) Katherine: I LOVE noodles and cheese. Me: What do you like about noodles and cheese? K: The cheese. I like the cheese. Me: So you’re just in it for the parmesan? K: Mmm-hmmm. Just for…

Crawling the walls…

Do you ever have a day in which you walk around ALL DAY CRAVING CHOCOLATE? You tell yourself that you don’t want any, don’t need any and shouldn’t eat any. You don’t believe yourself. You find yourself thinking of ways to make chocolate from what’s on-hand (cocoa, sugar, milk, etc.) because actually going to the…

Crawling the walls…

Do you ever have a day in which you walk around ALL DAY CRAVING CHOCOLATE? You tell yourself that you don’t want any, don’t need any and shouldn’t eat any. You don’t believe yourself. You find yourself thinking of ways to make chocolate from what’s on-hand (cocoa, sugar, milk, etc.) because actually going to the…

On the design board, or “Yes, I am working…”

Sometimes I need to reassure myself….. The page layouts are coming along rather nicely. The yellow showing through this round design is actually the next page, as the design outlines an aperture through the pages. Some text, a bit of stitching and a wee tad more embellishment and this spread is done. There are a…