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Deutsche Bank Internet Analyst Interview…..loaded with great info.

(if you are an Ebayer who is unaware of upcoming changes, please see this post.

I haven’t been very crafty lately, so I finally sat down long enough to produce a handmade journal.

I really love books and have wanted to make them for a while. I finally bought a binding system, although I would love to explore more traditional methods of bookbinding (I have some instruction books on the way). I can tell though that most of my books will use this kind of binding because I don’t have a lot of time on my hands for sewing pages together, etc.

I used chipboard, scrapbooking paper, and my xyron sticker machine for the covers and then I laminated them. The inside has a few pages here and there from a vintage children’s book. I added a white label on that first page with the stripes in order to put your name or the title, etc. and then I broke out some of my buttons and jewelry-making supplies to embellish the cover:

Inside front cover and first page:



Random pages inside:



This is the inside of the back cover:



Back:





It measures 4 x 6, but this was just a test and I’d rather make them bigger from now on.

Changes I’ll make next next time include not laminating the covers and making sure the binding wire is centered (notice it doesn’t start at the very top but ends at the very bottom? yes, I am picky.) Also, I cut the inside pages down to size by hand and it was so time consuming. I’ll probably buy paper pre-cut next time.

x-posted at craftster

Yesterday was Samantha’s 2nd birthday. We went to Chuck E. Cheese’s on Friday night to celebrate. I hate going there when it is busy. I had a 7-year-old girl steal 40 tickets from me! And some other kid accidentally knocked over Samantha and not one word came out of the mom’s mouth. Rude. Anyway, we still had a good time despite all that. Here’s a few not-so-great pics:

Here’s a little video clip, not very exciting for non-family members:

I made some DVD’s for the Grandma and Grandpas and will mail those to you guys this week.