{"id":701,"date":"2007-07-06T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/paperbag-swag-monthpage-5\/"},"modified":"2007-07-06T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T20:30:20","slug":"paperbag-swag-monthpage-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/paperbag-swag-monthpage-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperbag swag month\/page 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month I am working on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aplcreations.com\/news.html\">Amy&#8217;s<\/a> book.  I already showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/a-monday-report\/\">first 3 steps<\/a> of the project.  Here is the rest.  Tons of photos ahead.<\/p>\n<p>After doing the background, I sewed the figures onto the fabric and cut it into the pages afterward.  This is the pre-cut photo.  Sorry it is a bit out of focus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76uncut.jpg\" id=\"image985\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76uncut.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I glued rickrack onto the edges- silver and blues.  Photo of glue drying-<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76rickrack.jpg\" id=\"image982\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76rickrack.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then the part which always feels like a huge step- gluing the pages into the book-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76glue.jpg\" id=\"image980\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76glue.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; in case anyone wants to see my oh so complicated system for clamping, weighting and gluing.<\/p>\n<p>Phew- they are in!  I&#8217;m committed!  Now for the finished photos-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76spread.jpg\" id=\"image984\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76spread.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>left page-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76leftpage.jpg\" id=\"image981\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76leftpage.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>right page-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76rightpage.jpg\" id=\"image983\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76rightpage.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>close-ups-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76closeup2.jpg\" id=\"image976\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76closeup2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76closeup3.jpg\" id=\"image977\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76closeup3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had so much trouble with this face- I did it over 3 times!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76closeup4.jpg\" id=\"image978\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76closeup4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wrote &#8220;Momma&#8217;s Dream&#8221; on this piece.  When my kids were little, the one thing that seemed like bliss was when everyone, even me, was asleep and safe- ah, peace.  Amy&#8217;s theme for her book is balance, but I don&#8217;t really think you get much balance with three little babes.  You get through every day, trying to keep your sanity intact, and if you can relax, laugh and still notice the beauty around you, you are doing an amazing job!<\/p>\n<p>Finishing this project has overlapped with starting the next- the printed fabric swap that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bitterbettyindustries.blogspot.com\/\">Bitter Betty<\/a> organized&#8230; this is all new to me, but more about that learning process another day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"76desk.jpg\" id=\"image979\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/76desk.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I am working on Amy&#8217;s book. I already showed the first 3 steps of the project. Here is the rest. Tons of photos ahead. After doing the background, I sewed the figures onto the fabric and cut it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/paperbag-swag-monthpage-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}