12.31.2012 ... calendar box

this is our version of

a 10 year calendar box.

ev made the box.

he also cut and 

date stamped every card.

scout decorated the month cards.

and special day cards.

i chose the month cards

from a vintage pack i found.

we decided to use 

a mixed color index card

palette.

this box we made

for jon cody, val & sammy baer

for Christmas.

today we are 

making our own.

ev is stamping dates as i type.

to use this memory box

you simply write the year 2013

on the first line each day.

next to it jot a phrase

about something that happened,

you created, you made for dinner,

you did for the first time...

{you get the idea}

on that day.

make it a habit.

it's easy.  really.

each year repeat this.

in 10 years you will

have a miniature

calendar journal

all in one small box.

so what are you waiting for?

you still have time to make yours.

if you need a box, you can

substitute a small fruit

box - like blueberries

and raspberries come in.

let me know 

how yours turns out.

thanks for stopping by.   

until next time. 

 happiness to you. 

from me. 

with heart.  

 ox joon

Scuppernote ~ A Happenstance Design

Last year's calendar & other recycled papers get a new life.
Tri fold notebook with velcro closure.

This afternoon while Scout was resting and the sky adhered to gray mode with a vengence, I worked on a new design. My objective was to create a notepad with a pencil attached. That didn't work out, but I love this design, which sprang from that template and formed as I went along. Here's the short of it:

Random papers are cut to the proper width. They will be stitched together & slipped into the reusable paper case (a folded magazine slice), which, in turn, will slip up into the paisley (vintage tie) fabric, which is sewn onto a card stock remnant & tucks into the inside pouch seen here:

The calendar is 2008's Scuppernut All Year Long . The view below shows the back of the note pad. If you look closely you can see that the fabric pocket wraps around the bottom edge, is pinked & stitched in place. The policeman fending off 'alligators in the sewers' (of NYC) is from a discarded Children's book. You can see the velcro closure in his choppers. Anyone else hearing little Drew Barrymore in their head right now?

Here is a view of the notepad insert system:

And here it is in place:

The finishing touch ... a denim shade cotton yarn bit with a vintage bunny button I've had forever and then some, as my favorite cousin would say. My pencil challenge is also solved as this led me to the answer that will see my design work. My template was made first, this evolved, so I abandoned that, but now as luck would have it, I am all ready for my next happenstance adventure. I'll see you soon ~ pencil me in, won't you? ox joon