Of course, this is because I know nothing about how to use jump rings and pliers.
Forty fatbook pages for a post-Artfest swap. Kristie organized it among the folks in dorm 202 (which must've seemed completely insane to her once she recovered from all the Artfest sleep deprivation). Since we were at art school, so to speak, I used a picture of a Port Townsend building...
and painted my mother's baby picture using what I could remember from my first class. You remember, the class that gave me such a headache. But the fatbook theme was "Artfest," so why not try something you learned, nu?The pages had to be 4" x 4". I decided to do something on a 4" x 6" canvas, so I'd for sure have part of the proportions right. Then I'd copy the main part and mount them on cardstock, with an embellishment.
I got the bell idea because of the school bell the baby is ringing... trying to use what I have, and I remembered I had these mini-bells from a bridal shower. Brilliant! And then came the struggle with the damn jump rings. Oy. But they're sent out, and Kristie was very patient waiting for my pages, bless her heart.Should be interesting to see what everyone else has done. Julie is definitely in (looks like we had the same idea about the canvases, and the class technique) and I think Celeste is participating too. If she's been able to keep her eyes open, poor sleep-deprived new mother that she is.
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So what if only some of the forty people submit their required 40 pieces? Do they still get a fatbook, do you get the unused pieces back, or do the unused pages get sent to the Island of Misfit Toys?
LOL... as far as I know, whoever sends their pages in gets their completed fatbook. The host usually checks up on people's progress to replace anyone who drops out, and to notify others of the change(s). I guess if you don't send in the requisite pages, you might get a gentle reminder, or your pages just get tossed. No point in spending $$ to return pages that won't get bound into a book.
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