2008… Better Late Than Never
At the start of the year, a fellow Etsy artist requested a custom weekly planner/sketchbook for 2008. I struggled to begin until I chanced upon some great inspiration by designer and artist Amanda Hawkins. She created her very own organizer and planner pages, which are available for download from here. Amanda’s fantastic approach to her own planner helped me to finally overcome my artist’s block and inspired me to create something exciting. Forget DayMinder!
I designed a weekly calendar page, complete with a system for stamping in the dates and the phases of the moon. I printed these pages onto a substantial drawing paper and interspersed various sketch papers and envelopes between each week. My hope is for each week to present a surprise and inspiration to the owner. The cover is machine embroidered canvas covering book board. The snap closure allows for expansion as items are added to the envelopes throughout the year.
I like how this project turned out so much that I almost considered creating one for myself. After remembering how much time it took, I changed my mind. I think I’ll stick to my current system/mess of little pieces of paper and sticky notes for now.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:26 am
That’s gorgeous, really! Thanks for the shout-out!
February 27th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I did a planner for a customer as well, but yours is just exquisite!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am
This is so wonderful! If I get started now maybe I’ll have one for 2010.
You have a great blog here–I’m thoroughly enjoying it. Thanks for sharing.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
can you tell me what this binding stitch is called??
thanks
chantel
June 17th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
This is a coptic binding… one of my very favorites!