Progress has been made however, and still while I still maintain the (somewhat blurry) memory of what this past January was like no less. I've been doing a bit of clearing out and I unearthed this blank notebook type thing with 6 thick cardboard pages. I don't know what it's original intended purpose was but it is now gonna be my embroidery journal. Not satisfied with the plain sad cardboard colored cover, I decided to paint it. It had this nice cut out design, it seemed a shame to leave it a dull brown. Below is photographic evidence of my progress.
I just used some random acrylic paints I happened to have, as shown above.
This is the rest of the blank notebook so you get an idea of the construction. I'm going to do the month embroidery on a piece of aida cloth that'll fit on the page with a little space around the edges, then tape it in with some fancy washi tape. Like I mentioned above, there are 6 pages so I'll do 2 months per page, front and back. Perfect!
A close up. Did I originally intend to have the "2020" in that exact spot or did I accidentally get a smudge of paint there that I needed to hide? We might never know...
I'm really pleased how it came out. Now all I have to do is start on the actual embroidery, preferably before the end of this month. Ahem.
Somewhat random I know, but I'll leave you with the song that I feel like I had stuck in my head for the entire month of January because it's awesome and um. Because I mentioned January? Anyway, enjoy.
That's a really great goal, very specific and accomplishable. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteLove that song! Aw, Bowie!