Swaps..... Preperations for going to Stampin' UP! Celebrate Convention 2009

Now SWAPS are a part of "Convention Culture"... and are a must for one to have the whole convention experience.. not to mention that it is COOL to have new ideas for projects etc and a GREAT way to meet other wonderful talented Stampin' Up Demonstrators (Australia wide)... And awesome for those of us who are shy with strangers...

(*yes girls I am.... believe it or not.. I suck at small talk... great to get in to a D&M with!!! but I don't particularly care about the whether.... cause today I am ALIVE!!! And usually it's great... and if it's not.. then you just smile and pretend.. so that eventually you fool yourself into having a great time!!! you know "Fake it till you make it"!!! That's not being false or fake.. just being positive.. I'll always tell you if I am feeling Crappy I just add it to the pile of poo in my life... you get used to the smell eventually... but I'll do it with a smile.. and move on quickly... Besides I have craft in my life.. who could not be HAPPY with that???)

Back to SWAPS... I get a little side tracked sometimes....

SWAPS... sometimes the inspiration comes fast.. Usually it comes slowly.. especially if you have been to one or 2 conventions B4... You want to demonstrate something cool.. new.. and pretty... but the pressure we sometimes put on ourselves to come up with that 'different' idea... well it's just too much... And let me tell you that someone somewhere in the world will have thought about 'your' idea B4... So just relax and take the pressure off yourself and create something that you enjoy... because you are gonna make A LOT of them...!!!

With that in mind.. I came up with hair clips this year.... And thought I was very original... but discovered days later that in the USA Stampin' UP! Catalogue on page 35 there are some hair clips... dough!!!

However It was a labor of love!!! (if you get board.. then change colours.. that may help??)
another tip... Take all your swaps on the first day and SWAP LIKE A MAD WOMAN!!!! As a result of not taking them all on the first day... I have some of these left... yes you live and learn the culture!!! Please learn form my mistakes... Especially if you do more than 50 swaps...!!!

If anyone is interested in these.. please call me or email me or message me on here.. I will send you one(or 2)!!! or you can come pick one (or2) up!!! Anytime... They may reappear at Regional training... or could be Hostess rewards for a little while!!!

I do have heaps of swaps that I received and am yet to take some photos of.. I will be putting them up soon.. so stay tuned

Preperations for going to Stampin' UP! Celebrate Convention 2009

There is so much that goes into preparing for a convention.. forget the 'normal' girly stuff... of making sure you have the right day wear clothes, accessories, hair products, make up and glorious evening outfit that will be dolled up to boot!!! .... there is all the preparations for .... SWAPS>>>> And then you have the ingenious thought of... 'Well maybe I want to give my team something.. cause I want them to stand out in the crowd and know that someone loves them..' (even the ones interstate whom you have never met....cause they are part of the team too!!!) So this is were the creative part in me steps it up BIG time... See not having a lot of money to spare.. well you can get quite resourceful!!! Plus you have to come up with something that combines your creative idea with some Stampin' Up! product.... That you can mass produce and that is useful to convention activities....

So my original idea was to make some name badges for our team using our hodge podge... Being that we are the I wanted to make some little angel name broaches.....


(I think they tuned out beautifully... You know that our punches come in hand for weights to be sure that things stay together while glue is drying too!!! hehe... how versatile are they???)

Then I had this other idea for Liz... (my upline... and friend) I wanted to do something special for her this year... I remembered that I was blessed to meet a wonderful lady.. Katrina.. who has her own business where she prints business logos etc on ribbon (or wine bottles or stuff like that.. I have mentioned her before.... ) Presonalise Ribbons web site. Click to view....
Anyway.... I got her to do 2 Beauty Queen Sashes.. one for me (of course) and another special one for Liz...With our Logo on it... and when I received the samples.. Well I just so darned excited that I had to share it with ALL the PaperANGELS... They were so gorgeous!!!...

When I had all the broaches done and enough loo paper rolls (eweeeh) to roll ribbons on.. I decided that I would wrap them... Of course as our team shirts are black and the logo is HOT pink... I had to do black ribbons and pink passion tags to decorate a attach the name broaches on...


Together they looked soooooooooo cute!!! (*It did take forever to get them to sit right to take this photo!!!!)

(*I was worried that some of the women may not like them.... that they would be a little too cutsie for them.... but I was so chuffed that all the girls wore them every day!!! Thank you ladies!!! Love you all!!!)

The best thing about the sashes is that I had a momentary stroke of genius to make them memorabilia of "Stampin' Up Convention 2009"... So along with the paperANGELS logo I had those words on the end too... Most of the girls are going to hang them in their craft areas/rooms... What an honor... (Man I am so emotional at the moment that I keep tearing up!!! What a DAG!!!)

Anyway There are a few photos of the girls wearing them... I will add them later.. perhaps to another blog entry... as this one is a little long...

Preparation for Convention is FUN!!!!

This Months Stampin' UP! SUPER Special

Sign Up for $150... This month ONLY

Double Click on image to enlarge it or to read more about this special click HERE

How good is that????? What a wonderful Special... So for all you lovely Crafters who have got all the basics this is how you can now start your own hobby discount account.... Or those of you that feel the $324 for over $560 worth is a little big to start with.. There is now an option... But only for this MONTH... (May 2009) So be sure to get in quick if you have ever had an inkling that you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products at discounted prices......

Please do call me and I can help you get started.. book a workshop and I will run your first one for you with you being the demonstrator to recieve the full rewards of commission and Hostess stamp set and $$$!!!! How good is that????

Love to hear from you soon!!!


Ursula James

Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator

T: 3341 5498
M: 0410 602 916
E: naturallyu01@hotmail.com
www.stampinwithu.blogspot.com

Chat: MSN: naturallyu01@hotmail.com

Fresh Inspirations - Away Card Comp...

Sorry all....
The 'Away' entry into the Fresh Inspirations Card Comp, (if you are unable to attend) will probably not be happening this time.. but we will have more things organised for the Christmas Card Event... so get your creative juices running and think CRAFTY!!! so you can enter that comp!!!

If you feel you could donate a little to the Bereavement program that would be lovely... As we (PaperANGELS) are planning on branching out to other hospitals as well as the Marter Mothers.. It's all so exciting and LOVELY...

Oh and really exciting news... 96.5 is giving us air time... yeah.. and we are on their community notice board... Click HERE...
(this is April/Mays at the moment.. but we should come up very soon... yeah.... you will have to click on the June tab....)

Love Ursula

ps read about the Boxes we put together and keep stocked by clicking HERE...

Paper ANGELS Event - Fresh Inspirations

You are invited to our Paper Angels 2nd quarterly event.... 'Fresh Inspirations'
Hope you can come... Please RSVP ASAP

If you are unable to attend but would like to enter the card comp (helping raise funds for the Mater Mothers Bereavement and other hospitals if we can expand.. as we would hope to) PLEASE get your entries to me B4 the event dates and $1 for every entry.. if you want to be cheeky you could enter in each event??? MORE chances to win...... (This is my thoughts & idea on fundraising more.. (not sure if it is co-sure... may have to ok that with Liz & other Demonstrators ... but may get us to our target sooner!!!) The more entries the more product and card stock we can purchase to donate directly to the Bereavement programs!! Every $1 counts and goes directly to the program..

We are also looking at advertising on Radio.. for the first time in our PaperANGELS 'life' of events... (all of 2 years we are but infants too!!! Growing so fast though!!) 96.5 will be putting us on the community notice board and may be giving us some air time... We are in the process of contacting more radio stations as well... so it could grow to be a monSTAR!!!

Hope to hear from you soon...

Love Ursula
Phone 0410 602 916
Email:- naturallyu01@hotmail.com


Couldn't paste the flier on here.. so please email me if you would like to receive (the pretty version) and or details of other events being offered...

Fresh Inspiration’
JUNE CARD MAKING AFTERNOON

You are invited to spend an afternoon of fun and creativity with the Paper Angels Group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Learn some great new techniques such as ‘Bleaching’ and ‘Serendipity Card Design’ using the very beautiful ‘Fresh Cuts’ Stamp Set. You will also have the opportunity to work with the gorgeous new In Colors as well as other new products from the 2009 / 2010 Idea Book and Catalogue. Tables are allocated for this event and therefore places are strictly limited.

COST
$60 (payment is required at time of booking)
INCLUDES
Fresh Cuts Stamp Set (valued at $38.95)
Materials and Instruction to complete 4 deluxe cards
Afternoon Tea & Door Prizes
New Displays from our Canberra Demonstrators’ Convention
VENUES & DATES
Carina Leagues Club | Sunday June 7th | 1- 5pm
Macleay Island Community Hall | Saturday 13th June | 1- 5pm
Pine Rivers Bowls Club | Sunday June 21st | 1 – 5pm
Card Competition & Raffles

We will be running Card Competitions at all venues. Each entry will cost $1, which will go directly to the Mater Mothers Bereavement Program. Card entries will be judged by all our customers, who will have the opportunity to view and vote on the cards. We will also have some fabulous RAFFLE PRIZES donated by Stampin’ Up! Australia and our Paper Angels Demonstrator Group. These proceeds will assist us in continuing to supply equipment to the Mater Mothers Bereavement Program as well as assisting other Brisbane Hospitals as funds allow.

20009-10 Idea Catalogue Project Recipes

After complaining last night at a workshop.. (opps my bad) that this years Catalogue does not have the Recipe section in it... Well 'blow me down and call me a goose'...

I discover tonight (from Leonie's Blog.. thank goodness she is now blogging.. and keeping me up to date!!) that it is accessible!!! Yeah

Here's how you do it...
click HERE...

or the long way is.... by going to Stampin' Ups Customer website http://www.stampinup.com.au/ , Click on PRODUCTS in the top of the screen, next click on OUR CURRENT CATALOGUES, look for 2009-2010 IDEA BOOK & CATALOGUE STAMPIN' SUPPLIES.

Stampin UP Supports the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal

Throughout Feb and March Stampin' Up was able to support the Victorian Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal by donating a whopping 50% of the retail value of a selected 10 stamp sets... I was blown away in the first 2 weeks of this appeal as there was already a $15K amount been raised!!! By the end of the allotted time I was totally flabbergasted!!!

Can you believe it???? over $77K...

Again may I say what a wonderful and generous company we are blessed to be associated with and I belong to it!!

Thank you to all the wonderful supporting crafting people across Australia and New Zealand who so generously supported this most worthy of all causes!!!

God Bless you all!!!


Official post by Stampin' Up: In mid-February, we launched the Bushfire Appeal in response to the tragedy that affected so many lives in Victoria and across Australia. We're pleased to announce that with the sales of the Bushfire Appeal sets, our final donation amount to the

Australian Red Cross Bush fires 2009 Appeal will be $77,889.63!

Catalogue Launch ~ Carina April 2009

How could I say it any Better???
Leonie did a great write up of our Catalogue Launch!!! so instead of retyping it you can click HERE to view a great photo of me... (NOT)... and read all about the events on the day...

Enjoy!!!

Simply Sent Card Elements & Tin Workshop

This is going to be a great Workshop!!! You will be making 4 cards and decorating a lovely tin which the cards fit in beautifully... It is great to give away for a present or to keep for yourself!!

Each person will receive all the materials (excluding Glue runner.. Please BYO) to create the 4 fabulous cards and the lovely 'Wow Flowers' Stamp set... (pg 140 in 2009/10 Aust & NZ Ideas Catalogue $24.95)

If you are interested in participating in this class please call to book in as places are limited..
It will be held on:- Saturday the 23rd May('09).. @ 10 am..
My place... COST:- $40
call NOW... :- 0410 602 916..

(The tin my look a little different... I'm not totally happy with it yet!)

This Months (April & May) Lucky Draw!!!

If you have not held a workshop this year so far.. I am offering a special incentive… If you have held one.. and would like to hold another one you will have an entry into the draw as well!!!

If you book in APRIL or MAY you will go into a raffle for a lovely prize valued at approximately $100.. (to be drawn in June… winner announced on Blog)

I will soon make it up and take a photo to put on here so you can be tempted!!! Hehe.. (I know I am evil!!)

So not only will you receive a copy of the NEW Ideas book, your hostess stamp set and $$$$ to spend… but you may receive $100 bucks worth of other free stuff!!! Yeah!!! TEMPTED??? Call me…
(For all who have booked in April so far. I will be fair and put you in too!! Cause I’m nice & I love you!!)

*I still have some retired stamp sets left too.. A couple of Sale-A-Bration sets and Hostess (08-09) sets.. If you are interested let me know…

Graphgic Design...

We also can Design your business LOGO... here's some we have done in the past...
Mine is very simple!!
Hand Crafted by Ursula James:-
PaperANGELS:-

Aaron's Grump Bear:-
Exquisite Brow:-For some reason it changes the colour when you load that picture on here... It's much nicer than that.. it is Blues with blond hair and red lips... not these greens and oranges!!! icky!!!


Personalised Wines:- The basic card was set out by Katrina and the font was one of hers.. But the wine glass bottle and liquid was my work... Check out her Web Site.. CLICK HERE

Then I worked out how to make it a Logo so if she wanted to get rubber stamps made or print her logo on things in a simplified version she would have something to do that with.. Katrina will be adding the text...


Triple R Photos...
Our logo and business card... Colours again are a bit whacked.. no idea why.. but you get the idea of the card


There is more to come.. Stay tuned

Heritage Photos Restored

Just a sample of some of the work Aaron and I have done in the past with Triple RRR..

Restoring, Repairing & Reviving Photos... Click on the link to see what we have been able to do.. @ great prices!!!
Call, email or drop in to get a free Quote..

Click Here to view some Triple RRR Photos

Wedding Flowers

I also do Wedding Flowers.. just thought I would put a link to my Album... There are so many more but I just do not have photos of them all yet... Sometimes I even forget to take them.. dough!!

Enjoy looking... I love Flowers they are so beautiful... It's wonderful working with something that is naturally beautiful to make it MORE beautiful!!!

Call, Email, or Drop in for a free Estimation...

CLICK here to view some Wedding Flowers etc

Wedding Bonbonneries - Treasure Chest Type

I made these for a client just recently.. I tried to get some padlocks to make them look more like a treasure chest.. only there was none to be found!!! I substituted the padlocks for interlocking hearts.. I thought that was nice... Nice symbol for marriage too!!! Two hearts becoming one... (* sighs and looks glossy eyed... thinking of the whole romance of that statement!)

She was getting married on the Beach and was having a 'Treasure Chest' instead of a 'Wishing Well'.. So love that idea!!! Thought that the gold coin chocolate would be a good thing to go in them too.. as it is kind of treasure chesty!!!


Mass producing these boxes is definitely a labour of LOVE!!! Takes for eva!!! So glad my lovely Hubbie was willing and able to help me out.. else she may never have received them on time!!!

I put a little Vellum tag on each one with their names and Date of the wedding..(After I was reminded that I forgot.. I seem to be having a lot of BLOND Moments lately!!!... SOOOOOOOOOOO unprofessional!!My heart is there... But the head is lacking some what..)


All is well in the end... They turned out beautiful.. I was very happy with them..
And so was the Bride (when I fixed the overlooked bits!!! )

Techniques Class # 2

This is a sneak peak of what we will be doing.. Nothing more then a picture to tease you all!!! hehe.. I know I am evil!!! but you all love it!!!

You know the more I think about techniques the more I think I know!!! I could keep you all going for a few years I am sure.. and with Stampin' Up! Convention 2009 coming up next month.. well I am sure I will be inspired by our other Aussie Demonstrators in their "Swaps" and in the "Workshop Wows" that I will be privileged to see!!! Can you tell I am excited??? (19 days to go!! & counting)

Anyway enough blabbering.. here's the photo.. Book in still a couple of places... Be Quick.. If you haven't done the first one don't worry It will not make it harder.. Just means you will not have the box to put them in.. but I can repeat the class again.. just let me know you want to do it... And I'm all yours!!! ;) .. gerr baby!!!

Bali Breeze 20 Cards in a Box

Loved Loved Loved this class!!! I first attended it at Liz's!!! Was so inspired and wanted to do something like it for my wonderful customers!! Then I thought why not just do the same.. who can improve on perfection???

Everyone that attended it Loved it too!!! It's bright.. Colourfull and oh so HAPPY!!! WE do 4 card designs repeated 5 times each.. and there's your 20 cards... LOVED it!!!


I will be doing another one for Christmas in July... so Stay tuned for that... Date is 18th July at 10am.. Email, ring or text to reserve your place.. only 8 spots for this one.. so BE QUICK!!!

Techniques Class Numero UNO

Well this was a brilliant Class!!! It was loved by all!!! And I really enjoyed it too... The class is designed to help you remember all the techniques that we teach/learn... We make a card for every Technique and then glue the instructions on the back so you can take them home and remember what it was the crazy lady said!!! The whole "How to's" of creating that effect...

Inspiring, Informative, Educational.. and with me definitely entertaining!!! I always do something to make people laugh!!! Blond moments.. Foot in mouth disease.. You know the drill!!! So me to a tee!!!
This class will be repeated in May (09).. there is still a few places.. It takes about 4 hours!!! Cause I went a little fussy Lala on the whole decorating the cards... got to remember to KISS.. (Keep It Simple Silly or Stupid.. what eva!!) You do the tin in the class too... this is how you keep all your Techniques class cards protected and in pristine condition... Remember there is 2 more classes this year so you will end up with 30 reference cards by the end of 2009... yeah...
Love to see you attending!!!

Happy Easter

Now I was given a challenge to make an Easter card for a workshop last month.. DO you think I have any Easter stamps??? Nuuuh uhhh... .. so what does one do when you have no stamps to suit the occasion???

'You FLY by the seat of your pants!! And make it all up... Fake it till you make it..'
(Can I get any more quotes in here???)

Anyway what I did was use a whole lot of background stamps and our oval punches... and made an Easter egg basket... Who says you need a stamp that has something to do with the event or occasion!!! You can think 'out side' the box and be CREATIVE!!!It worked for me in this instance.. I think...

Bronze Look-A-Like Metalic Tags

Did you know you can do layer upon layer of embossing then stamp into it to make an image indentation??? well here is what I did for another class just recently.. I did about 4 layers of embossing then stamped my image (while embossing was hot) ...

You really do need to make sure that you protect your stamp by coating it with VersaMark Before you stamp it... And the best thing about this technique is..... If you stuff it up all you need to do is reheat and the image melts away... for you to try again.. Yeah!!! Makes everyone look like a Pro!!!

I also used the MatPac & piercing tool to make sure that my brads were evenly spaced apart... Love the Matpac!!!Oh yeah and if you want an antique look you can stamp your image into your StayzOn... It's a cool effect.. Try it!!!

Bright Eastern Blooms

I did this card at a workshop just recently.. I love it.. So bright and vibrant... We stamped it in to the VersaMark and then we did the 'Rock n Roll' Technique.. then we sprinkled clear embossing powder.. and Wallah... Beautiful GLOSSY flowers!!!

Kusudama Origami Ball

I had to give it a go... Just because.. Liz made one and a few of the Paper Angels have had a go& brought them to our last meeting.. .. So when Melissa and I got together for our All day/night Valentines Craft day... Well that was one of our projects...

Melissa's is so much nicer than mine.. And Liz's is lovely too... Mines not made form Stampin'Up! papers either.. that would make it so much nicer!!!

Mine has been to school for "Show n' Tell"... I believe it had a bit of an experience as a soccer ball as well... A little worse for wear!!!


Oh well.. At least It's been used...

They look really lovely with a ribbon through the middle of them and hanging... You can even add a little bling or pearls from the Pretties Kit...that would be lovely!

Inspirational Weddings

Inspirational Weddings is a book that I have put together for Brides to have a look at to be inspired.. It has wording for invites etc, pictures of Bononnieres, filler ideas, Matching stationary ideas... etc etc... I had to decorate the cover... Of course.. So it looks pretty.. Inside I have different coloured Tabs that I made with our Round Tab punch...


It all helps to make decisions...

Elisa's Elegant Invites

I think I am in love!!!! Every now and then you create something that is just beautiful!!! I believe with this card design I have we have hit the nail on the head!!!

I used Stampin' UP! Brushed Gold card stock and scored it so that it folds like a door...
I cut slits in the middle of each door to insert ribbon so that I can tie a bow to close the card..
I stamped with the border stamp from 'It's Maori Mate' Stamp set, and embossed it with gold embossing powder.
The Stamp-a- ma-jig was an invaluable tool to help me to get the design perfectly in line!!

I scanned the negative of the photo and blurred the background and made it Black and White.
I attached the invite and the photo underneath with a little bow kept in place with a gold brad.


Mass production.... They all look so NICE... It was hard to give them up!!!!! Lucky for Photos!!!

Elisa's Frangipani Wedding Invites

Another one of my Brides is getting married on the beach and she loves Frangipani's... She gave me her colour theme and I came up with these designs.... They could be used for anything really... Any one that loves Frangipani's...

We have changed the design totally... But these are some great samples!!! heheh

Cherish - Love - Scrappin'

I love Scrapping.. Only I just don't do enough.. so with that said this year I will be aiming to do much more!!! (Shameless plug) With our Paper Angels "Album in a Day" class.. well that is another way for others to Scrap some more too!!! ;) Yeah...

This is a lovely page that I did in a workshop recently.... Was really simple.. I think I am on a natural faze (colours) at the moment...


Oh yeah.... Eventually I will replace the photo... I drooped the ink pad when I was demonstrating... Opps!!!

Hera's Wedding Invites & Bonbonniere

I was able to design some lovely invites with a Beautiful "Bride to be"... I made a few examples for her to choose from and then once she had her photos done she was ready to make the final design decision...The 3 examples to choose from.... What will they be like???

Hera wanted to have the BEAUTIFUL photo to be the focus of the invite.. so we simplified the design heaps... And I found some Maori Art to put on the background of the vellum invite details so she could have some traditional homeland feel to it...

I love this photo!!! My girlfriend Nardia took it... She is a brilliant photographer.. She catches the inner beauty of people spectacularly!!! Take a closer look at the photo.. It looks like the top of their heads and the pointed elbows form a HEART shape!!! So brilliant!!!
Check out Nardia's Web site..... Click Here

This is and idea for the Boxes.. to be decided soon..

We were thinking that you could also put people names on the Bonbonniere's... That way they serve a double purpose... As a gift and a place card...

Wedding Bonbonniere Boxes

I am venturing further in to the world of Weddings!!!! (I already make Costume Jewelery, Hair Accessories and arrange flower Bouquets/arrangements for weddings.. )
And Now I have been expanding my wedding involvements into making some lovely little boxes.. In this photo I have added some past projects that can serve as a wedding Bonbonniere... there are so many more to discover!!! Yeah

Liz's Rub-on Class

Liz had this wonderful class with some of her customers... I was privileged to be able to attend and learned a wonderful Origami box!!! And used the sewing machine on some paper crafts for the first time eva...
The Scallop circle is for a Scrapbook page.. and the white is supposed to have a photo on it.. I've not put one yet.. as you can see... hehe...I loved the box so much!!! And have experimented with it a lot.. The kids and I were making them at church and we did it with all different size paper. We made boxes, with in boxes with in boxes!!!I found some instructions from the
origami-instructions site.. Click on link
To make a lid all you have to do is make the square 1cm smaller (eg. lid 12x12cm... bottom 11x11cm).. There were heaps of other things on the net.. It was interesting searching Origami... I have heaps of new things to try out...

Birthday Bash Class

We had a wonderful time making 6 Beautiful cards and a expanding folder for organising the years Birthday cards into... It was a great project and not hard... or expensive to reproduce... We used the Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper from our Spring Mini Catalogue... So it is very bright and cheery!!!! (* if anyone would like the instructions let me know)
And we got great use out of our new Scallop Stamps and Punches (also from the Mini Catalogue)This is another colour example... This was the test one... and I smudged the tabs.. so don't look too close!!!

Because we are Brothers....

I wrote a poem ("Because we are Brothers") to go with some photos that I have taken of the boys over time... My boys love to look at the photo albums.. but sometimes getting the big one (12x12) out is a little awkward!!! So I decided to make a small one.. As I am a big believer in recycling I had saved all the card backing from our stamping technique booklets... And covered them with some of our Prints Designer Series papers... (Old Olive and Brilliant Blue.... My boys colours are blue and green...) As the pages are small I printed out the photos in black and white and half the size of an 4x6 photo... Most photo places will allow you to do this with digital prints these days... Sometimes that service costs extra money so if you want to be thrifty find someone with a photo editing program... (I think you can even get a free one on line... to do this job) and save both photos onto a 6x4 .jpg template and combine them to make one photo...


The kids absolutely love this album.. And are so proud of it.. It is going to School for 'show and tell'... It's easy for them to handle and you can leave it on display.... It would be a great pressie for someone too!!! But not this one.. blood Sweat and tears went into it!!! It is not finished yet.. I have to buy some more ribbon and I have heaps more verses (I shortened these verses a little form the original as they were wordy... Cutting out the individual words WAS a great idea.. but very 'Fussy La La!'..
It's great to bind it with the curtain rings as you can add and subtract pages as needed!!!..