I love, love, love working with fabrics of any kind and canvas is one of them. I used some plain gray colored canvas and made my own min album recently and thought this idea would make a great gift.
I made these pages by sewing the edges right sides together first, then flipping and putting a finish edge around them. On some pages I edged with a ruffle, some plain.
The front is decorated with a pretty blue flower I made with some silk ribbon with a big pearl in the middle. I then made a bow with some lace and added some black feathers and dark leaves.
I love the combination of black/gray/blue in this little piece.
I mixed in some card tock pages, blank tags and some cardstock covered with old text paper. The inside pages can be painted, or just have photos and patterned paper added.
The collage pages have some great "dripage" added for some color. I love these types of pages, they add a lot of fun to any project.
I think a lot of us love these types of projects, but don't always have the time to make them. Think about making up some for friends and family and I'm sure they will appreciate it.
Last year my little family decided to get a lot more personal with our gift giving by adding a lot more handmade items. I have to say that I have looked forward to this year a lot more because of this. It brings so much more to gift giving when the receiver knows you spent so much time and consideration in what they are receiving.
