Art Binder.
So my 11-year-old daughter is an artist. She loves to draw, by hand and digitally on the computer. There are drawings all over my house. We have talked about only keeping the ones she loves the most and keeping them CONTAINED. ha ha So I gave her an old 3-ring binder to store them, and she has carried this thing around for months. It was looking pretty gross by this point in time, and I couldn’t stand it anymore. This is my before shot:
(that is so disgusting I’m embarrassed to show you guys but you have to see the before to appreciate the after!)
I decided to cover it with some scrapbooking paper and make it prettier. I used some cool paper I got somewhere….I can’t remember where but it was like 5-6 sheets together in a pack with black/pink/skulls theme, very girlie. My daughter doesn’t like pink so I chose the sheet of paper with the least amount of pink on it. I applied that with Mod Podge. Then I used my big Making Memories stamps and some white acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby to stamp the word ART on it. I had never tried it before, but I applied some embossing powder on the painted letters and heated it up to see what would happen. It kind of cooked the paint a bit and didn’t do what it would normally do with embossing powder, but now the letters are sparkly so it’s okay. Here’s the AFTER shot:
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So what do you guys think? Cool? I love it and so does Summer (whew!).
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Soooo cute!!! You are such a good mommy! I miss you so much! Come to California damnit!!!
Really creative and sweet of you to do for her!!!