Book Marks and a Tuesday cuppa.

I am about to share a bit of a saga with you today.

A while ago I signed up for a  workshop at  the Library in the  next village to us.

Its only open part time and they try to get folk through the door.

It was to be Book Binding........whoopee I thought and waited for the day to arrive.

The week before the said workshop was our   Reading Group........ and imagine  a few of us being disappointed when we saw, that this workshop would now be  to make Book marks.

I thought, as we are trying to keep the library open   I would still go and on the day only 6 out of 10  folk turned up.

It was a two hour session  and the girl leading the workshop was really pleasant  and gave a good demonstration.  

 It was a messy session, we all had a laugh.

Now.... a  big...........  ' However/But   ..... from me'.

on the left you can see the result of the  two hours  session.

It was card,  glued and wrapped in a paper towel, then painted.

This is a good starting point, but what would we add next???

I used to teach this type of thing to the youngsters in school, back in my working life,  everyone has to start somewhere. and its good to get youngsters interested in creating  with everyday items easily found in the home. Find the spark of creating early and it is a gift for the future.
I won't tell you the average age of the group, but we are all retired.

These were  considered to be  our  completed book marks. Like myself most were interested in creating things and  I think  we would have liked to pretty them up a bit.l

I did say that when I got home , I would be changing them to suit my style  of crafting.
The star is reposing at the bottom of the bits box and I think will be eventually thrown out.

On the right , you can see how the additions began , just some scraps of napkins, glued to both sides. I didn't want to add any thickness as  they were already deeper than I would have liked.

Gilding wax and the bit of random stamping you can see in the first photo.

I fixed a couple of charms on to a ribbon at the front of the bookmark,  pulled the ribbon through to the back , simply knotting the strands together.

You can see how it marks the page of the current book. Simply pull the charms over the cover of the book.

I am quite happy with to share with you all today, my finished book marks, much more my style than the ones I brought home.

Now as its Tuesday I will be calling in to see friends over at
Bleaubeard and Elizabeths.
where its T stands for Tuesday and  we are always made welcome with a drinks related post

As I was writing this blog post  I remembered to get a photo of my mug of the day, as always close to hand.
In case you wonder the book is a good one, I am about a third of the way through reading it  and know that it is a book  I would recommend.


I  am adding a reminder for the current challenge theme over at Try it on Tuesdays
'Colourful',  information can be found here


Thank you for calling in to see me, I hope you are all having a good day.