This time
around for Alphabet Swap I went with a craft I’ve been doing for a while (mini
books) and a new craft (crochet). When Kendra was here in January we had a
conversation about books, particularly how she finds it hard to read non-school
books as a full-time student. However, she graduates after the semester so she
may have time to read books again soon.
I put
together a little book where she can keep notes on the books she’ll read, and
for now keep lists of books she wants to read later. I’ve had a subscription to
The New Yorker for years now and I rarely throw away an issue. Before this last
move, I neatly removed the covers from all of the issues and only the covers
made it to the new place. I’ve been hoping for some inspiration as
to what to do with them. A few of the covers were book and reading related so I
used them for this book. The inside pages are graph paper and printouts of some
of the photos from this fabulous tumblr blog (I Love Reading & Writing). The photos are backed with woodgrain patterned contact paper.
I also
included a couple crocheted headbands with cute buttons. I got an amazing
button stash on etsy a few weeks ago and knew they’d be part of the B
project. I’ve been seeing these cute crocheted headbands all over the crafty
blogs lately and there was a tutorial on Style School so I made some of my own
to give to Kendra. (also a photo of Pony & me and some bookmarks I made.)
