My sister is teaching A&P for the T.A.G. (Talented And Gifted) program this week for 10-14 year olds. So I helped her design some learning centers. Each day will have medical mysteries correlated with the system they are studying. We're also incorporating critical thinking and scientific inquiry. I won't post the whole series here, but here's the first one:
Creative Commons photo of 19th century Sherlock. I just printed in B&W on parchment paper.
Each story is printed on cardstock and I have incorporated some critical thinking / scientific inquiry questions:
Answer can be deduced by flipping up the card:
On back of story is a pocket holding "The London Times" front page:
Vintaged up.
I printed this out on parchment & distressed:
Here's an easier version to read:
I'll prolly do a video demo after the class is finished to show all the folders. :-)
I've been chicken-sitting for some new friends and being the compulsive photographer I am, I put together a newsletter for their time away. These are from the last two vizzies and I'm getting ready to do another one this week.
I wanted to write a blog post for my latest journal, since I didn't do a video flip-thru of it before I sent it to its recipient, John Morgan. I wrote a more extensive post in honour of John Morgan on my Labyrinth Gal blog. This post is more about the journal. I'll show some photos, and then I will have links to supplies, tools, and information on how to make the journal.
Here's the journal:
It's a Booksmith journal, of course! It has a 3 1/2 inch curved spine.
I designed the inserts in MS Publisher and included a lot of family photos, which I won't share here. I also included some of his birthday-related blogposts. Here are a few pages:
Photo of him and his dad, secured with Tim Holtz paper clip.
John & his mother in a photo booth:
Looks like a Tim Holtz photo strip. That's another
one of his tiny paper clips holding it to the page.
Photo of Steve Martin that John took at one of his shows:
So I signed it a la Steve Martin.
Last page:
Magnolia May was really John's idea! So I
had to have "her" sign his book.
The idea for this is that friends and family can sign The Birthday Book, taken out of the Traveler's Notebook, so I included a pen loop and (NON-fountain) pen:
Pilot G-2 rollerball pen.
Back cover of the Birthday insert:
John is wearing one of his granddaughter's
hats, taken at her birthday party.
Second insert: I have notebooks & journals filled with notes I took over the years for John Morgan Seminars. I've often read them to him, but he's never seen them. So I included a few pages in an insert for him:
I copied the entries onto parchment paper:
The third insert is Radio-themed from his days in radio:
Inside has a pocket made with a photo of him when he was a DJ at KCMO (Kansas City). He rode a bull for some radio stunt:
Inside the pocket is one of his blog posts, Friendship,
printed onto parchment.
Here are a few pages with quotes and stories:
John had Gary Owens (from Laugh-In) record some
"drop-ins" for his show.
Center of insert:
Newspaper article from DJ days at KCMO.
Back of insert:
He was "Chuck Taylor" in Wilkes-Barre for 2 years and
told a lot of corny jokes. E.g. "Today's secret word is
3. Then make a Traveler's Notebook spine with elastics.
Sound like a lot of work? Exactly. However, if you want to make high quality, fool-proof journals and books, it's still the best course to take. She has taken the guesswork out of making a Booksmith tome, and you won't have to try to deconstruct or reinvent how to do it. Clear instructions, all the best materials, supplies and tools to use. She does a lot of free tutorials on her YouTube channel, too. OK, that's my testimonial. ;-)
For Booksmith-specific materials & supplies, you'll need to take the course. E.g. cover material, spine construction, etc. etc. For the rest, here are (non-affiliate) links to supplies and materials:
Elastic (1 mm): The elastic in this journal is from Tuesday Morning from years ago. Your local craft store should have basic white and/or black. White is good because they you can dye it whatever colour you need. I just lucked out with the already-green for this journal!
