Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Tessa's Book of Paintings

I'm so excited that my daughter Tessa's book of paintings turned out so well! 


For the straps I used (fake) leather with some decorative painted squares. 


Above are all of the colorful pages.


On the inside I included a few photos of her painting. 






I'm going to give it to her for her birthday in a couple weeks. I hope she loves it! I like the idea that she will see from the very beginning that her work is special enough that it can be turned into a book. Throughout my life I've wanted to be an author and make picture books. But the idea that my work is good enough to be published has sometimes been a struggle. Tessa loves books and she will grow up seeing her art and writing in books. That means a lot to me even if it turns out to be unimportant to her. Yay for books!

8 comments:

  1. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Excellent job ... I am also sending this idea to a good friend for her 2 year old daughter. Can't wait to birthday photos!!

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    1. Thank you, Denise! The whole process has been super fun. :)

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  2. This is such a gorgeous gift Jill. What a generous, loving thing to do.

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  3. Wow that is so lovely! I wish someone had done that for me when I was growing up...what an amazing keepsake that will be :)

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    1. Maybe you will be able to make a book for someone else and start a tradition, Mousy! When I was little, my mom would staple together pieces of paper to make "books" for us to color in. She would also do a line drawing of anything we asked for, like an on-demand coloring book. I always loved that.

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