*****CHRISTMAS ***** Gluebook

For this Christmas themed gluebook, I used a regular book with quite thick white pages and since there was little text on the page, I did not cover the entire background as usual.  Most all the ephemera is vintage. I love doing books with a particular theme and Christmas is one of my favorite times.

Last Pages of Current Gluebook

Last few pages in the current book.................

Gluebook in Progress~~~~~~~~~

Extra hot GLUE this week............110 degrees here today! This girl anxiously awaiting FALL............my favorite season~~~~~~

With the little moleskins, I tend to do all two page spreads...........







I really do not like this last one. Proportions are wrong and it just does not make it. Every good glue-girl has her bad days :(

More Gluebook Pages

I believe that I have really learned a new way of laying out my pages, thanks to Mary Green at GreenPaper Since taking her Vintage GlueBook class, I have been much more mindful of composition of the page and how the eye can be drawn most effectively to view the page. Mary still has her great discount on the class through June.


This second one I especially love as the background pieces are my Grandmother's handwritten recipes. Also, on the sheet music, the name McKinley, my granddaughter.

Berries and Glue

Well, not TOGETHER but both here today~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yummy on the S'Berries with homemade shortcake.


Here are 2 Glue Pages since taking the online Class from Mary Green. I thought I knew a lot about this, but have learned several new things from Mary. Plus, she has a discount on the class through June. Click on her little Sign on the sidebar to get details.




AND, a BIG Welcome to my friend Tami who has just started to blog------------ Vintage Connections See it HERE: http://vintageconnections.blogspot.com/

So............... a Year Later~~~~~~~~

Popping back into blogging after a year away.

I have been pondering over why I chose to blog originally and why I am back. Yes, I enjoyed making some new friends out there and showing what I created and how I lived in my little world. I also realized that the blogging world can make you rather competitive and anxious about trying to come up with more creative and clever posts. After all, there are lots of creative people! So, I did not blog for a year.

But, I have found that I really miss it. So, I am back, but less anxious to show not just what I can create, but WHO I am. I will talk more about all the wonderful books I am reading and probably the Vintage Gluebooks I am rather addicted to making of late. And, it will be an encouragement to be more accountable for each moment of the day. Oh, and maybe I will share little bits and pieces about our newest girl in the house, my kitty-girl named STAR.

Childrens' Gluebook and GRATEFUL GIVEAWAY

(Silly Grammy! I loaded these pictures backwards, so the beginning is at the bottom)

Used this 1940s Junior Crossword book to make a gluebook all about children. I took out about half the pages (saved for other projects) and left parts of the remaining pages showing. Love how some childs' penciled in letters show.
























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Saturday will be the 3 month anniversary of my blogs' birth. To celebrate how glad I am to have found my place in blogland, I will gift someone with a small stash of love----- Bookmark, 3 Bunny Dominoes and a sweet collage, all made by me and a card of beautiful dyed pearl buttons. Please leave a comment by Sept 12, midnight, telling me what you like best about my blog. OR, if you do not like to leave comments, e-mail me at grammylkk@gmail.com. My husband will randomly choose a name and I will announce on Sunday morning.