I Hate Good-byes!
March 10th, 2007
My sweet friend Sam is moving back to the East Coast next week. Tonight a bunch of us are getting together for dinner after the Rubber Stamp Convention in Carson. My friend Joy coordinated a special gift for Sam – a Bare Essentials Danelle book. You can see a naked one here. We saw this one all done up at CHA and we all fell in love with it. In fact we (or maybe I?) could not stop fondling it! There are 12 tiny individual chipboard books that fit into the large book.
So for Sam there are several of us each making up a little individual book for her to remember us by. Here are some pics of the one I made.
These little boks are just 3″ x 3″ and so much fun to work on! They are just plain chipboard so there are so many possibilties! I can’t wait to see what the other gals have done! I started by using a green chalk ink direct to chipboard to paint all the edges. Then I cut up and adhered some Basic Grey Phoebe paper from a 6×6 pad (LOVE those pads!). I kept things pretty simple with some photos and sentiments and minimal embellishments (I KNOW! Do you think I have a fever?). On the last page I made the picture into a pocket to hold a tag so I could write a hidden personal message to Sam. She really is a ray of sunshine and I’m so glad we’ve gotten to be friends!
March 10th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
What a great book, Jami — love the bright colors!
March 10th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
What a beautiful, thoughtful gift for her. I’m sure she will always treasure it.
March 10th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Oh, what a beautiful TREASURE, Jami. I’m sure she’ll feel your warm hugs everytime she looks at and fondles her own books!
March 10th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Thank you so much Jami (and everyone for that matter). I just LOVE my book. I can’t wait to display it proudly in my stamp room and take it out whenever I need my SoCal fix. It was such a great idea to do that and get everyone to create their individual books. Each are so different and so that person. Fabulous! I am going to miss you so much but I just know we will see each other in the future so I am not worried. 🙂 {HUGS}
March 11th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Beautiful! And a wonderful idea. A gem.
March 11th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Jami, your book turned out so awesome! I love how it all just went so well together! Your binding…. total WOW!!!! Loved the bling.
I will miss Sam so much! She is our sunshine. That smile could light up a room!
March 11th, 2007 at 5:48 am
That’s awesome! I think I’m going to cry. I cannot wait to see what everyone else did. Now I *need* that from eP! Dern you!!! I need to decide what to do with it first! LOL
March 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
James, this is just incredible!!! Sam is so lucky to have gotten to know all of you, and all of you her! What a wonderful gift!!
March 12th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Amazing Jami!!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
What a heartwarming gift this is for a friend! I’d probably cry and I bet she will, too. Sort of a bittersweet moment, reaffirming your friendship and parting at the same time. Sad but beautiful…
March 13th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Jami I just found you blog!!! This little book is faboo!! I saw these at eP!! I may have to place another order!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Oh I just LOVE this! How super cool! what a fabulous bunch of friends she is leaving and what a treasure!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
What an awesome gift! Sam will treasure it forever! A great reminder of her time (and good friends) in SoCal. Now we see why she will not be at SCSM4 (but will be missed)!
March 14th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
OMgoshhhhhhh Jami you have a blog! How in the world did I miss it. I love your art work!!
March 16th, 2007 at 10:39 am
this is so pretty!