Thursday, April 25, 2013

Make My Week - A Colour Book

I've admired busy/quiet books for a long time and had the urge to make my own.

When I saw one similar to this idea I was inspired.

With 2 first birthdays coming up for some special little ones I thought it would be a great project. The point of this one is to take the coloured balloon off the cover page and match it with the correct colour page in the book, all the while learning colours (hopefully). I was really proud of myself for realising I needed to use the fluffy velcro on the colour pages and the hooks on the back of the balloons so the pages didn't hook onto each other when the book was closed and cause pilling.

They do take rather a lot of time.... all that hand stitching. Although, a good project for watching TV by.

I'm really pleased with the finished product and using the eyelet system means I can easily make supplementary pages and the book can be fully taken apart to play with as well.

Not at all tricky, just a bit time consuming!

Joining in at Leonie's for some creative show and tell.

 

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Awesome Miriam! Love it and am sure they wil be loved. I still have one if these on my to do list :)
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A fantastic idea for a 1st gift. Love the colours and layout. Great for small hands!
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This looks so cool! Is this what you are teaching at the Make Café?
Miriam, this is beautiful! It turned out so cute. I have been wanting to make something like this for my daughter to help her calm down when she's upset. This was just the inspiration I needed!!! ~Sarah
1 reply · active 622 weeks ago
thanks so much Sarah :o) Not hard to do at all x
Looks great.
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nz green buttons · 622 weeks ago

Awesome Miriam! It looks amazing, a really special present to give and treasure
What a lovely gift. Nicely done.
Love it, you are clever xxx
What a great job you have done...something that will be treasured for a long time I am sure. xx
Oh my goodness, this is such an adorable present! You did a great job :)!
1 reply · active 622 weeks ago
thanks so much Jen
Miriam this is so cool!
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I like that a lot!
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1 reply · active 621 weeks ago
thanks Becky - simple but time consuming! :o)

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