Wedding Creativity as a Healing Process

They say Recovery is a 

"process".

It takes time.

It takes patience.

It takes 

everything 

you've 

got.

The goal is to somehow 

grow through what you go through...

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Creativity can be a healing process...

My daughter will wed May 26th, 2019.

My life these days demands a lot of focused repetition. 

So I decided to put that repeatition to good use... 

On pinterest, I discovered the art of book folding. Thank you, 

https://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com 

for being my "occupational therapist".

I hope art quilting & sewing will be in my future again... 

But for now... This is my biggest artistic achievement! 

My goal was a book a day... 
but, it sometimes took days per book...

Each will identify the tables at the wedding for seating 
(instead of numbers)... 
for our 2 masters of literature graduates.

I am very proud of them both kids.

Here's what I did & what you need:

You need:

 Used hard bound thick page books 

with at least 50 more pages than you need to fold.

Elastic to hold back your pages- 

I used a safety pin to hold it tight.

A good ruler & a bone folder & 

a pencil/& sharpener to mark page edges with your pattern.

I decided I liked marking my whole book first... 

others prefer marking a few pages at a time... 

its personal preference...

I downloaded free patterns off internet

There are plenty (more artistic ones) you can buy as well...

There were free videos I watched on line 

to learn techniques as well!

All my downloads were from https://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com

Finding where to start folding was the hardest part & alas- 

I have no advice, since sometimes it worked perfect

 by starting in center of book 

and then dividing- going back by page total... 

& other times, I was totally off. 

But in the end- I decided not to stress the small stuff.

In the beginning of folding your book- 

it won't look like anything but folding pages...

I needed to take a lot of breaks- 

either way... get comfortable-

watch reruns- or that series you've mean't to watch...

eventually it will start to look like a letter!

My "A"

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N

Z

U V W X Y Z

And then- I got brave... 

I kept seeing ads for book folded wedding dates 

selling for $75-$100...

& I decided to go for it...

OMG- this took several hours each day

 for over a week!

First- I needed to print out number patterns... 

& figure out the math...

My husband had to do this for me :(

We found a large print dictionary at the used book store!

& then... 

you just start & hope for the best...

I folded 10 pages in to triangles between each number and heart...

5 - 26 - 19

Then, after all my downloading 

& marking 

& folding was done,

a friend called & said: 

"are you still folding pages?"

        No- I'm done I boasted with pride :D

"Oh- I just found preprinted books for folding."

    ??? If you are reading this- 

             TY- They are stunning- byArtFolds! (Amazon)

Finishing Touches:

For each book:

I used my crop-a dile to attach eyelets 

& tie the books open 

to best display the design.

And Finally:

Wedding Ready!!!!

Chipboard letters attached...

Packed & ready for wedding transport-

with 18 days to spare! 

💖💖💖💖💖💖

Each guest table ended up with a hand tied stack of books, 

a jar of fresh flowers, a folded book, a paper roses,

a paper bowtie & guests state flags to further personalize... 

plus key bottle openers & incense favors.

Bride & Grooms Head Table

...And They Lived 

Happily Ever After