spring is in the air...

...actually its still snowy here...but i'm feeling in need of spring...so i decided to finally make the garden book i've been thinking about since the beginning of time!

I've used a linen bound 6x6 ring binder and covered most of the front with a sheet of yummy Basic Grey paper from the Periphery collection. I've stamped my title in vintage sepia Versafine using 2 of my all~time favourite alphabets...the little letters are MoBe *Beatnik* and the larger ones are Leave Memories *Passport*...i turn to both of these again and again...they just seem to go with everything...and i especialy love that the passport one is slightly distressed!

i've then simply edged the paper with two lengths of yummy ribbon/trim that my teamie Suzy sent me as a RAK...so *thankyou Suzy*...isn't that tiny pom~pom trim gorgeous!!

the insides of the covers are also a BG paper from the Recess collection...and i totally adore this paper...so i've been saving it to use on something i'll get to see regularly! the trims are folded around from the front and trimmed at the bottom...

as you will no doubt have noticed, i've not decorated the pages yet...these will be one side for each month of the year with a list of plants that need attention that month...and so as i don't forget what i'm supposed to do {as if ;) } i've cropadiled a hole in the plant tags and added them in by the appropriate season...

and there you have it...the back of the book is covered in the same papers...but with different trims as i wanted the back to be flatter...not to mention that i've now run out of the pom~poms!! lol

i really like making something that is useful as well as beautiful {to me}...and i hope you enjoyed stopping by to see what i've been up too :0)

happy today...and see you soon,

alixx