{"id":8795,"date":"2022-08-19T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:38:10","slug":"birthday-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8795","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Details of the wee book that I made for my sister-in-law\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>I used blank flash cards for the signatures\/pages (think kids and school) and tree wrap (used for protecting trees when injured or to prevent injury) for the cover. I love that tree wrap is soft, textured, and easy to embroider. Two variegated colors of variegated embroidery floss were used for the rice stitch.<\/p>\n<p>I saw a tutorial on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqVwfLIz-_4&#038;t=2208s\" >Rice-Stitched Book<\/a> on the San Diego Book Arts Youtube channel.<\/p>\n<p>The cover code is based on Morse Code. Rather than using dots and dashes I used color. The code is Happy Birthday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday1_IMG_6592.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I knitted an I-cord and wrapped a washer for the closure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday2_IMG_6593.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Closure\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each page has the person\u2019s name and date of birth, the last a sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>The code references Morse and Celtic Tree Code. I like the idea of tree code and family tree. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday3_IMG_6594.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Page\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday4_IMG_6595.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Page\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday5_IMG_6596.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Page\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday6_IMG_6597.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Page\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday7_IMG_6598.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Page\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthday8_IMG_6599.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Book\/Card Sentiment\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The signatures of the book were stitched together using the rice stitch. I used double stick tape (not sure I like it) to bind each signature together after it was stitched. Usually the signatures and not bound together so the stitchwork inside can be viewed. I don\u2019t like seeing just two lines of thread. I like that binding makes a thicker page. In the future I am thinking about adding macrame to the inside when I use thicker paper like watercolor or handmade.<\/p>\n<p>The gift tag has a piece of paste paper that I made.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeganBirthdayGiftCard_IMG_6611.jpg\" alt=\"Gift Card\" \/><br \/>\nPaste paper is enjoyable to make. I use a cornstarch paste with added acrylic paint. I have added milled cloves to paste for color and fragrance. Since the milled cloves seemed to work, I am planning to use some of my ceramic colorants that were used for glazes and clay bodies.<\/p>\n<p>It is a joy using new materials and learning new processes and techniques. And then to figure out how to use them to make art.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details of the wee book that I made for my sister-in-law\u2019s birthday. I used blank flash cards for the signatures\/pages (think kids and school) and tree wrap (used for protecting trees when injured or to prevent injury) for the cover. I love that tree wrap is soft, textured, and easy to embroider. Two variegated colors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8795\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Birthday Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8801,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795\/revisions\/8801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}