#19 It's another Moley Exchange! - Full

[bridgetgethins]

I have figured out my theme-the secret garden- like the animal friends, flowers, the magical aspect of the plant life and who may live there- and of course in the style of how you the artist would visit the garden. Does this make sense?

[kwailin777]

Forgive the newb question, but what happens to the b-sides of the pages?

[jazzie]

people sometimes write their names on the back = :~], sometimes they write a message to you or a story about what they've created for you = ;~], but most of the time they leave it blank = :~[

[waffle]

Anyone have tips on decorating the outside of the book? The cover is so soft - I almost feel like leaving it as is.

[bridgetgethins]

My moleskin arrived today! Beautiful cover and very inspiring. Yeah, the cover- doing something to the cover- I think after the traveling would better. But will spend time getting to know the paper and such. very cool

[goatgoddess]

I've painted mine and collaged my covers in the past - the paint will flake off (well mine did and a few other painted ones I've seen - did not gesso first so that could make a difference - it will flake off around the spine

Collage works well but use gel medium (which will still stick in the hot texas heat) but not as sticky as mod poch - that stuff stays sticky.

Please remember to use wax paper between pages so they don't stick.

you can leave the cover till it comes home too if you want.

[kwailin777]

I wanted to decorate my cover, but I don't want all those problems to arise. So, I'm thinking that I'm going to do a paper book cover, much like what we used to do to our text books for school. I'll decorate the paper cover and leave the original out side as is.

[jazzie]

That's a good idea Melissa - you can decorate it yourself or people can sign it/decorate it like a cast.

They make black gesso which might give you different/better results on the black cover.

My theme last time was Messengers & Messages and I had planned to do secret messages on the cover with black ink & black embossing powder but ran out of time before my first mailing. I think I still want to do that, but haven't gotten to that yet. Nor my last two pages - we had eight people in our group and agreed you could do 3 or 4 pages if you wanted and so everyone ended up with a different number of completed pages.

Has anyone ever used Turtle Wax on their jounal pages? I saw it on a YouTube video. My moley still has its wax paper in it and its very bulky.

[goatgoddess]

oh now that it is interesting - Turtle wax - will have to look it up and test it - my part of Texas has been cooler than usual - nice calm rains the last two days - just doesn't happen in July <g> but I'll take it - it's been super nice having the lower temps and not having to water every morning before going to work.

[goatgoddess]

Just need a few more address then we will be ready to rock and roll

[goatgoddess]

also a cool idea!

I wanted to decorate my cover, but I don't want all those problems to arise. So, I'm thinking that I'm going to do a paper book cover, much like what we used to do to our text books for school. I'll decorate the paper cover and leave the original out side as is.

[goatgoddess]

That's a good idea Melissa - you can decorate it yourself or people can sign it/decorate it like a cast.

They make black gesso which might give you different/better results on the black cover.

My theme last time was Messengers & Messages and I had planned to do secret messages on the cover with black ink & black embossing powder but ran out of time before my first mailing. I think I still want to do that, but haven't gotten to that yet.

good idea - wonder how that would look (I'm thinking way cool)

[JSilver]

Sugession: scan or copy everything you do. Last time a couple of the moleys were lost or misplaced. Eventually, they were returned to the owners. It's a scarey feeling to think all that artwork is just gone.

[angelmuz]

Thats a great idea to copy it! Things do get lost and that is soooooo sad, particularly with a moley! I have been away for over a week, but managed to work on my moley while traveling. When are we sending out???

[bridgetgethins]

Our good Goatgoddess has the dates on the first page of this 19th moley and it starts Sept 1, 2013- and back home by May 2013- I think that's May 2014. Or this is going to be a very magical moley!

[bridgetgethins]

Okay, I began my moley and she said absolutely no "garden themes" unless the artist would like to- so my theme is.... Artist's Choice.

[bridgetgethins]

I wanted to decorate my cover, but I don't want all those problems to arise. So, I'm thinking that I'm going to do a paper book cover, much like what we used to do to our text books for school. I'll decorate the paper cover and leave the original out side as is.

I like this idea of the covered book - right now I can't see me doing anything to the dark rich "moleskin" is it really a mole's skin?

[kwailin777]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one with that question in mind! LOL!

[jazzie]

newbies are so cute!

[goatgoddess]

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