Embellish, part 2

Continuing with the technique I learned from Seth Apter's tutorial on Make it Artsy,

it was now time to finish my assemblage with a bit of bling.  I added some letter beads and a key from my stash.

The idea is to add anything that has at least one hole in it, then wrap it around the assemblage.   I was so lucky that the fibers were fluffy enough, I didn't have to show the exposed wire, but could hide it in the fibers.  As you can see, I used wire that was color coordinated.

Next it was time to go through my literally HUNDREDS of pages I have completed over the past two years, and sort some I wanted to use.

Once sorted, I used my various key stamps on blank pages.

Next it was time to sort these pages and turn them into two signatures. 

I try to never put two pages of the same color next to each other.

It took several hours to first sort, then stamp these pages.  I will finish the journal tomorrow.

This is a very, very special visual journal.  You might be able to tell it's not as highly embellished with scraps that speak to the journaler, as those I have made in the past.  This is for a dear friend who was in grad school with me.  She has three children, is 39, and has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  She loves to doodle, and I thought she could take this with her to chemotherapy.

This is Day 20 of AEDM.   Once again, I'm super grateful for your support of my art.