I was recently involved in a project with The Itty Bitty Book Club! It was a collaborative endeavor where we each designed the front and back of a 4 inch square page for every participant involved (there were 13 of us). The theme chosen for this itty bitty book was MOD....drawing on inspiration from the 60's and 70's!
I love the music from the play/movie HAIR so that's the direction the front of my pages took. Using the peace sign paper as a background, I added bit of macrame-ish jute on one side with some "hippie beads" attached. Flower sequins were glued to the other side..and a scrap of tatting along the bottom...all of which reminded me of that era!
On the back page, the base paper was "flower powerish". A picture of a hippie sign was surrounded with "love beads", a PEACE charm and some of the jargon that was born from that time in our history.
This was my era. . .the time I graduated from high school and college and married and started my adult life! While I didn't deck out in hard-core hippie attire, I did spend a fair amount of time marameing necklaces and flower pot hangers! I was a pretty boring hipster! :)
Looking back over those years, we had a lot going on in our country. . .truly a cultural revolution. From the really bad times of riots, assassinations, war, drugs. . . came progressive movements that are still influencing our country.
I am grateful for having "grown up" during that time because it was truly the best of times in so many ways. The advancement of civil rights, women's movement, space exploration, environmental awareness. . . .we were there when that all happened!
Also, we had the BEST music ever in those decades. . . .music that is still awesome to listen to by all ages. The Beatles and Janice Joplin and The Mamas and the Papas and The Kingsmen. . . .the list goes on and on. We also had cool clothes....like "go go boots" and mini-skirts and peasant blouses and bell-bottom pants.
Oh, and my husband and I owned THREE VW Beetles. . .a black one, a red one and a yellow one!! :) I'd love to have one again.
This project caused me to reflect on the MOD time in my life. . .it was actually, a pretty nice time! We even had a kitty cat we named "Cat Stevens". . .cool, huh?
OK...back to the book!! We mailed our pages to the organizer who had already made the front and back covers ....then she assembled our pages into books and mailed them back to all of us!!
THE STONE RABBIT was so excited when my completed Itty Bitty Book arrived in the mail this week! Don't you LOVE the cover that Gina created? It's perfect for the theme of the books and perfect for this time of year! AND it's so PINK!!!
There are my HAIR pages. . .right after LaVerne's (Riverside Studios) Janice Joplin pages!!
And here's Nancy's, of My Crafty Little Page, MOD design reminding us that "all you need is love". :)
Please visit Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND, where you will find a long list of other bloggers ready to share their PINKS with you!!
Peace 'n Love,
DANA
Your project brought back lots of memories for you as well as some of the rest of us. Nicely done.
Posted by: LaVoice | February 08, 2013 at 03:06 PM
what a cute book!! I love it. Have a wonderful Pink Saturday Grace xoox
Posted by: Grace | February 08, 2013 at 04:12 PM
Oh, I like those "Mod" pages in your book. That was a blast from the past! The Beatles, Monkees, Twiggy, Laugh-In,Bell-bottoms.....fun days!
You see how "unhip" I was, I liked the Monkees!
xoxo,
Dorothy
Posted by: Dorothy | February 08, 2013 at 05:40 PM
What a fun project...you must have a lot of time or patience...or BOTH! I don't think I would have been able to make 13 pages!!!
Greatjob though!
Happy Pink Saturday!
Posted by: Jillian | February 08, 2013 at 08:23 PM
That is adorable...how fun! I want to do one! :)
I'm hosting my Homemaking Linkup Weekend and would love to have you join, if you'd like!
HaPpY pInK sAtUrDaY!
Mrs. Sarah Coller
Posted by: Mrs. Sarah Coller | February 08, 2013 at 09:06 PM
These are so fun! So glad I found you on Pink Saturday!
Posted by: Christina | February 09, 2013 at 06:04 AM
Hi Dana, I do love the Itty Bitty books and especially your pages. You nailed it. What a fun project. The book cover is perfect as well. Everyone did a great job. That kept you busy.
I mailed my valentines today. I took them to the post office this morning. They were a bit lumpy with my design and they did take 20 cents additional postage. Mainly because they could not go through the automatic letter machine to cancel the stamp. They are all different and so much fun to make. I hope everyone like them. I rec'd Nancy's and Shelia's cards yesterday and they are so sweet. This was a fun idea.
The 60's were a fun era in our life too. Flower power was big but the war was a downer. We went to the U of F campus for a visit and I remember seeing raggedy men with beards and women with long hair and no shoes walking around the campus. I asked Bill who they were and he said,"Students." I was shocked because in 1964 when Bill was finishing college, girls were only allowed to come to class in skirts. My younger sister put big flowers on her car. Crazy idea but she loved having big flowers on her car. She was still single at that time. The music was good back then too.
It sounds like you running is getting better every week.Good for you Dana. I must start walking again. I need to do the dollar thing. Smile!
Have a wonderful weekend.I'm glad your weather is better. We are having freezing weather at night and 40's/50's in the day.
Our granddaughter Ashley was accepted in U of F yesterday and our grandson Cody was accepted in a program that starts in the Gainesville Jr, Collage and after one semester there he will be a U of F student. It is a special program for engineering students. Our dtr and her husband are both Industrial Engineers, so he comes by it naturally. We are so proud of them. Ashely and Cody are cousins and it will be nice that they can both be in college together. Our interest in the football games will go up a notch this fall. HA!
Love, Jeanne
Posted by: jeanne, backyard neighbor | February 09, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Way cool, dudette. The sixties were quite a memorable and impressionable decade for so many of us. I love your pages.
Happy Pink Saturday, Dana - and TSR, too.♥ It's looking very Valentiny around here. So pretty.
Posted by: Beverly | February 09, 2013 at 06:53 PM