Mini Album

Instead of just making a thank you card to Ted Neeley, I decided to make him a mini-scrapbook album. Inside I wanted to add photos of him with daughter and I, some images from the show, and samples of how he has inspired me and how much he is admired. The book measures 4 inches square.

Here is the cover, make from heavy book board covered in a white "suede" paper. Inside is 12 pages of white Bazzil cardstock, edged in gold ink. The cover has a gold-stamped image of angels (the Superstar logo) stamped on cardstock, raised on a solid piece of foam and glued in place. The binding has a gold star dangling from it as well. The book is bound with a gold wired ribbon.

Pages one and two include an inked envelope decorated with ribbon, a brad and star. Inside is a personal note backed with gold cardstock. The pages are stamped with fillagree and "blessing" stamps. Gold eyelets are threaded with gold cord as well. The image of Ted is from the current Superstar production.

Pages two and three are thank yous for autographs, both from 1994 and 2007. On the left is a photo of my original soundtrack album he signed tucked into a pocket, and on the opposite page, held on with a hinge are copies of the autographed programs he gave us.

Upon opening the hinge, the autographed program from 1994 is revealed with both Ted and Carl Anderson's autographs.

Photos of my coordinated scrapbook layouts (now hanging on my wall) from 1994 and 2007.

Photos of our meetings with Ted in January of this year.

Artwork and a file folder inked with gold with more artwork and a note tucked inside.

Last pages. The photo of Ted singing "Gethsemane" (my favorite song in the opera) framed with a photo mount which was covered in a metal sheet. A gold cross, ribbon and brad also decorate it. The final page has a personal message to Ted (which I blurred out here for privacy) wrapped with ribbon and the underlying page is stamped with gold fillagree too.

What fun this was... my first mini-book made from scratch. It's now on it's way to him. I hope he likes it!

Not quite finished...

.. but it's getting there.

Still have a few details to finish, but here it is as of today.

I just realised today as well, the paints I am using are nearly as old as the movie the original photo is from. I am still using my set of oils a friend from high school got me in Holland in 1976. Yup, only three years younger than JCS itself. Weird....

Scrapbook pages then and now

Since I had the great opportunity to see Jesus Christ Superstar for the second time (the first was in 1994, then again last month), I decided my scrapbook pages documenting these two events should match. Because they also housed my autographs from the stars, I didn't want to file them away in an album where I couldn't enjoy them. This is something I haven't done before; acutally mounting my scrapbook pages on the wall:


Along with my signed Jesus Christ Superstar album, here are the four pages that I completed. I redid my 1994 pages so they match this year's event:




And here are 2007's pages (last one is just showing the booklet open):





I found five frames at Micheal's specifically designed for record albums for only $8 each.. these worked great to fit both the album and the scrapbook pages!

Homemade Valentines

I made Valentines for hubby and daughter this year... they are both about the same, simply squares of different patterned paper glued over cardstock. A window was cut out of the front and a heart cut from patterned paper is raised on foam squares from inside the card to peek through the window.

Simple but effective. Inside is stamped "I" and "U" around the heart.

Oil painting progress

Not quite done yet, but here's a shot of the progress so far:




I now have to wait a few days to let this layer set so I can finish with the fine details (hair, crown of thorns, robe). And yes, that's a glass of red wine at my work table... the trick is to quit EITHER the painting or the wine before you ruin your work! ;)

Can't wait to get this finished...