flex term mini

ok as promised, here's the mini that i made for my flex term class (a million years ago, seriously!) i went to university of indianapolis (formerly indiana central university) and back then (don't know if they still do it) every may was a separate semester, called flex term.  you took 1 class, 4 hours every day of the week.  it was intense, but the classes were usually pretty fun.  i think you only had to have 3 to graduate, but being the over-achiever that i am, i think i took 4 (one voice tour, japanese language & culture, chinese culture & sociology - yup that's 4).

i was a theatre (go figure, i know that really surprises you!) and one of my professors, his daughter and a few of their friends wrote a musical called One Voice and so we took it on an east coast & Canada tour.  normally, as i said, this would happen in may, but we did it in august to give time for rehearsals & money making.  it was an amazing opportunity for me, we got to see niagra falls, nyc, washington dc, and 3 plays on broadway.  tons of fun.

so without further ado, here's how it went....

first, i have 2 of these little flip books.  my ex used to work for microsoft and these were sales/marketing aides. for some reason, i really, really liked them (they are very nice spiral bounds) and so i never pitched them, thinking i would find some use for them.  so i chose to use this one and alter it for my book....

the next few pictures are the making of it.. i had a lot of memorabilia (ie pamplets, maps, cutouts from bags, etc.  i don't throw much away from a trip, i just think the stuff is waaaaay too cool) so there are a few pockets made through out.

most of this is very simple, minimal embellies and hand-written journaling.  i used a collection of BlockZ, which you can find here to do it.  They are the perfect size to just jot down some thoughts.   you can find them here BenzillaScrapping BlockZ

The right page I actually cut in half first, for just a little bit of fun.

 

 

 

 

the right one here is also a halfsie

and then because there was more to the story that i wanted to share, but would not fit in the BlockZ, i did 2 pages here.  My printer (built-in mind you, how cool is that!?!) will do narrow rule, college rule, english grid & metric grid.  so i did wide rule, as my handwriting works out better that way.  yes, i have been on a really big use my own handwriting kick lately.  i always abhorred it, but i've noticed it's getting better, so go figure!

and lastly, the cover....

now, i couple of beefs i had with this (ie life lessons!)... the paper is HIGHLY glossy.  my glue did not like adhering the cardstock at all, even when the pages were "light".  so next time, either mod podge, or even better, a gel medium.  you need something with a lot of teeth.  other one, i sooo didn't use all the pages and so i had to cut the remainders out.  for whatever reason (probably because i don't use a craft knife much - most people try to keep those things from me as it always ends up bloody... for me!) this was a huge challenge.  don't know if it would be any easier if i did this prior to putting my stuff in...

so there it is, hope you enjoy!