Houston

Description

I made this for a challenge at the Lilypad. The theme of this the challenge - something that might have appeared impossible to achieve at one point in my life but in the end I could do it - immediately made me think of learning to drive, which I didn't do until I was 28, and had rather despaired of how it was ever going to happen. In making a piece about learning to drive, I ended up creating a tribute to Houston, my beloved first car, who was totaled in an accident after I'd had her less than two years. I don't usually tend to get so attached to inanimate objects, but for whatever reason, Houston was incredibly dear to me. 



Because I had a somewhat lengthy story I wanted to tell, I made a "pocket journal," which can be printed out and then cut and folded to make a little mini-book, and I also made a copy with rearranged pages so they're all face up and you guys can read them. The photo on the back cover was taken in Houston's rear view mirror, as I sat in her one last time while I waited for the scrapping company to come take her away. You can look at larger versions by clicking here - the layout rearranged for easy reading: http://eversoscrumptiously.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/houston_reorder.jpg?w=1200 and the original, ready to cut & fold, pocket journal layout: http://eversoscrumptiously.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/houston.jpg?w=1746

Credits:

All materials except those listed below are from Mixed Media Monthly ~ August 2014 (Just Jaimee, Quirky Heart, Lynne-Marie, and Little Butterfly Wings). Papers and elements were used from main kit and Lynne-Marie ~ Artsy Bits add-on.

Book binding by Mercurycode on Deviantart.