Hello!
I made some presents for the birthday of a little artiste that I know (the eldest of the Chicken littles, Ms. Sadie) and they really delighted me, so I thought I would post a few photos here. I've given her a sketchbook before (which she filled with brilliant and hilarious stories and pictures), but I wanted to make the new one a little special, so I personalized the cover of one of the regular Black Apple sketchbooks.
I think it was a big hit! I also made her a little monogrammed pencil pouch for all the precious gel pens (those things are so big with the kids, it seems) that I picked up for her.
That Shinzi Katoh fabric is so dear to me, I could only cut into it for such a rad little girl.
I also made this book, which I labeled "Sadie's Boxes (for telling stories)" that I was really flipping out over. It's filled with various pages of different blank comic panel layouts:
I just scanned in some of the fabric that I lined her pouch with, labeled it, and then printed it out full bleed. Even though I don't think Sadie's comics are told with boxes thus far, I thought it might be fun to play around with (and I know those little boxes can be a pain to draw!). I double stitched through it all with my new(ish) and far more powerful sewing machine to bind it up, and then added some decorative tape I had around, and stitched over that for the last time.
I love making presents.