LILYBRAD DESIGNS

More postcards!

I've just mailed two new postcards for this week. One is off to New York in the USA, the other to Poland. It's getting harder to keep them unique, but hopefully these are enjoyed.

Lily

Books2Eat Fundraiser

I have been busy folding, cutting and gluing books to create sculptures for the upcoming Library fundraiser Books2Eat this Friday April 13th. It is a fabulous event for which local chefs create dishes inspired by the written word, which guests get to sample. This year I am making the table centre pieces. I never imagined how fun this project would turn out to be! I am learning about the different papers that books are printed on and how older book pages can literally crumble when folded. The biggest challenge has been to keep them unique and interesting and of course to link the design with the book title. It has been nice to get sculpting again since lately I've only been working in two-dimensions, especially with my postcard project.

It is a really fun night, so get your tickets before they sell out again like last year!

Lily

Traveling postcards

Here are a couple of new postcards that I'm sending out through Postcrossing.com. The stamp-filled one is destined for The Netherlands and the bird one is off to Russia. Hopefully they travel fast and are enjoyed.
Lily

Here's two postcards for this week. The first one is off to Taiwan, the second is off to The Netherlands through postcrossing.com

This weeks postcard

I've just sent out this weeks postcard to the Netherlands using Postcrossing.com.

Lily

Book Art

I've been blown away with inspiration and awe after finding the most amazing book artist. Check out artist Brian Dettmer and his amazing carved books. I've never before seen anything quite as complex and as intricate carved into books. So impressive and inspiring!

I've been continuing on with my library- catalogue-index-cards postcard project and last week I sent off two cards through postcrossing.com and one to a friend in the UK. This red woven card was sent to Poland. The pink textured one below went off to Arizona in the USA and the blue card with the Queens head stamps went off to London, England. Hopefully they all arrive soon and don't get lost in the post!

I'm excited about trying some simple book folding and carving, but mine will be extremly simple! I'll post pictures if any of my scultptural experiments turn out alright.    Lily 

   

Woven postcard

I've just finished another catalogue-card postcard and am sending it off to China! Here is a picture...
Lily

Love affair

Contrary to our posts...or lack thereof...I've been busy creating new postcards and beginning a love affair with duct tape (sorry Brad!). I think that the paperback romance novels that I've also been collecting and partnering with the duct tape have been fuelling this affair. Funky little wallets and change purses are being born on my desk thanks to some inspiring websites. Check out Dustin Kirks  simple instructions for making a duct tape wallet and Refabulous for paperback book-cover wallets. I combined both ideas and have been making a no-sew hybrid from duct tape, old paperback covers (please note that no books were intentionally harmed for this project), and clear sticky-back shelf liners. 

I've also been making and sending my little card catalogue postcards around the world with Postcrossing.com. I've just sent two more off this week, one to Russia the other to North Carolina, USA. These are the postcards that are currently travelling:

I've also added a couple more postcards that got sent a few weeks ago, to our Flickr account. So please take a look at: http://flic.kr/ps/LUA1F

Lily 

Procrastination

Procrastination is really the mother of all evils. Unfortunately I’ve realized that I am really driven by deadlines; that is deadlines given to me by other people. Take this blog post: I have had seven days to post it and I am doing it on the last day.

Much like Lily, I have decided to create/finish something every week. I have a lot of unfinished projects and ideas that are half started, so a weekly deadline is really going to help me finish them. These projects will be a bit of everything, from jewelry, collages, drawings and knitwear, to gardening projects.

I was attempting to create a new piece of jewelry for Lily for Christmas. But it’s now the New Year and it still isn’t done, so what better place to start…

 

New Beginnings, New ideas

Happy New Year! With a new year comes new ideas and lots of resolutions. One of ours is to blog more often. A lot more often. So, we have committed to each post once a week about our current interests.

I'm (Lily) really into making postcards from old library catalogue index cards (see picture) and sending them around the world via Postcrossing.com. I've created an album in our Flickr account to show you how they look.

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxX6xaR

My plan is to create, mail and share one postcard every week, although I got excited and had time today to send off two in the mail!

Brad is remaining elusive about what he is working on, so will share more details later in the week.

Hopefully we can sustain this for the next 52 weeks.

Lily & Brad