Paper bag scrapbooks and magic mermaids

These are wildly popular right now. Only problem is, they are very, very, very NOT acid free. Yup, in about a year all that hard work will crumble into dust. Haha, not really, but it does make me think twice about making one. Then again, there's a wonderful sense of creative freedom allowed with such a temporary medium. If you screw up, it won't really matter, will it?

Here's another, more colorful, CTMH-related paper bag book link: Brenda Harmless' instructions involve cutting off the bottoms of the bags. Not sure of the advantages, but seems like a slimmer alternative. That would be important when it comes to sewing together the binding.

Mom called yesterday, she thought to visit another knit shop in Florida and they had a skein of Velvet Touch in my dye lot! Good thinking, Mom!! Oh, and they have some very beautiful Magic Friends of the Sea to knit, in a kit. Hmm...well, now I'll have enough Velvet Touch left over to make one of Kate's bunnies (got the pattern last week). Once I see how knitted toy-making goes, I may give that kit a try.