easy patterns projects...

Last week, I received my designer copies of the new CK book, Easy Patterns - can I just say that there are some AMAZING behind the scenes people that don't get nearly enough credit for these books? Seriously, creating the patterns for all of my projects was a HUGE process to say the least. It took a long time to get everything measured and sketched and looking half decent on a chart...then I sent it all away...really worried about how it was ever going to look "good enough" in the end. I was absolutely AMAZED when I got my copies last week and saw how incredible the patterns looked. Seriously, they look so professional (something I will never claim to be! lol) So, in my effort to prove how incredible those editors are, prepare to be amazed yourself...here's what one set of my patterns looked like when I sent them off: And here's how they looked in the book: Simply amazing. Kudos to those "behind the scenes" people at CK Media!!

And just for fun, here are a few of my favorite projects from the book

I have a confession to make - when I was first approached about contributing to this special issue, I was a little worried. I didn't really "get" the pattern concept and I didn't know if I could pull it off. BUT, my attitude took a huge turn once I started the project and realized just how many projects I could complete (and be HAPPY with the results) from a single set of materials. It was such a rewarding feeling to take a stack of papers, a few embellishments, and a stack of photos and complete so many pages PLUS extra projects (tags, cards, minibooks, etc.) I most definitely want to recommend this book - there are so many wonderful ideas from some amazing and talented designers. But even more than that, I want to recommend trying this process. Choose your supplies and see how much you can do without adding anything else to the mix, I bet you'll be surprised, I know I was!!