Chapter M -- Jennie Hinchcliff/Red Letter Day

[Jennie Hinchcliff]

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting some "in-progress" photos of the letter M...

 

Everything has been photocopied, using time-honored zine making techniques. I feel super lucky that Cheryl bestowed the letter M upon me, since I love anything having to do with maps. I decided early on that all of the background imagery for my booklet would be map based.

 

The text is inkjet printed on blue vellum. Because there's alot of writing, I had to insert an additional page (hope it's not a problem!) I'm carefully cutting/trimming all the text blocks and sticking everything down by hand. When the text is in place, I'll do a bit more "dressing up" -- hand stenciling on the pages, etc.

 

You can see my mock-up on the left hand side of the photo, with the letter M on it...I find that making a "dummy" of my zine/book projects is invaluable, and actually SAVES me time in the long run; it's kinda like a road map that tells me where to go. What you see here is all of the text, cut up and ready to go onto each page. I've given each bit of text it's own envelope, so that I can keep everything (relatively) organized...

 

That's what's going on in my part of the world! I'll keep you guys posted on "letter M" 's progress and you're welcome to let me know what you think!

--JH

[Lesley Magwood Fraser]

You are very methodical! Well done Jennie, it is looking fab! I also love maps so am looking forward to receiving it.
Lesley

[cheryl penn]

M Jennie - How FAB! Yes looks like M was perfect for you - the blue vellum looks great - well done you!!!  Its great to see how everyone is at it :-) Any idea when you're posting??? JUST because now I'm impatient :-)

[Jennie Hinchcliff]

@ Lesley : yippee! Thanks so much for the kind words!

 

@Cheryl: glad you like the blue vellum; it looks pretty grand "in person". Not sure when I'll be mailing out, but will definitely leave a comment here so that you can be on the lookout... :-)

 

@Lisa : I know; I'm so excited, since so many of my favorite things start with the letter "M": mail, maps, merry-making...

[Jennie Hinchcliff]

Awww shucks -- thanks so much for the lovely compliment! This was a fun project to be involved in, and I feel lucky to have one of your little booklets as well!
--JH

[Laurence Roberts]

Mine arrived yester Jennie. Thank you very much. A real pleasure to receive.

 

I am enjoyinjg it

also the little slip with all the 'production' / techniques  info-- great idea, that.

 

best wishes

Laurence

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Jennie, I shall wait until Monday's mail, but then we must official admit to M = "Missing-in-Action".

M never arrived in Greece. sigh :-(  Maybe a Miracle on Monday?