Starting new projects can be a slow and clumsy process. These are accordian books I made over the weekend, while working on an idea for a photo album/CD sleeve. Let’s say — just hypothetically — that a person was to take a whole mess of pictures at a family get-together and wanted to share the photos on a CD. But suppose said person wanted to send something a little more cosy and friendly than just a CD in a plastic sleeve. The idea is to create a little mini-photo album with a CD pocket in the back. These are still in process.

This one is just a regular accordian-fold book without the CD sleeve. Just something I wanted to work on, using some bits and pieces from my stash and some pages from a book I picked up on the “free” table at the library. Kind of a 3-D collage project.

I also worked on my card designs for the screenprinting project. I’m trying to work up at least a few print designs before I mix up my photo emulsion. I don’t want to have to throw away any expired emulsion, so the key will be to have a bunch of projects lined up and ready to go. Its slow going, though. Its hard to stay motivated when you’re working through some ideas that just aren’t really coming together. I just try to make incremental progress.

Meanwhile, in the garden, the peas are almost ready to eat. They are very active, twining their tendrils around the netting that has so far kept birds and bunnies out of our garden, climbing slowly but steadily. I guess that should inspire me, but instead I keep thinking I’m being outpaced by a vegetable.