School has been completely exhausting and it's only the first week!!! However, we did make our first book in our book arts class. Tuesday, we are going to fill the inside papers with text, but the outside is finished! Here is what it looks like:

The papers on the inside were hand painted with liquid watercolors and large brushes. The cut out pattern in the front flap was cut out with itty bitty tiny scissors that made my fingers go numb haha! It wouldn't stay shut over top of the colored paper, so I had to be clever and think of something...I ended up sewing on the buttons and using them to wrap the string around to hold the cover shut...and it turned out awesome!