Desert Island Disc - CJ - my page for Donna

This is my first contribution to the circle journal I'm involved

in on the Collabor-ART blog.

This is for Donna's journal.  I say journal, but it is no

ordinary 'journal'!  It is a hand made record box and each contributor

has to decorate these following elements which are in the box.

Donna decided to allocate her songs to each of us,

rather than letting us choose - and for me she chose

'Melancholy' by Louise and the Pins

.... what? / who? ..... Help!!!

Needless to say I'd never heard of them or the song,

but now I love them, the song is really beautiful!

You can hear it by clicking on the link above if you like.

The artists describe their sound as folk / rockability,

so with this in mind I decorated the holder like this -

which seems sooooo naff now, but I thought it was a 

good idea at the time!

For the record sleeve I printed out the words onto

copy paper and machine stitched them on.

 I went a bit mad with spray inks - adding layer after layer

and did a little rubber stamping too.

This is the booklet inside - I used lyrics from the song

Melancholy in my heart - literally!

More of the same for the back cover

Finally, I added a charm to the outside of Donna's record

box - to add to her already jangly collection!

(Mine is the one with the skull and two pink beads)

I loved decorating my part of Donna's journal

and only hope she likes it too!