By Jacqueline Kelly
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is 11 years previous in 1899 whilst she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas yard are loads larger than the fairway ones. With a bit support from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the fairway grasshoppers are more straightforward to determine opposed to the yellow grass, in order that they are eaten earlier than they could get any better. As Callie explores the flora and fauna round her, she develops an in depth dating along with her grandfather, navigates the hazards of dwelling with six brothers, and is derived up opposed to simply what it capability to be a lady on the flip of the century. Debut writer Jacqueline Kelly deftly brings Callie and her kin to existence, taking pictures a yr of growing to be up with distinctive sensitivity and a wry wit.
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29 A scrapbook journal is a book that uses photos, drawings and other clips, and memorabilia to illustrate the written entries. Vintage-Look Scrapbook Journal Here is what you need: spiral notebook of lined paper old flowery hat old jewelry white craft glue old embroidered hand or dish towel scissors pretty trims, ribbons, and small artificial flowers Here is what you do: 1. To give your scrapbook journal a vintage look, you will need to look for an inexpensive flowery hat, embroidered hand or dish towel, or old broken jewelry at garage sales, flea markets, and rummage sales.
3. Tie a piece of the ribbon in a bow and glue it onto the lid of the box. Cut strips of construction paper as tall as the box and as long as the paper will allow. You will need enough strips to make at least ten sections in your scrapbook when the strips are attached and folded back and forth like a fan. 34 old gift wrap 4. 5. Use the cellophane tape to attach the strips of paper together to make one long strip. Fold one end of the paper strip so that it exactly fits in the bottom of the box. 6.
Continue weaving ribbon across the page until the page is full of ribbon strips. 6. Trim the edges of the ribbon so that they are even with the ends of the page. Glue the ends of the ribbons in place to secure them. 7. Slip the corners of cards and photos between the woven ribbon and the page to hold them in the scrapbook. Net-Covered Page 1. To make a different kind of tuck-in page, stretch the net bag over a page of the scrapbook. 2. 3. 4. Staple the net in place around the page. Trim off the excess netting.
