messyart: DIY Friday ... 'A Year in Songs' CD Tute Part 1

Ok, so i finished most of this project, but realised that, with a very demanding but amazingly cute baby, i just couldnt get it all done in the time i had planned. So i have broken it up into 2 parts, accordingly called CD tute part 1 and CD tute part 2.

In Part 1, we complete the CD and the CD cover, and in Part 2 we complete the booklet to go in the cover. I'm probably doing it backwards, but hey. I have always been a bit backwards, so really it just siuts my personality!

So let me start by explaining the story behind the Cd. This was originally meant to be a gift for Mr.A on our anniversary just past, but i just didnt get the time to do it. The thought was there, but not the opportunity. So i told him his pressie was on the way, and that he just had to be patient (and really, Mr.A is and always has been a very patient man. Afterall, he puts up with me. And i KNOW i can be hard to handle sometimes ;)

So i started this project by writing down all the song from this past year that meant something to me. It might be a song that we listend to together during a special moment, or a song that reminded me of him, or a song who's words resonated with me somehow. I chose about 17 songs, all with a specific reason, all from the past year (although when i say this i mean, the songs gained their importance to me in the past year, or had a memory from the past year attached to them. Some of the songs i chose are actually golden oldies from the past) and all to do with him and I. Thus the title 'A Year in Songs'. I'll go more into this in Part 2.

What we are going to do in Part 1 of this tute is create the album cover and decorate the CD.

Ok, so lets start with the CD...

Next, what you need to do is find an old CD cover made from paper or cardboard. You need to make sure it has a place fro your CD and a place to fit your booklet. You can either use this CD cover as a template to create your own new cover form decorative paper (as i did, only because i wanted to keep the cover to use again) or you can just re-cover it with cute paper. Your choice :)

Decorate you cover with writing and cute pictures of yourself, your kids, your pets...

WEll, thats all for my Tute.. Part 1.

Hope you enjoyed it (and by you, i mean the one person who visits my blog....mum? is that you? )

Part 2 will be posted next friday (mabey earlier, if i am super organised! ;)

Have a great weekend!

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Make that "TWO" people that visit!
What a fab idea, my hubby has just got a new car and needs a new cd to drive home too...hmmm..thinking what a great Chrissy pressie..thanks for sharing xx

Posted by: Lee Mills | November 13, 2010 at 06:41 AM