contributions to others:
self-portrait
5 things to do before i die
10 things you never knew
colour swatch
sensory awareness
perfect day
recipes to share
summers of childhood
the book of us
christmas shared
glimpse into your life
poetry i love
i am
i enjoy being a girl
violet & gold
destinations
glory are the days
i was a child of the...
altered time
christmas traditions
songs in your head
glamourbombing
after midnight
never forget
tags of home
how do you feel today?
art inspiration
discovery

janie's constructed a swatch ring of envelopes, each with a cd inside.  each of us has to pick a colour so that the completed ring will hold all the colours in the rainbow and then some.  i went with black for a few reason: because i was in love with my new can of matte-finish black spray paint, because i thought no one else would, because it is half of my favourite colour (redandblack) and because i'd just heard 'paint it black' about three minutes before i opened the parcel and it just seemed appropriate.

one note on altering cds: i don't think i will ever take the cover-in-paper route.  i just don't think that's playing fair.  you're supposed to alter the cd itself.  putting paper over the top means you're just working in a circle, not with the unique surface at all.  i am a big fan of the embossing enamel approach and now i've added spray paint to that.  anything but paper, really.  that's just cheating.

ok, off cd-altering-soapbox now.

the rest is pretty self-explanatory, i think.  journaling on the back with a (black) sharpie.