Album on Brandon's blog! Status Update!!!

So life has kinda kicked me in the teeth and I have been super busy with work, a sick 5 year old and other things but this project hasn't stopped.

The album was featured on Brandon's blog in the post by Emily.  See it here.

Event updates: 
Huntington Beach:  David, the tour archivist for Huntington Beach, blogged about his attendance at the event and has also posted pictures of the cards here.

Portland:  Joel provided some images of cards on the 17th Shard forums:
http://www.17thshard...apbook-cards-1/
http://www.17thshard...apbook-cards-2/
http://www.17thshard...apbook-cards-3/
http://www.17thshard...apbook-cards-4/

Cards:
So far I have received cards back from the BYU, Huntington Beach, San Rafael, Portland, and Seattle signings. 

I have been waiting for the BYU pictures to be posted before I start making the pages for the album.  Most of the decorative elements have been printed and I just need to start slipping things into pockets.

Once I start assembling the pages, I will post the final products.

SO EXCITED and a Policy Change and an Update

Hey everyone!  Anyone else so excited about the WOR release that they feel like running around with their hands up in the arm and screaming AAAAAAAAHHHHH like a muppet?  I CAN NOT wait until the book downloads to my Kindle tonight.  I am having a very hard time focusing at work and wondering if I should just go home and take a long nap so reading time starts sooner.  Needless to say, I will go radio silent from the time the books hits until I have completed my first read through.

I just listened to Chapter 7 on the Tor website and all I have to say is that I am very verklemmt.  That is all.  Want to join me in my emotion?  Go listen to it yourself.  The link is above.

Policy Change

After much thought and discussion with others, I have decided that I will do all the page assembly.  I will be asking each of the Tour Archivists to send me all the cards from their signing for incorporation into the scrapbook.  That way there is a lot less work for Brandon (main reason), he is not carrying around a heavy album, I will have more opportunities to jazz up the album with decorative elements (less important) and it will look more cohesive.  

Update

The album is coming along just fine.  I am almost finished with the actual album cover itself.  I tried out a new technique which is giving it a definite edge.  I will share it once I put one more coat of paint on it.

We still do not have anyone to take on the Portland signing.  :(  I fear that this one will be a gap in our tour scrapbook.   There is still time if someone identifies themselves though.  Step up people! :)

That is all for now!

A matter of size

As this project has grown and more and more people volunteer to be Tour Archivists, I have gotten a lot of questions about the album being big enough.  I just want to address that question and put your minds at ease.

For the actual album itself, I am using an American Crafts Modern Album.

It is mostly plain chipboard and I will be painting and decorating it this weekend.  (I am still hoping someone can create an SVG file of the phrase "Words of  Radiance" in Alethi script for me to use on the cover.)  The one I am using actually has a black linen spine unless I go to Staples this afternoon and find one in red.

The album itself holds about 60 pocket page protectors without being overly crammed.   I will be using two different page protectors for this project and will have them in the album when I give it Brandon. 

Design A

The first page protector is Design A from Becky Higgins.  This page protector holds 4 4"x6" and 4 3" x4" cards in each page for a total of 8 on each side.  I plan on having approximately 25 of these pages in the album.

The other type of page protector is Design F from Becky Higgins.  This page protector holds 1- 4"x6" card and 10 - 3"x4" on each side.  It definitely holds a ton of cards.  I plan on including 35 of these bad boys in the album.

Design F

So doing the math,
Number of slots x 2 sides x number of page protectors
Design A =  8 x 2 x 25 = 400
Design F = 11 x 2 x 35 = 770
Total :   1170 total card slots

So how many cards do I expect?  I thought about how many cards to send to each of the signings for a while.  I truly don't think every fan will want to sign a card for the scrapbook.  As cool as this project is, not everyone is going to want to participate.  I estimate that we will have about 30% of the fans want to fill out a card. For the big release party signing, I sent out approximately 150 cards.  For the other bigger events such as San Diego, Portland (still need a volunteer) and Seattle,  I plan on 100 cards being filled out.  The other remaining stops (all 13 of them) I figure about 50 cards each.  Totaling it up 150 + 300 + 650 = 1100.    So we should have about 70 spots for photos and other decorative elements.  I think I am being optimistic in my calculations.  If we end up with more cards, we can always add more pages to the album or change the ratio.

Hope that answers any questions.  Let me know if you have any questions by emailing me at wortourscrapbook@gmail.com.

Updates and Miscellany

Things have been going swimmingly with this project.  I have successfully sent cards to the Provo, San Diego and San Francisco stops.  I will be sending out the cards for the San Rafael and Houston stops tomorrow. I continue to get people interested in participating and being Tour Archivists.   Thank you so much!  Fan participation is what makes this project awesome.


On March 3rd - 5th I plan on scouring social media for pictures of people with their copies of Words of Radiance to make a photo collage for the front page of the book.  You can help me out by using the tag #WORelease.  This is the 17th Shard officially sanctioned tag and you should be seeing a ton of action on it.

That is all for now!  I have more cards to print and an album to paint!

A little something for my friends

Brandon Sanderson has some amazing fans.  It has been great to get a response and have people sign up to be Tour Archivists (the people handing out cards).  This weekend I was playing around with some concepts for the front of the scrapbook album.  I got a little carried away and created little sphere pouches with the Lightweaver glyph on them. 

If you sign up to be Tour Archivist, one of these will be winging its way to you.  Check out the Tour Stop page to see if you can help at your local tour stop!

Tour Stops

For an updated Tour Stop list, please consult the Tour Stop Page!


We have started to identify Tour Archivists (that is my fancy name for people helping out and handing out cards).  If you would like to volunteer, contact me at wortourscrapbook@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 /  Provo, UT (midnight signing)
12am
BYU Bookstore
Tour Archivist - Kelly N.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 / San Diego, CA
7pm
Mysterious Galaxy
Tour Archivist - Talenelat

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 / Huntington Beach, CA
7pm
Barnes & Noble #2743

Thursday, March 6, 2014 / San Francisco, CA
12:30pm
Copperfield’s Books – San Raphael
 Tour Archivist - Karin

6pm
Borderlands Books
Tour Archivist - Bartbug

Friday, March 7, 2014 / Portland, OR
7pm
Powell’s City of Books

Saturday, March 8,  2014 / Seattle, WA
12:00pm
University Bookstore
Tour Archivist - Me - Angie V 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 / Houston, TX
6:30pm
Murder by the Book
Tour Archivist - Awesomeness Summoned

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 / Salt Lake City
6:30pm
The Literacy Promise (educator conference – speaker)

Thursday, March 13, 2014 / Omaha, NE
7:00pm
Barnes & Noble #2662

Friday, March 14, 2014 / Phoenix, AZ
7pm
The Poisoned Pen

Saturday March 15, 2014 / Tucson, AZ
Tucson Book Festival
11-11:30am Signing
Integrated Learning Center – Sales & Signing Area #4

3:30-4pm Signing
Integrated Learning Center – Sales & Signing Area #4

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 / Lexington, KY
7pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 / Dayton, OH
7pm
Books & Company
Tour Archivist - old aggie

Thursday, March 20, 2014 / Washington, DC
7pm
Barnes & Noble #2238

Friday, March 21, 2014 / Philadelphia, PA
7pm
Towne Book Center & Café
 Tour Archivist - Lexie 

Saturday, March 22, 2014 / Chicago, IL / Milwaukee, WI
2pm
Barnes & Noble #2622
Tour Archivist - Argent

7pm
Boswell Book Company

Sample page

I was thinking that you would be interested in seeing a sample page to get a better idea of what the book is going to look like. This is a very simple page. I have plans to add other decorative elements to the album including die cuts and embellishments.  I hope to have a title card for each stop of the tour like the one in the top left corner.  The photo is actually me with Brandon on his last tour.  The other cards (designed by Awesomeness Summoned) are blank but imagine them filled with thoughts from Sanderfans!
The endpaper image is a placeholder, I hope to include fan art and other fan photos to the album in these spots.

So what do you think?