When you open them and see the creases

Summer is wedding season and Kelly Clarkson is taking advantage of it in her new video, "Tie It Up." It's one of the more country-tinged songs we've heard from the American Idol winner in awhile, and since the song's subject matter deals directly with the matter of "setting the date," she takes the opportunity to put a lot of big white dresses and celebratory moments into the video.

Clarkson dons the knee-length sparkly white dress she wore in the single art for the song, while she performs at a barn dance with bare feet. The rest of the video is made up of fan submitted photos from real weddings and clips of every aspect of the wedding experience, from pictures to all-night reception party.

The photos were originally intended to be part of Clarkson's lyric video for the song, but she said in a Tweet that she loved some of them so much that they had to be part of her actual music video.

The clip also features a fair number of diamond rings, including Clarkson's own which she flashes at the camera while singing, "From a Miss to a Mrs." The theme of this song and video are traveling the same path as Clarkson, who is currently engaged and planning her wedding for after her current tour ends.Buy high quality china wholesale designer beaded designer beaded evening gowns. Watch the video and read more here.

As well as collaging with the maps, she uses them to make custom wedding gifts.

“I’ve been collecting maps for 10 years and I just think they have a magic,” she said.

“I collect ones from the 1950s and 60s. When you open them and see the creases and the notes people have made on them it makes me think of all the journeys they’ve been on and all the living rooms they’ve been opened out in.

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“Maps are very beautiful, particularly the old ones. The colours are gorgeous. I find them in flea markets, furniture sales, jumble sales, recycling shops.

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Barbara was born in Sunderland but moved to Teesside when she was three, as her father looked for work on the docks.

After graduating, she found an agent but began to teach as a plan B in Birmingham.

“Teaching was a back-up at first to being an illustrator but I loved it. I started in schools and then started teaching in colleges.

“I love passing my skills on to teenagers and seeing them go on to university. That’s really satisfying.

“They know I do my own work and they’re supportive. Lots of the lecturers do and it’s a good thing because you can relate that experience and you know first hand yourself that it’s a tough industry and you have to keep going back.

“It’s not an easy life but if it’s what you love, if it’s your passion, you’ve got to keep doing it. It’s what keeps me going.”

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