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I really enjoy my tea. It’s a daily ritual for me…at least until the hot weather comes.
I also love books! I’m especially drawn to old books. I love the way they look and feel.
Some I would never alter in any way and others scream at me to make them my own with paint, paper, fabric and glue.
Hop on over to Kimmies blog to see what the other girls are doing today.
I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since I started blogging! I wasn’t sure it was going to be for me but now I can’t image not blogging!
My very first post was on a tiny handmade book that I sent off to North Dakota if memory serves.
I’d like to celebrate by having a giveaway!! Doesn’t that sound like a great idea…
So if you’d like to win this set of 5 blank greeting cards…
Just leave a comment on this post, making sure I have some way to contact you if you win, by 10pm CT on April 17th. I’ll draw a name and post the winner on Monday morning!
Ok, I really don’t think either of these postcards have any origination in France but “part deux” is fun to say.
I sure hope Teri likes them!!
I mentioned before that I’m doing another round robin. Well, I finished the first spread in the first book.
Teri’s theme is Victoriana. She also requested that we use a postage stamp somewhere on our pages. Perfect…I already had colors in mind and knew I had a bunch of the same postage stamp. I once again used some fun new bits of stuff I’ve received lately such as the lace and organza.
I decided to use a real tintype and secured it with brads. I think its funny how they went in and gave her jewelry some “bling” with gold paint then pinked up her cheeks as well.
On to the next page…
I have a few ideas swirling in my head but I really must get some housework done today.
Tomorrow, I’ll be sending out round robin my book to start it’s journey around the USA with a final pit-stop in Canada before returning home to me in before the end of the year.
I’ve completed the cover, the sign-in page and 2 spreads.
Yes, the photos are blurred…your eyes aren’t giving out. :)
After a little nudge…I thought I’d show some of my pages. Some of these have been shown on the blog before quite a while ago. The rest were made in my pre-blogging days.
I’m only showing my pages as I didn’t ask permission from the others to display their work.
Please forgive the weird formatting…not sure whats up with the pictures and why they won’t go where I want them!
I started this AB years ago with a few tip-ins from a swap. I love quotes… It seemed like the perfect theme. Alas, I ran out of steam on the project. It was set aside…forgotten. Recently, I’ve had the drive to finish those UFOs (unfinished objects) sitting around basically to free up space and cross things off my on-going list.
I asked my good friend Elizabeth if she’d make a tip-in or two for me… She came up with the idea of hosting a tip-in swap on abc_alteredbookclub. Sweet!
Just look at the end result! A completed book! Well, truthfully, there are spots for 3 more quote pages if they were glued directly down but for all intensive purposes…this is officially crossed off my list!!!!
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