Our new neighbors got a puppy. My kids adore her. I was snapping some pictures of the kids with Maizy and caught this cute little face.
I decided to play around a bit and came up with this.
Here’s the original photo:
Quite a bit different, huh?!?
Each summer ABC_alteredbookclub celebrates the anniversary with a collaborative project. This is my 4th year participating.
My 1st year we did an alphabet themed chunky book.
The next year was another chunky book.
Last year we did something a little different. We made circles! 
This year we are doing a skinny chunky book. Sounds weird, huh?!
I’m nearly finished with the whole swap. I cut out 28 of these 3×6 inch recycled cereal boxes. Only 25 are required for the swap but I wanted to make sure I had room for mistakes.
I sprayed them with black, brown and gold paint on the printed side of the cardboard. The back is sprayed with white, brown and gold.
I decided to mix a custom color of embossing powder since plain white seemed way to stark against the dark background. I mixed mostly white with a little gold, copper, black and jasper. I really like the slightly speckled effect.
I have 7 more to complete but I ran out of the beaded trim. Either my math skills failed me at the store or I was severely cheated.
It was such an overcast, cold crumby day that I needed to find something to do in the house and I certainly didn’t feel like cleaning today.
I made this bag to carry my “park-play” items. Water bottles, mini first aid kit with instant cold pack, my cell phone, sunscreen and sometimes a snack. I do still need to put a closure on the bag but haven’t decided if I’ll have the flap go inside or outside. I’ll likely just use Velcro since it’s quick and easy.
The denim is from another chair slipcover and the patchwork came in a bag of scraps I got in a free box at a sale.
Total cost of project: virtually nothing…just my time and a little electricity.
Spray paint and cereal boxes. I love to recycle!
I’m working on a swap. Stay tuned…
I was at the hospital with my 6yr old daughter picking up my mom…this was the funny that occured.
Mom: Halle, did you remember to bring my walker?
Me: Yep, it’s in the van.
J: Grandma…Why didn’t you bring your walker here?
Mom: Because I came by ambulance. I was taken out on a stretcher.
*long pause*
J: Did they pull you?
*hysterical laughter from both mom and I ensued*
….get it… stretch…pull… Bueller, Bueller….
BTW–mom is fine…she thought she might have been having a heart attack but it was determined that she had hurt her left arm while sleeping…
I think I’ve caught up with the class now.
I did skip one lesson since it involved a zipper, which I don’t have on hand. I do plan on trying that technique at some point though.
The first photos shown here feature folded pages. I really like the way it reveals hidden text or images when you turn the page. I’ll definitely use this again.
The wired button edged page took some time but I love the look of it. We had a guest instructor for this lesson. Ingrid is an amazing artist.
