Gotta Make …

     I just made this new journal, which I’m tickled with. I used the cover of a vintage children’s book, which I’ve had in my stash for a while. I glued a fabric strip to reinforce the spine and bound the pages into it with the long stitch method. I glued a few snippets from inside the book to the front cover and I glued some of the pages from the book and some magazine clippings into the inside covers and embellished with my hand-carved stamps. I’ll probably add to the outside and inside covers as I use the journal. This is my entry for challenge #19 at Order of the Opus Gluei where the theme is Book ‘Em!

Please click to enlarge. Challenge #10 over at The Three Muses is Hats! I may still do something else for it, but I’ve been wanting to use this image in my journal so I did a journal page about hats. Did anyone else love the book Go Dogs, Go when they were little? “Do you like my hat?” “No, I do not like that hat!” LOL

I was in a very colorful mood yesterday and the day before I had a small pink fit of whimsy.

The Art in the Round challenge over at The Three Muses was perfect for me this week. I’ve been working on these little altered cheese boxes for my etsy shoppe. I just finished “The Guardian of Wishes” this morning. I think they turned out so cute, even if I say so myself. Clicking on them will take you to my etsy shoppe where you can see nice big pictures and read the description of each one, if you’d like. I’ve been trying to pick a favorite, but I can’t decide. I’ve got one more box left to alter, and then I’ll have to eat some more cheese, LOL.

I also finished a little ornie doll but I need to recharge my camera batteries and get some photos before I can show that. I’m feeling very productive this week!

This is an altered coaster book I made for a swap at GAS MAMMA.We had to use at least 2 coasters, some kind of texture, and at least one stamp. I used fabric, lace, beads, and a couple of my hand-carved stamps. If you click the image, it will take you to the gallery page that shows all the inside pages and the back cover. I didn’t think I was going to be able to play along this time, because all of our Restaurants are too cheap to give coasters at the bar. You only get a little cocktail napkin! But I went into Tuesday Morning, on a whim, and they had one package of chipboard coasters for sale. YAY! They came in a cute little box that I will probably alter, too.