I have just finished my 3rd altered art book.  It is on gardening and garden fairies.  It is for sale.

I thoroughly enjoy making art books.  My first 2 sold immediately for $50 each, so I am hoping this one sells too.  I want to make more of them.  Its a great substitute for scrapbooking when you run out of pictures to scrap.  Here are some of the pages:

 The left page is an example of a picture to color with colored pencils or markers.

The above pages are pockets for personal keepsakes.

 The above pages are an example of journaling pages.

This art book has over 100 pages with a mix of pictures, coloring pages, and journaling pages.  Many inspirational and humerous quotes are sprinkled throughout the book.

Paper Engineering

I have started to do some paper engineering for some of my cards.  Mostly pop-ups, special folds, and special cuts.  It is great fun.  Here are a few of my first attempts:

Altered Book with Unicorn Theme -one of a kind-must see

I made my first altered book this summer. I put it out at my first craft show this fall and it sold! So I made another, and it sold, too! Here are some of the pages:

Day 4 Continued

I am really not good at this. I wanted to add a couple of Mother's Day and Father's Day cards, but could not seem to attach them. So, I am starting over. This is the inside message: Next, I will try to post the Father's Day coordinated card.

Day 4 - Just 3 weeks since last entry

I am definitely improving in my times between posts. I have been very busy making cards for Mother's Day, Father's Day, and graduation. Here are a few examples of my new work for graduation. These are cards for Universities that are close by. The Congratulations on the first cardd are run-ons. The Congratulations on the second the second card are printed on a wide ribbon.

The University Papers are wrapping paper.

Day 3 - Four Months Later

I am getting better! Only 4 months since my last post! I think I am seeing more possibilities for my posts.

The Recipe scrapbook is finished. I printed out 2 copies (its a couple hundred pages), one for my kitchen and one original for the family documents at our cottage.

Everyone else will receive cd's and can print their own copies. If I have to do any more copies, I am taking it to a printer. It is really time-consuming and not pleasant to do 2-sided copying with a home printer.

Now, I can concentrate on cards, again. I just sent 178 cards to service people in Afghanistan. A local church was sending shoe boxes of goodies and sent a box of my cards for them to choose what they can use to send back home to their family and friends. It was a fun project--along with cards that I had on hand, I made a bunch related to kids and family, missing home, love, etc., that, hopefully, will be of interest to someone in a camp in the hills.

Now, with my inventory down, I am repleting it with new techniques and ideas--iris and fancy folding flowers and fairies has caught my attention for the moment. Here are a few of my recent additions:

That's it for this morning. I hope to see you again in 2 months or less!

Day 2, 6 months later

Yes, I am still here...just not into daily reports. I will try to do it more than twice a year, however. My recipe scrapbook is still a work in progress. It looks like it will not be ready for Christmas this year. I have collected several more stories from family members that need to be written up for little sidebars on some of the pages. I also plan to include photos of finished foods, family members making or eating various items, etc. I have already scanned in copies of recipe cards in our parents handwriting and terrible typing over the past 60 years. Its a fun project and since its a work in progress, I am still open to ideas for presentation of the pages.

So if you happen to come across this page and have some ideas, please feel free to share!

BTW, I added a bunch of recipe related scrapbook papers and stickers, etc. to my wish list for Christmas. Now, you can add stuff from any store on your Amazon wish list! Very cool.