Altered Book Page - Le Noel du Povret

Altered book page that I made as part of a two page spread featuring the fashions of the Victorian Age. The background is made from tissue out of a new handbag. I love recycling things. The clock is cut from a magazine page and I glued the ribbon on after I did the stamping and glueing. Fun page!

Digital Play - Altered Art - "Beauty"

Altered Book Spread

This is a spread I did a while back and I've just never really decided what I want to add to it. I sort of like it like it is. It is a collaged torn paper background and then painted over and collaged with hand made paper.

You Stronger Than You Think You Are

This is another spread in my book of days. I don't often draw people, but I did this one during a hockey game the other night. It was a little tricky because I drew the circles with oil pastels and the paint didn't want to stick in some places. I did go over it with clear gesso and that helped somewhat, but was not a complete fix.  The clip art with quote is a freebie from The Brave Girls Club.

"Make Your Own Sunshine" Altered Book Page

"Another Day in Paradise" Altered Book Page

“A clockwork heart can't replace the real thing.”
― Dru Pagliassotti, Clockwork Heart

I had a lot of fun doing this page. It is not really like my usual pages, but I came upon this photo in a calendar and decided to put it on the collaged background. It just seemed to fit and I really like the masculine feel of the page. It has a bit of a steampunk feel to it.

Strength & Dignity Altered Book Page

I used lots of texture on this one - modeling paste through stencils and/or scraped on, painted and dyed, stamped and then added a magazine image.  This one was lots of fun to make. I was experimenting with  my daughter on different ways to add texture to a page. I also added a couple of digital elements using Pixlr Free.

April Showers Altered Book Page

I made this page today in honor of the huge amount of rain we have been having over the last two weeks. We were really worried that it was going to flood since the river was predicted to peak at record levels. However, that did not come to pass, so I was so very grateful. And yes, we should have lots of flowers in May.

Love Deeply - Vintage Gypsy Altered Book

Old Books - Isola Bella

One of the treats when we were on Isola Bella was looking at the library - amazing antique books - and how rich they were to have so many books. Since my camera battery had died, I was only able to take pictures with my i-phone. So disappointing as there were so many treasures to see.

Coffee Shop

These are photos from one of our favorite coffee shops in Petosky. Kate and I visited there during our last vacation up there. I love the interior - so warm and vintage and inviting. Plus their coffees are super - almost more than you can possibly choose from. In addition, they have wonderful sandwiches and soups - great for a cold winter day in Michigan. I thoroughly enjoy getting to spend time with each of my daughters and coffee shops provide the perfect setting - calm, warm and cozy - plus we always have such great conversations. I am truly blessed to have had so much time together with them. I am going to sorely miss those times this fall when both have moved to different cities. But right now I am just appreciate the times I've had.