Altering books

Since you are here today, I believe you must want to learn more about creating an altered book. We will start at the beginning and work our...

Old books make for great art journals and altered art pieces. Here I share all of my best tips for choosing and prepping an old book to become a blank canvas for your own art journal.

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You can see some of my finished journals in the last 2 posts. Start with a hardback book. Just a quick cut with an exacto knife and all the pages are out. I save the pages and use them to create new pages for the journals and other art. It’s like a giant stack of […]

I got this idea from another blog ( homespunliving.blogspot.com ) a few months ago, and put it in the back of my mind to try this winter. Yo...

On December 4th my husband and I landed in California after an 11 hours flight and were welcomed by our wonderful friends. They'd hosted us for over a week,

It's time for a tutorial on how to alter a vintage book and make it into your very own, personalized art journal! Altering books is easy and super fun, so let's give it a try together. Most of my Art Journals have been altered books throughout the years. I use altered books for several reasons,

We cleaned out old board books and made art journals at the same time! This activity worked well with my child, but could also be a fun way for an adult to make themselves an art journal or junk journal.

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Turn Trashy Books into Treasured Items Before I share pictures and this post with you, I have a disclaimer. No literature was harmed in this project. All books that were altered were not only dumpster dive finds but were probably trash for the mind as well.....Not that they were THAT kind of trash, I go