I am taking Elizabeth's free Altered Book course and here is what I have done so far...
This is my inside cover for my altered book. It is entitled "Journey."
I am quite pleased with how my niche turned out, thanks to Elizabeth's excellent instructions about clips and gel medium to keep the pages together. I have used the pages of an old pocket atlas to cover this part.
What will I put in my niche? Well, although my altered book will be filled with pages of different countries I have travelled to, in the end, as St. Augustine said, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." And so, in my niche I plan to put a compass to symbolize the True North, the constant that guides travelers. In my life, my True North is Jesus Christ and my niche will reflect something I have been thinking of ever since I started this book, "My life is a Journey to the heart of God."
Linking up to Inspire Me Monday.
What an impressive niche. I am in awe of how you tied the two pages together so flawlessly. Speaking of flawless, the first pages are pretty awesome, too. Great collage depicting the journey. It appears you have reinforced these pages well. Way to go and thanks so very much for linking up for this lesson.
ReplyDeleteI'm really loving the whole message of your altered book. It really is a journey back to God's heart!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Both the niche and the sentiment.
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What a beautiful book to chronicle what you love most!
ReplyDeleteI actually saw this altered book from your family's shop. I tried doing it on my own and to my avail, it's an epic fail! Thank you for linking Elizabeth's site. I might try her tutorial and hopefully make my own successful altered book.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day Peggy!
Thank you so much for your visit to my blog & kind words about my AB. I am so glad it brought me to see your colorful blog and the awesome start to your AB. Your first page reinforcement is lovely, and your niche is wonderful. I'll look forward to seeing more!
ReplyDeleteYour altered book is just fabulous! How nice to have a book with all the places you have traveled to. I saw it on Inspire Me Monday. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteYour altered book is just fabulous! How nice to have a book with all the places you have traveled to. I saw it on Inspire Me Monday. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI love the first 2 collaged pages, they are beautiful! and you did a fabulous job on your niche, looking forward to seeing it filled with it's goodies! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)
ReplyDeleteWow Peggy, the end pages look amazing as does your niche and facing page too. Your theme is lovely and I look forward to seeing how it progresses x
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming to see my book too :)
ooooo wow! this is soooo neat & tidy!!! Its going to look amazing when its all done! x
ReplyDeletePeggy, it takes about 9-10 ounces of fresh spinach. I love your post. Do you mean you take an old book and make it over? I want to do that. Thanks for the idea. I have tons of old books.
ReplyDeleteLooks very nice. alot of work? Thank you for you comments on my blog. I hope you will come back to link with On your Heart Tuesdays.
ReplyDeleteYour Altered book looks amazing..I think you are inspiring me to maybe try one soon..I checked out the tutorial..very nice and impressive..Thanks so much for sharing this..!
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Looks amazing!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful work and beautiful words Peggy. Spoken and created from the heart and soul.
ReplyDeleteI love what you are doing with that book and have obtained and old one myself. I need to go and see Elizabeths blog for tips and tricks.
Carry of creating,
Paula x x x
I'm finally getting around to visit everyone's AB link.....I love the theme and the pages you found to illustrate it. Your niche looks fabulous! Can't wait to see more next week.
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