Here's some of the natural art:
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| Hydrangeas, how I love thee! |
And here's one of the displays where I found treasure:
That's right: upcycled journals! The artist takes the covers and even some of the pages from these books, adds plain white paper and binds with spiral. I bought a few to give as gifts. :) Here's a close-up of one I considered for myself:
But I wasn't there to buy for myself! Eric and I found things for every person on our list. And it was fun and inspiring and pretty much a perfect Saturday.
My daughter had an art class where they made journals like these using old children's books-- they used not only the covers, but some of the illustrated pages, interspersed with white pages. Truly wonderful, I agree. I'm waiting for her to make one for me!
ReplyDeleteI love these upcycled journals. I am wondering how they are made. From old picture books? I kind of have the idea but am still a bit curious. Love them. Not to mention my favorites, the hydrangea's!!!
ReplyDeleteJanet F.
oops! hydrangeas (no apostrophe needed!!!)
ReplyDeleteit must have been the weekend for perfect days... I had one too I wonder how they got those hydrangeas to bloom so early Everyone's around here is just getting ready to bloom
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a different way to do altered books, Irene. They look wonderful. And the hydrangeas-wow! My peonies are just about to "burst" & I find it hard to wait! Sounds like a nice day!
ReplyDeleteHi, Irene. I'm looking forward to that Wandering Wildebeest! It sounds like you have a busy summer underway.
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