My Altered book Porch

In yesterday's post.  I mentioned how at Split Coast the tutorial for this week is one to make a Treasure book.  Years ago, I made a book that is along the same line.  They called it an Altered book.  You take an old book and cover the pages with your "treasures"  This is another page in my book.  It's a page from my favorite Calendar series.  I love porches!  I feel fortunate to be able to sit on my porch and even craft sometimes.  (One of my favorite places to craft) Of course, my porch does not have the view that this porch does.   I would take these calendars to work with me, and post them up on my wall over my desk.  I would then imagine myself sitting out on the porch instead of being chained to my desk 8 to 12 hours a day.  Just seeing the lovely seenes would give me the uplift I needed.

I promise I will get back to posting cards again.  I have been working on some this week, but they seem to take longer to get done than I would like them to.  So I thought in between my card making I would post my altered book pages.

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Thank you for stopping by today

Blessings,

Jill

Another Page from my Altered Book

Back on my January 31st post, I posted about my Altered book...this is another page I did in my book. It represents one of my favorite Movies. A movie that was made from one of my favorite books. "Message in a Bottle" which was written by one of my favorite Authors Nicholas Sparks. Of course, I also enjoy watching the movie because it has Paul Newman, and Kevin Costner in it!

I enjoy movies they help me to relax!

"Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation. For when you come back to your work, your judgement will be surer." ~Leonardo Da Vinci

Altered book second try

Trying again to load some pages from my altered book. My last post wouldn't let me upload my photos...remember I'm still new at this....smile.

I recently met two very nice ladies through blogging, They are both great writers. A gift I wish I had... They have inspired me to take up journaling again.

That's what my altered book --that I did in 2004--turned out to be, a photo album, scrapbook and journal all rolled up into one. I had planned to do one every year, but sadly that didn't happen, but this year I am definitely going to do another.

I didn't know what to name my book, so I left doing the cover till last. I realized that when I looked at my book, which contained my favorite quotes, titles to the favorite books that I had read, favorite cards from friends, favorite photographs, etc.... the book gave me joy just to read it every time I opened it. So the perfect title for my book was JOY. If you have never tried doing an Altered book, I would highly recommend doing one, Even if you're the only one who sees it.

"Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." Rose Kennedy

My altered Book

I decided to take a break from posting my cards. This post I'm going to show a little bit of the altered book that I made. I actually made the book in 2004.