WOYWW 143: the extra day edition

Last Wednesday, my dear friend Annette, aka Voodoo Vixen, who is also one of my biggest supporters of my Altered Book (AB) Class (see my right sidebar for previous posts), asked about covers for our books. Of course, I realize we won't be decorating our covers until the final lesson, but I thought I would show Annette, Julia our fearless WOYWW leader and another huge supporter of my AB class, and all of you who visit, some of my completed ABs.



I know you really came to see the rocking horse and maybe Bleubeard, and don't have a lot of time to stay this week, so I apologize in advance if this is a bit wordy and has a bunch of photos. I couldn't get all the ABs on one table, so I will show them in stages.


So, to make a long post even longer, here is Bleubeard today.


"Tell Neet hi, then leave me alone, please."

Back to sleep and once again keeping his thoughts to himself!


Back to the Altered Book covers, my second ever completed (or at least semi-completed) AB was called "Coffee." You all know how much I love coffee, since I drink it 24/7, except for about an hour on Tea Tuesday. This is a cloth bound book, so I didn't gesso it first. I left this one flat because I can add more spreads in this book. I used metal stamps/punches to create the word "Coffee" in the copper on the spine.


"Time," the first time I used sewn fabric, is one of my favorite covers,


along with my Asian AB. Note the shape of this one, which was hard to work in. In true Asian style, the "back" cover of the book was decorated to be the "front."


For my "Money" book, I cut up an old tee shirt, then added a polymer clay title. The name of the book was "The Fortune," so I left the title intact. This is actually one of my favorite ABs.



Gosh, these don't look too good on the mail desk. I'll just put the ones on the table away and



show them in a better light.


On the left is a "Buffy" AB with a Buffy doll on the front. Those of you who like Buffy will appreciate Mr. Pointy that I made from polymer clay. Note that I left the book title, "Daughter of Darkness" intact.


This was a tip-in book using the book title "Full Circle." The right side has games and game pieces tip-ins, while the left side was flipped upside down (as were all the tip-ins associated with the Oxymoron swap). Note the Bride/Groom oxymoron game pieces I used on the right. It truly was a full circle book.


This was my first ever completed AB. I made it all from catalog, magazine, and junk mail images. No scrapbook supplies were used in this one, nor was a single stamp inked up in it!! I DID embellish with a few fancy fibers and found objects, though. It is called "The Seasons." I see the Four Seasons hotel card I originally had on the back has fallen out of its pocket!

Sorry I was so wordy this week. Blame it on Voodoo Vixen, since she was concerned about making her covers fat! It's a good thing we had an extra Wednesday this year!!