A sneak peek at my friend's Kings and Queens AB

I'm still working on this altered book I'm making for my friend Kathy.  Embellishing it has been harder than anything, because I don't have a lot of embellishments.  Making a few will hopefully save me.  But I'll give you a sneak peek at the niche and the back cover and spine.  The rest will come one day next week, or at least that's hopefully the plan.

This is the niche I created for the book.  I only cut about 30 pages from the 80 or 90 that became the niche.

It's very late here, and you probably can't tell I've used rub-n-buff on the crowns of the various checker pieces.  A piece of ribbon gifted me by Pear Shaped Chris and two Qs from a Scrabble game (there were NO Ks in my stash) complete the decorations.

For the back, I created a bit of fiber art to surround Queen Elizabeth I.  The spine, also originally printed by Kathy that I cut to size, shows all the Kings and Queens that are in the book.  I even recognize most of them, too.

I wondered what the blue was on the two photos, then realized the mica pieces I added to the shoulder and left wrist areas of the picture were reflecting my nightgown.  At least I was wearing clothes!

I hope you enjoy this small bit of finished art I've created for this altered book.  Thanks as always for looking.