I’m so happy to be featured today…clever Beverly finding such a special way to help us know each other better. Read carefully, there’s a quiz at the end…noooo, just kidding, there’s a “door” prize.
Mondays can have Blue, but without a doubt, Saturdays are Pink…it’s official. Beverly named it and claimed it and that’s the end of it! For those of us who love Pink, it couldn’t be more clear.
For today’s Pink Saturday post, I’m showing another love of mine…Altered Books. The concept is simple: take a discarded book and repurpose it in some way to give it a new lease on life. I’ve made books to celebrate any number of Pink occasions: a friend’s recovery, my many Blessings, friendships, travel, and any and all things pink…anything worth celebrating is worth celebrating in an altered book. I’ve featured several of them here at Riverside Studios over the years. My favorite way to alter books is to create a Pocket Book. Here is the outside of a little ticket themed book.
When it is open, you can see the pockets…this book has four compartments…
just perfect for four Happy Tags…
And here is cover of another book…
and the inside pockets of another…
The tags and Art Trading Cards tucked inside cover the spectrum from words of wisdom and inspiration to clever quotes and jokes. The pockets are perfect for postcards and pictures with spaces to hold ticket stubs and wine bottle labels…they provide an easy-do alternative to the traditional scrapbook. Here’s my newest, one that I started just to showcase on this Pink Saturday’s post. I started with a little book that was badly water stained…
I folded it to create the pockets…
I gathered up several old sheets of tissue, some estate sale gift wrap,and a few vintage pages of piano scores.
I kept the materials limited to what was on hand. The resulting book shows hints of the original cover and words of “inspiration.
Inside this book some of the words show through the pink tissue…The garlands of flowers are cut from the gift wrap…
When the pockets are filled with tags and the book stands open, it looks like this…
Vintage seam bindings and pretty pink fibers dress up the tags which have a Pink sentiment or two…
I found these fun tickets at Paper Cowgirl vendor Night. And these tags really seem to belong to the spirit of the book.
And there you have it, an altered pocket book. This one is being offered as a Giftaway for one of my visitors today. I’ll have hubby draw a number on Wednesday and I’ll contact the new owner of Inspirations for Living Pink and post the winner’s name next Saturday.
Thanks so much for stopping by…thanks again to Beverly for this fun experience and for the happy institution we call Pink Saturday. Now swing back by Beverly’s to see who else is posting this first weekend of the LAST MONTH of SUMMER…and Have a Pink Week from start to finish.
