I have been inspired by many images lately of artists creating inside old books. I found myself pinning quite a few of them for inspiration later on. I finally decided instead of adding it to the many projects I want to do at some point to JUST DO IT! First let me share with you some of the inspiration that got my creative juices flowing….
Source: Everything In Life Is Scrapable
Source: A Little Imagination and a Pile of Junk
Source: Inspirations Scrap
Source: Pamela Garrison
Source: Linkage
Source: Crazy Thing Called Life
So, I finally bit the bullet, and on my way home from work friday of Memorial Day weekend, I stopped at Tim’s Used Books. This is a great used bookstore on main street in Hyannis, it’s actually right next door to where Colorful Creations used to be. Walking past the old storefront is a whole other story that I most likely won’t blog about- makes me sad. But, back to being crafty!! So I picked out a book, its small around 5×7 and my thought process with that is then I wouldn’t need to clean up my studio table too much before being able to dive in HA! It cost me $4 and as soon as I got home I dove right in. My “rules” which really aren’t rules is to JUST play! To use STUFF – i have tons of it, so I’m just grabbing scraps out of my scrap bin, and embellishments off of my Clip it Up. I have no plan, I just moved from page to page and created whatever I felt like. Here is a pic of my book, and come back tomorrow to see some of the interior pages!
love what you’ve done, I have had the same interest in kathielink.blogspot . You’ve done a great book of your own. Congrats. I must get working on mine again. I have saved several books from garage sale fates so I’d best get on it. Thanks for sharing your post. I’ve pinned you too.
Cool, Jen!! Can’t wait to see your pages!
So cute Jenn…. The Art Journal is so Fun!!!!
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Ooohhhhh looks like tons of fun!!!! I can’t wait to see the inside!! Looks like something I would have fun doing 😉
Awesome inspiration photos! I look at this stuff and wish I were brave enough to try! I love books so much, it seems like a sacrilege … I can’t underline or take notes in them or anything. But I love, love, love the whole idea behind it. In a way, it’s like blessing a book through art, isn’t it? Trying to talk myself into it, obviously. ;o)
Have you seen Junelle Jacobson’s work? She’s amazing.
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