Life- so funny how it ‘interferes’ with my PLANS! (that’ll teach me to make plans!) My husband is now 3 weeks post-op a 3RD surgery on his right leg- hoping his broken femur will finally heal and we can get on with making ‘plans’. 
)
So what’s a girl to do? have fun with books, that’s what!
I’ve changed the closure to my recycled (now titled) “Book of Odd”. I used a cleaned up pull-tab from one of my laser printer cartridges…they make great belts (for books, that is).
The following images are of the ‘pages’ I’ve done in this book- today it gets mailed out to Texas!
Instruction envelope
Instruction Card
Address holder envelope- plus text from a snack bag (opposite side)
Book made from teabag box, plus tissue box flap, closed
'Book' open - made with old game cards, flap open- text from an early 1900's Frank Merriwell book.
purple paper from a Moleskine journal; Van Gogh quote from a calendar
Karma (card from old game (Game of Fate), envelope, ribbon, labels, some decorative paper scraps.
Another card from the game- one of my fave artworks!
AND ON ANOTHER NOTE….
I love hands! and some of my old junky books I love and don’t want to alter their content. However, this book had a HIDEOUS!! brown cover – published in the middle of WWII, I’m sure inks and stuff were at a premium…so I decided to alter the covers only, and spiff up the gold leaf text . The book is ARTS AND CRAFTS: A Practical Handbook by Marguerite Ickis, 1943, pub. by A.S. Barnes and Co. It’s in so-so condition, but very fun to peruse, and has a large section on book making and book binding!
Being a ‘handbook’, I have it now as a ‘work of art’ in our living room, along with a casting of my hand when I was 50….(“a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way….” – thank you, George Lucas )
Cover Close-Up
You are so awesome…Love what you do -you can just pick something up and it becomes ART… keep on keeping on. Jo