tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post7663641611441587533..comments2023-11-02T02:26:46.858-05:00Comments on To Tell A Story: Looking through my Altered Booksellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15188791638739872773noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-85961833241841595212012-08-22T07:09:38.694-05:002012-08-22T07:09:38.694-05:00Wonderful examples Elle. Your "too opaque&qu...Wonderful examples Elle. Your "too opaque" window is just perfect, it makes you want to look behind it more because the view is so vague. Clever accident. The leaves in the window, in the window are fabulous. Very creativepaulaexukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730803432147161932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-82392203887366750402012-08-21T09:47:54.793-05:002012-08-21T09:47:54.793-05:00Ooh Elle, at it again my lovely! Great colours and...Ooh Elle, at it again my lovely! Great colours and fab techniques. I love how you have really stretched your imagination and incorporated so many different supplies from your stash.<br />Thank-you so much for the re-cap on your altered book progress, I have thoroughly enjoyed catching up on your journey to date.<br />Big hugs x x x x Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676438726819546302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-15326505975224551262012-08-21T03:24:57.327-05:002012-08-21T03:24:57.327-05:00Hi Elle, I think I am with Elizabeth on the thread...Hi Elle, I think I am with Elizabeth on the thread vs wire score. More so as I think the rigidity of wire will keep the buttons flat and firmly in place but thread would be all floppy. Sewing thread around the edge would be fine and adding beads too but again it would be more floppy - my wire edge is very firm. BJBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648216296129483315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-37243959317150700172012-08-20T22:02:45.331-05:002012-08-20T22:02:45.331-05:00Sigh. Your work is so pretty and creative but that...Sigh. Your work is so pretty and creative but that was an out of print copy of Barbara Brackman's book. I think I am too much of a book lover to enter into this craft, but it is fun to watch you. Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285223648285145607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-39696076700632069482012-08-20T22:01:02.026-05:002012-08-20T22:01:02.026-05:00I love how you recapped your pages. Quite nicely ...I love how you recapped your pages. Quite nicely done, I might add. I can truly understand why you might not want to add a zipper. These are always optional homework assignments and are for your benefit. After all, I've already created mine (grin).<br /><br />You did a lovely job with that window. I agree that it looks great. And it works for ME, too! After all, there ARE no rules.<br /><br />You suggested using thread for applying the buttons. In my experience, thread is not heavy enough. You need the wire to keep the buttons sort of aligned. You can use thread if you run a blanket stitch through the holes and add a bead, but it's just not heavy enough for buttons.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-50143055480305447522012-08-20T17:57:46.890-05:002012-08-20T17:57:46.890-05:00You are doing a beautiful job working in the three...You are doing a beautiful job working in the three books at once! You really seem to be enjoying yourself. I'm looking forward to seeing how you attach the left beads!Craftymoose Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791008130982382299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-78529480468049547922012-08-20T14:22:40.764-05:002012-08-20T14:22:40.764-05:00It all looks like a lot of fun! I have a couple of...It all looks like a lot of fun! I have a couple of books I picked up for just such a project but have not gotten around to it.HollyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161858859864895000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-91648809907576196592012-08-20T10:10:03.660-05:002012-08-20T10:10:03.660-05:00Elle your altered books are a wonderful reminder o...Elle your altered books are a wonderful reminder of how much you have experimented and learned and grown as an artist. Each with a story to tell. Making Memories Monday...Createologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141896048450385243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-83160139398070194762012-08-20T10:06:51.251-05:002012-08-20T10:06:51.251-05:00All look great to me, you are very inventive witht...All look great to me, you are very inventive withthe supplies you have. Looking forward to seeing the leaf beads. BJBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648216296129483315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291320690041768767.post-39157374529291727162012-08-20T09:25:27.863-05:002012-08-20T09:25:27.863-05:00I appears to me that you are having a great time a...I appears to me that you are having a great time and learning a lot. Who could ask for more?Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.com