Tiny Books & Altered Cards

 I have seen a lot of cute little altered books made to be a necklace , loved them & decided to make my own !! I have always thought it would be great to have some special quote or verse in a handy little book ! I used grunge paper for the cover and the inside papers I used images from Altered Pages that look like vintage pages to give an interesting background for your notes & quotes !! On the covers I also used images from Altered Pages and covered them with clear embossing to make the a little more sturdy !

The edges of the book pages and the cover have been distressed to give a more tattered look , so it looks like it's been around for a long time & had lots of love !

I also finished my Altered Bingo Cards for a swap I am doing over at the Yahoo group for Altered Pages , you can click on this link to join in on all the fun !!

Bingo cards were created using  images and papers from Altered Pages , some of the papers are the Glitz papers which I think are fabulous and can be found here ! 

Off to finish working on more projects ! Have a blessed & creative day !

Vintage Tea Cup Swap

I participated in a Vintage Tea Cup Swap on the Vintage Indie site http://vintageindie.typepad.com/vintage_indie/ . My partner was Mary , this is her blog http://www.catmccall.blogspot.com/ . She is a fabulous knitter, her shop on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=22700 has beautiful yarn that she actually spins , how wonderful is that !! Makes me want to get back into knitting and crochet again looking at beautiful yarn. My mother taught me how to knit when I was young and I later took up crochet , but put it aside to do other crafts !My package had the most beautiful soft pastel tea cup & saucer , along with a dainty all white embroidered handkerchief ( gotta wipe the drips!) and a some darjeeling & Marionberry tea along with a box of chocolate covered Hazelnuts ..Mmmmm !! Was my first swap that I have ever done and was a lot of fun !! It is fun to get a surprise package full of wonderful things and was a lot of fun gathering up all the goodies to mail ! Thank you so much Mary !!