My favourite thing about #mixedmedia is I never know, when I start out, what I'm going to end up with.
A couple of months ago I picked this up from a "free box" outside a book shop. I was attracted to it mainly because of the fluorescent pink colour and because the title contained the words "My Wonderful World".
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I was thinking "maybe I could alter this" and give it to R for her birthday. And that's exactly what I did.
Unfortunately I didn't expect to be making a post about it so I didn't take any pictures of the alterations I made.
Here's a few of the things I did . . .
I took out a number of the pages so there's plenty of space for R to add her own embelishments and I left plenty of white space for her to write in or decorate as she sees fit.
I created pockets on the inside of the front and back covers and then filled them with ephemera I created from things I'd cut from the pages and other bits and bobs I'd made previously.
I also covered up the author's name on the front and back covers so she can add her own there and did some decorative alterations. I covered the words "of fashion" with a flower cut from inside the book and some black lace. That left the front cover saying "My Wonderful World" - A Book for drawing, creating and dreaming - By." Perfect for the focus of the gift.
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I created a birthday card for her using collaged scraps from my hand decorated papers with the letters cut out from QSL cards. The fluorescent pink paper was taken from pages I removed from the altered book.
The envelope is made from vintage dictionary pages, edged with washy tape which was a gift from R to me.
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Finally. This is the picture that sparked off this post.
Some time ago I made some collaged paper with no idea where it was going or what I was going to do with it. Now here we are months later and the perfect use for it has been revealed - wrapping paper for R's birthday present. It even has fluorescent pink papers on it which tie in well with the birthday card and altered book.
Often, when I'm playing with mixed media, I feel like I might just be creating clutter but, if I wait patiently a piece I've made gets incorporated into something else or finds a use like this collage did or even sparks off an impromptu blog post. 😂
Gotta love how creation has a life all of it's own!
I loved how the pink theme throughout albeit a bit coincedentally!
That book though looked great even before your modifications!
With winter approaching are you getting more crafty type things like this done. Mrs T has been digging out more and more half finished projects that will get finished this winter 🤣
I haven't done much crafty stuff at all recently but I'm hoping to try and get ahead of the game this year, for Christmas and a few birthdays that are coming up. IF I so that it will be a first!
What unfinsihed projects is Mrs T hope to get finished this winter?
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Once again you have created a very thoughtful and artistic gift.
I like what you described you did. Don't you know you have to take photos of everything you make..... just in case? I take so many photos, but try to only save a few along the process to look back on later.
I'm sure she enjoyed or will enjoy this gift.
Thank you. Her birthday's in November so I'm very happy to be ahead of the game this year. I have a little box thing that I'd like to make as well but that will be a bonus if I get around to it.
I usually do take photos of things but I wasn't in the mood today and wasn't expecting to write a post.
I've got quite a few photos that never made it into posts. Not sure they ever will now. 😁
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