Two years ago, my dear friend Judy and I decided to make a 'Valentine Altered Book'. We started it in January 2005, I think, with a goal of finishing it that spring... Here it is 2007, and we still don't feel like its quite finished... It went back and forth, sometimes staying weeks in one house, but usually it was more like months... Time flew by. It was fun to receive the book again, and see what the other had done... always unexpected and always wonderful. I have the book now, and thought it would be fun to share some of the pages with you. We had no rules, beyond making it fun, and keeping to the theme. We used pop-ups, envelopes, sliding figures, and other dodads to keep it interesting. Usually we did our own pages, but some of them are a combination of Judy's and my work. Here are a few favorites for you to see...
Judy did this two page spread, using old photo-booth pictures (can you guess which one she is???) and favorite Pierrot images! I'll give you a hint - she's not alone...
I chose to do a spread based on 'Sailers Valentines'. One side has a pull-up door with a sailers love poem inside, the other side a lovely lady wishing for more - from her special sailer!
