Pilar's Rockin' Book

I have Pilar's ROCK STAR themed Altered Book here at my house now. Today I've been partying, gettin down, spinnin the tunes that Shauna sent tucked in-between 2 pages of the book (great CD, shauna!) and doin' some art in Pilar's book. What fun. Sure beats packing for my upcoming move! We will be closing on both houses Sept. 14th, if all goes well, and we should be in our new digs by the 15th . . . I will get you my new address shauna, don't worry!

Below is the Sign-In page Pilar set up - I love it! I added a ticket to a concert as a tag, signed my name on the back and called myself a "groupie". Click on any photo for more detail.


Pilar's intro & first page, below, come next. I thought you might like to see her pages as a "spread".

below, another awesome spread by Pilar. I love her art! Click on it for more detail.

Miz Shauna Palmer is up next in Pilar's book, rock star that she is! Look at what she has done, wow!

And another fabulous spread from Shauna:

I started my spreads in Pilar's book by using Pearl Harbor & the Explosions - a late 70's wave band. For all of my spreads, I dug out old record covers, reduced & photocopied them.
Below shows the unfolded review I found about Pearl Harbor, copied and attached:

Bonnie Raitt is my all-time favorite musician and rocker and I had to include her in Pilar's book. I have been to more performances by her than any other artist. I found some song lyrics online and used a copy of one of my concert tickets to complete the spread. She rocks!
Last spread; this one has a door. From Eric Clapton . . . .

. . . To Eddie Money: "I wanna be a rock and roll star" . . . .
That's it! enjoy! lenna

Shauna in Pilar's ROCK STAR book

Shauna sent me a scan of a spread she did in Pilar's book:



- and wrote, "Pilar's fun Rock Star book is kicking it's way down the highway to Lenna even as we speak. It should be there Weds..."

Coolio! Thanks, Shauna!

Lenna's art in Shauna's yummy book!

Here is my spread in Shauna's book. I wish I would have had the time to do another spread, but I simply did not! Our house went on the market on Monday and we have an offer already, 2 days later! It's been very busy here. Today was the 15th and so I just packed the book up, sadly saying goodbye, and sent it off to Ms. Bean in New Jersey, who will do wonders with it I am sure. I sent Priority mail, Delivery confirmation included so you should see this book in your mailbox soon Ms. Linda! let me know when it arrives, please.

For the left hand page, I used a piece of upholstery fabric that Shauna had sent along with her book. I sewed an Alpha Stamps image (bird - Paris) onto the fabric first, then sewed and glued the pink eyelash trim around the edge. I also sewed a little beaded trim along the bottom that dangles out of the book. This is a french book, so I could not help adding the 'paris' image. There is also some sheer stamped ribbon sewn on to the bottom of the fabric.

On the right side I started drawing with my aquacolor crayons and then used a wet brush to activate the colors. When the water color dried, I used a round paper punch to punch out sections of the page and then glue them in different places on the page. I like the little windows this made to other pages below.

I did sign a tag in the back of the book, Shauna -- and I also decorated one of the little round tags - you may be able to see it there on the right side. Click on the scan for more detail - and let me know how you are all doing, thanks!