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!

Shauna's Book: Emotion #5

I received Shauna Palmer's book for this exchange when I got home from vacation, and I wanted to share the beautiful work in it before I dived in and added to it - enjoy! Lenna

p.s. Click on any photo for more detail.
All of the artwork below is Shauna Palmer's - I am simply posting for her!

Pilar's Book: Rock Stars

The theme for my book is Rock Stars. Considering the book, which will house this group's alterings is a beat up copy of a Metallica bio I saved from the trash of Barnes and Noble, the theme seemed appropriate. I decided to incorporate groups and musicians I am quite fond of for my introduction spreads. The first page is The Smiths. The page was created from photocopies of the band, gel pens and 7 gypsies gaffer tape. The second page is Nine Inch Nails. I made this page from paper I altered with stencils and vintage wallpaper. The third page is The White Stripes made with decorative paper, stamps, stencils, acrylic paint and ephemera.

Lenna's Book: Love Letters

Hello! It has taken me some time to post photos of my book because I continued to get ideas and wanted to do yet another spread in my own book before sending it off! My hope is that all of the participants; Shauna, Ann, Linda, Cynthia and Pilar can add scans or photos of their own artwork in our books to this blog. If that is not possible for them, I will play 'catch up' (or anyone in the exchange could) by scanning the artwork as it moves along through the RR. Without any further adieu, here are lots of photos from my 'Love Letters' book for the ABR RR; I did four spreads plus the intro/sign-in and cover . . . I just could not help myself! This book contains copies of actual love letters; I will also show you a sample page. The cover had a book jacket which I removed. I cut out one of the images and one of the love notes from the jacket and attached directly to the cover, and used StazOn inks for stamping.

The sign-in page. Click on the photos for a better look.
























Sample page from the book with a copy of a love letterwritten by John Keats.

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Lenna's 1st spread with a letter to her husband Steven, writtten recently. Click on the photos for a larger picture.

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Lenna's 2nd spread includes an email from her husband Steven in response to a postcard she sent him when they were courting . . . .

. . . and the actual postcard he is referring to in his email:

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The 3rd spread reflects upon lenna's marriage to john foster from 1978 to 2004 and their two children.



There are cards and letters from the past in each envelope. You can click on any photo for a more detailed view.

















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The 4th and last spread contains a Thanksgiving card with a romantic photo of steve and lenna that we sent to ourselves just to have a record of it. It was really a love letter to our family, celebrating that we found each other and how thankful we were. There is also a hand drawn card by steven to lenna as well as and an old french postcard with a note in french on the back.

















If you have any questions on how I did anything, please leave me a note in the comments section and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I will be away from my computer July 14th - 22nd, but look forward to finding Shauna's book in my mailbox when I get home. whew!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Altered Books Revisited Round Robin blog! wow, that's a mouthful to say. How about ABR RR blog for short? As the hostess, I've had this webspace set up for about a week now, but haven't posted anything yet as I am still working on finishing my book. I've decided instead to jump in and simply tell you about my book first, before I share any pics! My theme is 'Love Letters' and I have taken a book by the same title, cut out some of the pages, created a sign-in page for all the artists here, written an introduction & altered the cover, phew! But it's all good fun and I look forward to altering a page or two as well. If anyone in the group is ready to share anything here, please do! Let me know if you have any questions. I will be back with scans of my book . . . and remember that our first mailing date is JULY 15th!
creatively yours, lenna