Tip-In's

Tip-In's are pages out of a book or text weight paper that has been cut to book size and Altered usually on a theme then added to anothe book (novel, encyclopedia or whatever) ... these are some I have done for an upcoming swap ....

Handmade Books

Okay these are samples of handmade books of mine

Paper Bag Book

I did a paper bag book honoring my parents … Legacy was kind enough to publish it recently ….

Circle Journal

My daughter and I are working on a Circle Journal and haveing a great time with it ....
this is some of my work in the Journal there is a hidden tag with a special message for just her ...

CD cardboard mailer Book

CD book I am doing in Grapevine, TX this July ....

Mixed Media

See I said it takes many forms ... this one happens to be an Altered Puzzle Peice

ATC - Artist Trading Cards

These are some of the ATC's I have done ... I have forgotten to take photo's of the latest ones but I will do that and post some of them later ....

Altered Dress Form

"Paris Courtier"

As you can see I will alter anything … I decided to do a submission for Somerset Studio on the theme of Paris … when I found this rather plain dress form I couldn’t help but think of all of the wonderful dresses that have come from Paris over the centuries so I decided to take this and make it Paris ..... by adding layers of lace, ribbon, beads, charms & old costume jewelry I was able to come up with something I could see a designer presenting to her client in the mid 1800’s before the dress was constructed ….. turns out they used it in their July/August 2006 issue …… and also on their website http://www.stampington.com/html/ss_ja06_upclose.html

Altered Book - Tunnel effect

“The Proper English Garden”

This is a tunnel effect using 4 spreads in a book … cutting the ovals out of the pages and cardstock to accent the ovals and highlighting an image on the last spread – this one happens to be an Iris …..

Altered Book - Many Textures

"The Search for a Great Cup of Chai"

This is one of my first Altered Books ....


The front cover is done with upholstery fabric, beads and a brass Elephant ....
















These are some of the inside pages ... The first one is cork that has been stamped ... the next is a transparency that I also stamped and placed in between to pages that have a oval window cut into them ...... You might notice that I sewed the edges of the pages together ...... The 3rd page is showing that you tear pages out of the book then use them in your design as an extra element ....