Making Little Books

Hello Friends

and Happy Friday

on this beautiful sunny day

as it is over here just now.

The last week I have been working on little altered books

Making experiments...

I have wanted for so long, so work more with books

and have decided this should be the year of books and bears

How does that sound - lol

some of these have lace pages - all decorated

some have paper pages - all ready for notes

This is the front cover of one with note pages.

The decoration is a vintage photo slide with a sweet
fabric photo behind. An old cufflinks and lots fabric and lace

you can see a peek of the pages here

experimenting with the binding too

I want to use different techniques with these

more about that in later posts

here´s another peek of a front cover

using a lid from an old rusty tin found at a flea

using some of the good stuff.

Lots of lace pieces

and some of my french fabric too

a look at the pages from the side

Stacking up in the corner of my table.

Some will be in the shop too.

I hope I´m not tiring you with my book stuff.

Wishing you all a beautiful day

Tina ♥♥♥

My Lampshade Project

Hello Sweet Friends

and happy Sunday.

It´s a beautiful sunny day

over here today

and spring is definitely on it´s way

I´ve finished my lampshade project

and here you have the result.

I think they did turn out quite pretty

Here´s the inside of one of them

with vintage lace and vintage bookpages.

on the outside

on this one - cheesecloth and pretty fabric photos

pretty little baskets - they are.

Wouldn´t they be cute for Easter

inside this one,

old book pages, a vintage doily

and a sweet cabinet card.

Or maybe with a nest and some tiny eggs

and even a little bird....

Here´s they are in full.

I´ve added some wire wrapped

in seambinding for hanger,

and a little crystal chandelier piece

at the bottom on the one to the left.

This is how they look like when hanged.

Pretty right.... :o)

I hope you´ll all have an awesome sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

On My Work Table

This is how it looks like on my worktable at the moment

 

a totally mess of fabric and lace pieces

I´m working on a lampshade project.

You may remember all those vintage lampshades I came

across last summer at the flea

now I finally have some time to do something with them

Not quite sure where this takes me right now

but it sure is lots of fun.

I hope it´ll turn out to be something pretty.

Spring is just around the corner

I hope it is at your place too.

Wishing you all a very beautiful day

Tina ♥♥♥ 

Back From London

Hi All

Sorry for my long absence.

I came back from a wonderful and very busy
show at Hugglets last sunday.

This week have been such a busy one too, so I haven´t had
a moment for an update over here.

The show in London went so very well
and it was quite busy too, so I didn´t get a change to take any photos.

You´ll have to do with this one

from a wonderful sunny saturday in Hyde Park

My friend Ginger over at Bearbits have some photos
from the show though, so if you´ll like to have a look,
she have a post showing my table too.

You can see it here.

Only a few bears came home with me.

This little one is Baxter

He´s made from a vintage well worn mohair.

He´s now available on my website

 

Baxter - 4.3 inch

And this sweet little blue bear  is Mervin.

He´s only 4 inch.

He can be purchased here.

Mervin - 4 inch

Thank you so much to everyone who visited
and made the show such a huge succes.

I can´t wait to come back to September for another one.

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Off to London

Today is preparing and

packing day.

I´m leaving very early tomorrow

for London.

The fair is on Sunday.

Can´t wait to meet up with collectors
and fellow bearmakers

tableclothes and old books for display

paperbags and business cards 

Little bears all ready for travelling

If you´re in the area
please stop bye and say hi.

We would love a visit - the bears and me.

The fair is held at

Kensington Town Hall

Hornton Street

Kensington

London W8 7NX

Sunday 26th

10.30am to 4pm.

Wishing you all

a wonderful weekend.

Tina ♥♥♥

Time - An Altered Book

and here it is.

My finished Altered Book.

I originally started out wanting a natures theme on this -

it ended up having lots of birds in it,

I called it 'TIME' - An Altered Book

that makes sense right....  :o)

anyway

Here´s how it looks from the side

it shows some of the details

and you can see, I used a piece of drift wood
on the edge of the front.

the rest of the pages

I used some very cool drawings from an old book,

there´s lace pieces in there too,

and old watch parts

I´m really happy about how this page turned out

with the old bottle cap 

The front and back is made from an old book

found at the flea - I love the old worn and tattered look.

On top a vintage keyhole and an old watch case

with a sweet vintage lady inside.

the back is decorated with a piece of lace

ans an old cabinet card with sweet children.

Could you tell, they loved to be photographed.

another peek of the pages.

This was SO much fun to make

and definitely not the last one I made this way.

It´s such a great way to use all those

odd finds I collect at the fleas.

This will be in the shop later today.

Thank you so much for popping in today

and wishing you all a wonderful day.

Tina ♥♥♥

Altered Book Pages

Working on a new project.

A very special altered book.

here´s a peak of some of the pages

I´ll show you the finished book soon.

What are you working at, at the moment?

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Tina ♥♥♥

A Little lace Book

I´ve finished my little altered lace book

from the previous post

and wanted to show you how it turned out

 

This is the front cover.

On top a round metal found object with wire netting
on top of a sweet image on fabric.

a look at some of the pages.

I´ve included some paper pages for notes too.

Here´s little pocket with velvet flowers.

another little silk pocket

and a sweet little fabric image

look at these precious ladies

all dressed up for a trip to town...

This is how the pages looks from the side.

Lots of layers

the backcover with another sweet image

all tied with silk ribbon and a vintage buckle.

I had so much fun making this

so I just couldn´t wait to start on another little book.

More about that in a later post.

This little book will be in the shop

later today.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

and a Happy Valentines too.

Tina ♥♥♥

Time for something else - Work in Progress

Hello sweet friends

I hope you all enjoy the weekend

despite the freezing cold weather.

at least it is over here....

I´ve sat the bearmaking aside for a few days.

I feel I have enough for the fair by now and felt the urge

to work on something else.

this is what´s on my work table at the moment.

The start of a little altered book.

I´m using the book cover from one of those old ones

I found last summer in sweden 

and have been able to work on a few pages today

using some of the good stuff

vintage lace pieces

sweet fabric images ect.

going to show you more as this little

book comes together.

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Have a wonderful weekend
sweet friends

Tina ♥♥♥