Altered Book

At a recent visit to an Altered Book Exhibit in Novato, I was inspired by one of the altered books on display and came up with my own version of the collage piece:

Awhile ago, I purchased a few vintage book covers from Jenni Bowlin's Mercantile site, http://www.jbsmercantile.com/ ,for $1 each. Below is what the cover looks like.

Here is the inside of the book...a perfect background to embellish. With all the pages already torn out, I was all ready to get started.

I wanted to keep the colors to neutrals and somewhat vintage/book related.

 For one of the items, I altered a mini book and cut out a window and inserted a vintage photo.

I decided to hang my book sideways...below is the top half.

Here's the bottom half.

And here's where I got my inspiration from...mine is definitely more black and white themed.

Happy Father's Day!