Am I bad?
I'm not sure if I should post this or not.
But, let me confess: I make craft projects where I use pages from old books. Many projects. Very old books.
Like these tags with illustrations taken from a 150 years old book with descriptions of every major city and it's buildings in this country. Sheets are very thin, so I glue it to card board, cut it, decorate it with white paint and glitter and finally trim it with mat silver ribbon or tassel. I have a crush on these colours and textures together, sigh... And, ehm... pangs of conscience because I ruin this book.
My vague excuse is that this book was going to end its days in the waste bin. It belonged to an illustrator friend of mine. He was clearing up his studio and took this to an antiquarian who rejected it. Then asked me if I wanted it.
8 comments:
You have given it a wonderful new life......what a great idea!
that's what I was gonna say! Recycle and reuse! Nothing wrong with that!
Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!
Dx
I have a hard time cutting anything old. I understand your pang of conscience! As beautiful as your cards are I still couldn't do it!
I *love* taking old, crumbly books and turning them into new projects. It's always hard at first, but it definitely beats just throwing them out.
Those tags are gorgeous...the colors are so lovely and calming. I think they're beautiful!
God I share your feelings !!!
THANKS FOR THIS GREAT TIME SPENT THROUGH your great blog !!
i'm with sarah - love cutting up those books! i have recently made tags, magnets, and ornaments - here's my flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45594323@N00/
I am not quite sure I could do it.
I work with vintage linens, and for every project I have to think about it for a while. It is a complicated process in my mind ... to get the courage to cut out even an old teatowel.
I just finished some Christmas stockings tonight (you can see it on my blog tomorrow) and I used pictures I scanned from a book and printed on special transfer paper.
Anyway, you have made something beautiful and your blog is GREAT !!
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