I need to convince myself that it's ok to use book pages in project.

I know what you mean - i only use looks that are already unreadable, but i still had to take a few deep breaths before i launched into my first project with them!

Among people who really love books this is so common. I've seen some really cool book art, but there is that fear that you are messing it up. on the art journal board someone suggested starting with a book that you aren't attatched to, or a foreign language book that you can look at as a pattern.

when the cover actually fell off, i altered a copy of socerers stone into bookmarks. my daughter was shocked to see me cutting it up. she said books should be repaired. but then of course she wanted the bookmark when it was finished. .....photo is from a previous semester.

whistley! what a great package, i love love love all of it....the owl box is so cute! i had a hard time finding harry potter themed papers. hobby lobby is always sold out around here.  and that necklace is georgous!

this is just my style, i just finished the tttmovie swap also on the 4x4 scale......some items had to be folded to fit though.

i love those muppet bookmarks! are they actually hand drawn?

i recieved from courtneyf on friday, i hadn't even sent yet! she is a very busy knitter.


first this cute tea wallet inspired by "beauty and the beast"... the talking teapot, and i love the embellished rose.
next this ear warmer, inspired by the bonnets worn in "pride and predjudice"
i love the soft greens and tans. last this fun scarf made of gold loops, inspired by  the rings of power in "lord of the ring". our weather actually turned cold so i got to wear it!


great package, and such a fun swap! maybe if they were really squished, the band and scarf could be counted as tiny things, we will just pretend.

challenge-hunter-ravenclaw diadem, gryffendor-seeker
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project-diadem necklace

there are only so many times a girl can wear a diadem, especially amoung the muggles, so i decided to transfigure it into a necklace. while i was fiddling around with the draping chains, i decided to use clasps to connect the ends to the base chain, that way i could adjust it to the neckline of what i was wearing. each connection has a small round bead and a teardrop crystal that i recieved in the givers needers swap. i love that it is elegant without being overdone.

i was ready to send yesterday, but with all these little things, the ones i finished first got missplaced. ugh. after a bit of searching last night i found them and i should be sending out after work tonight!

i also recieved from my partner! very cute, someone loves to knit. i will try and post tonight!

we had a new opportunity to serve this weekend. Lifelink ministries helps organize food packing events for schools in hati. our church youth group, and several families wih younger kids met up with groups from other churches to pack 35,000 meals for schools in hati, within about 2 hours. this picture is from their website, i'm waiting for our youth minister to post pictures from yesterday. not sure i want pictures in a hairnet on facebook though.

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We were paired up with another family with elementary school kids (totaling 3 adults and 6 kids under 10) each person added a scoop of dried vegetables, rice, soy flour, and vitamin powder,then the bag was weighed and sent to the sealing station. i was surprised how much our kids were able to help and they enjoyed it. my 10 year old seemed to think the rice was his own sandbox. he didn't complain once about being bored.

thank you! that was exactly what i needed to know. when i was looking at the link my daughter commented that they were cute earrings. she's 10 and just got her ears pierced...i may have to make her some dangly ones.

i'm working on the accio books challenge. the books my kids have grown out of were an easy sort, even though we did have to reread and keep a few for sentimental reasons. the chapter books are a little harder.

How many copies of "harry Potter and the sorcerors stone" do we actually need? i upset my daughter when i used the cover from our most beat up paperback to make book marks. we still have 1 hardback copy, and 4 paperback copies. it's a bit of an addiction, i can't pass one by when i see it at a garage sale.

my daughter was reading "the order of the phoenix" and the cover was half falling off. it turned out that it wasn't our copy, she had started it at school, and brought the classroom copy home so she could read it on the bus. i hadn't realizes that teachers kept their own class room librarys in addition to the school library.