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| This post has A LOT of photos so grab an adult beverage, or any kind of beverage you want (Smith Tea in PDX is suggested as well) and settle down for a look at the finally complete Portland altered book. Maybe I should have broken this up into two posts because there are a lot of photos but....I didn't.... and I am not showing all the pages in the book (nor are they in order).. |
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| I took photos in PDX (of course!) and I'm not one to just leave photos on my phone. And I picked up lots of paper ephemera while there thinking I'd use it in my altered book....The vellum above is from some large sheets I bought at ScrapPDX -- and it is maps of Portland. Love the pages I made with that... I cut up various file folders from ScrapSF to make pages like the pink one. I love TABS, either on the side of the book or up top. |
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| I like my altered books FAT and this one almost doesn't close. I will either punch a hole and add sari ribbon to close it or use a wide, arty rubber band I got at Daiso. |
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| Background on this is a paper bag.... |
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| I just folded the Kachka menu in half and added it in....(highly recommended if you visit PDX). |
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| Happily I didn't need any Pickle Juice, either at Kachka or on my trip to Russia. |
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| I also added some Portland travel ads from 1950's National Geographics. Gee, if I took that Domeliner from PDX back home to SF I could have bought more stuff. |
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| Hotel deLuxe |
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| I love room service! |
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| I made several pages with little pockets......I love tucking things inside... |
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| Another pocket with an Oregon postcard tucked inside.... |
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| Here I added a vellum envelope with some mail art from my PDX pal Karen... |
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| Miss Polly! |
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| Night out after the PDXCC meeting.... |
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| Another night out and another place I recommend... |
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| PDXCC Mail Art Meeting I added quite a bit of mail art inside the book from the Portland folks.... |
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| YOU BET I WILL!!!!! Fabulous visit and it's nice to have this little book to pick up and look at and remember all the fun I had with the lovely people in PDX. So, pick up an old book and tear off the covers. Punch holes -- add rings and you are good to go. It is fun to figure out all the different things you can use to make pages-- maps, bags, file folders, vellum....You can make a book from a weekend away or a longer trip....it is fun. Are you going to do it? Sorry this was so long but I wanted to show you some pages.....Is that drink gone yet? The better get busy making... SEND GOOD MAIL -- GET GOOD MAIL |
