Altered Items
Altering objects is such a blast! Give me paper, paint, glue, and little bits of stuff and let me at it!
There is a slide show behind the clock!
Click on the clock for a tutorial!
I have made dozens of these tiny ATC/photo albums, but this is one of my favorites.
This is an old metal lunchbox that found new life with an assortment of papers and fibers. These are some of my favorite things to "art up"!
I arted up a journal to create a Guestbook for the wedding of one of my very best friends. We have known each other since nursery school!
A chunky book about nature packed with tags, ATCS, and other goodies, nested in an embellished treasure chest.
An altered journal...the compass is fully functional!
The back of the birdhouse features pictures of her children.
Ikea has this wonderful mirrors that are perfect for arting up! These two that I made were featured on the Ikeahacker website.
This one was raffled off as a prize at the Artella Wildchild Wisdom Retreat 2005
CDs...another potential piece of trash made pretty!
An altered birdhouse for an artist friend, featuring blue wings on either side!
"Ingredients" included in the birdhouse: acrylics, feathers, glass beads, pearl ex powders, papers, wire, wooden diecuts, watercolors, gesso, embossing powders, microbeads, mop buttons, and more....
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