unusual materials to make into a book

A while ago, even years, I received some counter top samples.  I had them stored in my stash not totally sure what I would do with them.  Today on went the light bulb!  I would use them as a book covers.  I had some paint sample chips that were the perfect width so I would just have to trim them to the right length and punch a hole in them.  The counter top samples were a dull grey color so I added some alcohol inks and acrylic paint to make them a more pleasing color.  I used ball chain that I also colored with alcohol ink to hold the book together.  I added a few doodads to the cover and it's done.

Comments

  1. LisaMarch 14, 2010 at 11:48 PM

    What a great idea! I have tons of those samples... some are pretty big too! I'm going to have to try something like this. Thanks!

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  2. Mary LynnMarch 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    You are tooo clever! And what kind of journal will this become? I can imagine it could be a small personal dictionary or a journal of short lists or favourite words. How will YOU use it?

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  3. Angela GrasseMarch 21, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    I was thinking I would use it for a list of favorite words!

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