Birds + Dominos = 1 Sweet Swap!

I'm up to my eyeballs in snow

and dreaming A LOT about spring! 

Hope you'll join me in

welcoming spring domino book style.

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As the Gardens Begin to Fade....

a domino book

for a special friend.

Summer's Enchanted Garden

....was the theme

for a domino book swap

in my flickr group.

As my garden has been the source

of my inspiration

for several weeks now,

this project was a joy to create.

 front cover

 

 interior views

 back cover

The finished book is now with my

friend and swap partner Michele

in Nevada.

 

Wishing all my US friends

a happy and safe

4th of July!



For the Love of Dominoes

Do you find miniature works of art

enchanting?

I was totally mesmerized

the first time I saw

a book made from

two dominoes.

I've since made a few,

this most recent for a Valentine swap

at

An Altered Place.

 

I think it's all the fussy little detail required

working on such a small palette

that interests me.

(You can click on the photos

for more detail.)

 From The Heart

The cover is embellished

with tiny pearls.

The rose images are highlighted with

Stickles & Liquid Pearls.

 Inside of book

The images I chose are from

Lisa's Altered Art.

I used Stickles, Liquid Pearls,

tiny beads and bling

to accent.

Covers

I used a shabby rose fabric trim

around the outside

of the dominoes.

Probably the most difficult part

of making this

was adding the tiniest ever

pink pearls to the center

of each rose.

 

Pieces of vintage seam binding

serve as closures.

 

I have a few more Valentine projects

in the works

as well as some image freebies

and pictures of my antique

valentine collection to share.

I hope you'll stop back!



Happy Haunted Humpday!

First let me start with huge Halloween thanks

to my friend Marfi

of

Incipient Wings

for hosting this happy

Haunted Humpday event!

 

I plan on participating every Wednesday from now until Halloween

sharing my creations,

swaps

and

favorite Halloween images.

 

 I just finished making this witchy-themed

domino book.

 

 These are always fun to make

especially adding the detail.

 

I'm actually offering kits (supplies and tutorial) in my

 etsy shop

if you'd like to make your own.

 

In my flickr group I'm hosting our 3rd Annual Halloween Matchbox Swap.

If you visit the group search our photo pool

using "Halloween"

to see the amazing past creations.

Sign-up are open now.

 

I'm feeling a little wicked these days

so here's my first freebie image of the season

for you.

Happy Humpday!



A Wintry Tale Giveaway

I haven't hosted a giveaway since Halloween? Shame on me!
I was playing around with dominoes again and some very sweet snowy images from
Lisa's Altered Art
and ended up with this pretty snow-themed book, that will now be gifted to one of you.



(Click on photos for detail)

Leave a comment under this post for one chance, become or let me know you're a follower for another, and grab my giveaway button and link it back to me for two more chances.
The winner will be announced January 15th.
Good luck!

A Domino Book Gift & A Domino Book Giveaway

Look what I received from Kim of
Tabby's Place!
We did a domino book swap in our VPI yahoo group and this stunning book with all these wonderful witches is mine!Thank you Kim for this very special Halloween gift!

When you receive something this awesome, it's only fair to give something away, so...

If you'd like a chance to win my little domino book, please leave a comment under this post. If you're a follower, you get a second chance and if you grab the giveaway button and link it back to me, you'll get two more chances.
The winner will be announced October 15th.
Happy Halloween luck to all!

Playing With Dominoes Again

These are too much fun! This one is for a swap in my
VPI Yahoo group.




The images I used are from the talented artists of Steam-Dust Studios, Itkupilli and Land of Enchantment.

Let's Play Halloween Dominoes!

Inspired by my super talented friend, Laura, of Artfully Musing, I used her tutorial to create a vintage Halloween domino book.
Laura's tutorial (her's is a STUNNING Marie book) is HERE.
Wouldn't this be wonderful to tuck inside an altered matchbox for the
Handmade Halloween swap?