Saturday, May 12, 2012

Suitcase Saturday


 The vintage suitcase,a gift from my friend Susan
several years ago.  


  Filled to the bursting with book covers. 


 Gleaned from old book shops, library book sales,
flea markets, garage sales.



 I love vintage books that are falling apart, because all the parts can be used in mixed media art.  The spines, the covers, the pages - they're all grist for the altered mill!


Old Mam'selle's Secret

When I did my Shabby Chic Collection
I used many of these covers.


Pretty in Pink

They provided the key element to build the pieces - 
making it easy to choose colours
 and other bits of ephemera
to compliment the covers.


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