Altered 104: Everything!

by Beth Cote

A guide for crafters on how to alter everything from small boxes and matchboxes to large books and globes. Here you will find journal ideas to feed your creativity and projects that inspire you to break out of the ordinary. You will find colorful, exciting *Design a necklace out of a mint tin *Create a jewelry box using an old book *Make a poem book using coasters and a can *Update an old lamp and shade *Create collage letters *Alter a globe *And dozens more! Author Beth Cote encourages you to push your creative envelope as you explore the immense potential of altered art. Altered books and altered art seem to fall into two personalized and personal. Personalized art alters something to fit your creative style, while the art of the personal infuses a work with meaning, a message or an emotion. Each category has its benefits and pleasures. Beth offers both kinds of projects and ways to make the personalized the personal. She offers fifty projects that both intrigue and inspire, while also helping you put meaning into your art. Her book is filled with color photographs, detailed supply lists, step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, and inspiring quotes. You are sure to find projects here that will get your crafting juices altered luggage, tote bag from a book cover, book clutch purse, exposed binding book, chess set, or school days album. So, don't wait. Get started now creating something new from items you probably have around your home.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004