TODAY'S GUEST ARTIST---INTRODUCING TRACEY!!

Trumpets at the ready---"do do do doooo!"

Today I have the great privilege in Introducing...

TRACEY MACLEAN!

Curtain up!

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Spotlight on!

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orchestra awaiting the conductor's nod!

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INTRODUCING

TRACEY

MACLEAN

,,,watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5LB2Qci-U

...All of this is created and owned by Tracey Maclean, guest artist of the day,,,,

wading gently, that water is still so cold...

I managed another two pages, though not as happy with this one as the last, but hey, I am pleased to be started enough not to give up now...

...Note to Bev, I am starting to feel the old Fifi vibe again & all I can say is , Amen Sister!

In with both feet now, up to the ankles

So I made a couple of decisions about my project

1. Since I'd gone the route of scanning the book and saving it...I tried my once much more creative hand at doing some hand-drawn work. I HATED IT. It all just became a big mess. When I then tried altering using my computer I was far happier with the outcome. What a trip on me---got all the drawing/painting tools and whatnot together & now it turns out on this one I will only need a glue stick & my computer. Here is the result of the cover, frontispiece and the first page of the text...viola!

Getting ready---Big Toe in Water

I got the most fab card from Bev with the books she sent.

Then I HAD to organise all the things I may need so I will always know just where my tools and things are and they are easily at hand

Off with the shoes and socks

Hi Folks,

Now time to put the old money where the mouth is and do something, make something, think something, change something and/or create something. My friends and I have acclaimed 2010 the year of the return of creativity and in so doing started separate altered books projects. My friend the cosmic maid, Bev, sent me 2 books for alteration and I sent her one in return. Coincidentally one of the books she chose for me has brought up all sort of interesting things and I could not bring myself to tear it apart, so I scanned it and am using those pages to create my altered book. I guess that's what you get for working in a library...every word becomes precious.

This toe in the water has involved a bit of prep for me...but of course this was just me putting off having to actually do something. So this instalment is all about the preparation for the project.

Let's see if I can actually get my toe in the water!