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1. Altered Books| Altered Books Ideas | Altered Book Tips| Have you ever wondered how an Altered Book is made? Read on to find out everything you need to know Enjoy! If you would like to, please visit my Art Blog
2. Altered Art, Altered Books, Altered Lives This lens introduces the wonderful world of altered art. Don't know what altered art is all about?  It's this way. We take an object and alter it!  Hopefully, we alter it in a creative, artistic way. We turn old books, mat...
3. Altered Books and Art Art is a means of expressing the heart in a visual way. Much can be gained in creating art to express your emotions or opinions. Creating something that expresses what you have to say is a valuable communication tool just as being able to persuade wi...
4. Visual Journal Ideas| Artist Journals| and More! Do you think you are creative enough to make a Visual Journal? It's amazing how many people say they dont have a creative bone in their body. Cracks me up really, its just not true. Fantastic Visual Journals Everyone is born creative. If would like t...
5. Mixed Media The heart of the mixed media artist is one that asks, I wonder what would happen if...There is no art material that you don't want to try, and the most fun is seeing how they can be combined into new forms. Coloring outside the lines comes naturally...
6. How To Make a Purse from Old Books Let me tell you how to make a purse out of old books. This new use for old unwanted books really fascinates me. When I first read something about a woman who was selling them...I cringed. Being a collector and seller of old books, my first thought wa...
7. My Passion for Art Journals There is nothing I enjoy more than messing around on my laptop But when I'm not at my computer or looking after my kids or cooking or working or cleaning house then I'll be playing with my glue, watercolors, pastels, pencils and scissors. I love to...
8. ALtEReD Art ~ Mixed Media Art ~ Collage ~ Found Objects ~ Recycled Art! The 70's called it "Jazz-it-up". The 80's...."Glam-it-up". The 90's "Embellished" everything. Now, we are full blown into "Altering" EVERYTHING! A true altered art artist has few, if any, boundaries. ...
9. Bead Art To bead or not to bead...is not a question worth even asking! The real question is, WHAT to bead? As an art form, beading has progressed far beyond the stringing of simple necklaces and the stitching of decorative edges on cloth. You will find links...
10. Book Arts Have you dreamed of making your own book from scratch? Are you intrigued by the world of altered books and artist journals? And what about those people that actually turn books into sculptures? Here are some of my favorite links to get you started i...
11. Craft Ideas For Kids Sometimes it's ideal to set the children down at the table, give them a craft to work on and then enjoy the focused peace and quiet that lasts for about five minutes! Other times, it's more fun to have the entire family get involved in a craft projec...
12. Book Oddities I'm a retired librarian and I love books. It interests me that there are so many things you can do with books besides reading them. Books can be art or furniture or so many other things. Here are some of the fun and off-beat ways that books trans...
13. Recycled Art I scour the internet for interesting art to share with my readers at Daily Art Muse.  Along the way I discovered the world of Recycled Art and I have gleaned quite a bit of information.  I've got my finger on the pulse of Who is making it,...
14. BEST BOOKS NEVER WRITTEN This lens is devoted to creating an awareness of "the best books never written". Why non-existent books? Well, the short answer is, why not? Since the world's awash in balderdash and bunkum; maybe it's high time we paid tr...
15. Art Quilts     What's the real difference between an art quilt and a traditional quilt?  I don't know...does it really matter?
16. Altered Books Cut, glue, and paint!  Why would anyone want to treat a book that way?  Didn't we get punished for doing that when we were children?  Come and see what can be done with books that were destined for the landfill...  
17. Collage Collage...it's so accessible, even a young child can do it. And yet, you may never finish mining the depths of what you can create. Collage is such an integral part of so many other art forms as well ~ assemblage, altered books and other altered arts...
18. Artists with Pizzazz! I used to think "art" meant painting. How wrong I was! Art covers a whole range of mediums, and once I realized that, I found myself searching out the unique. My personal formula is simple, really. I either like it or I don't. Good art produces an...
19. Art Lenses Lenses which focus on various art forms!  All lenses, all the time  :-)
20. Karen's Whimsy Do you know what altered books are? On a quest to find some Public Domain images, I came across a delightful site by Karen Hatzigeorgiou that kept me absorbed for several hours. No, the site's not that big but I was fascinated first by what Karen was...