"altered book opening"

today was the "OPENING" of the exhibit for the altered books. the reason for going was because my book made the exhibit. the altered book exhibit was very nice and there was a reception from 2 to 4 this afternoon..the artists received the poster..which i was thrilled because my book is the first book on the top row..it was cool, i felt like i made it to the "big top". the other books were very interesting in their themes or lack of.. colors, textures, pop-outs, lots of different things that i never thought of.... i wanted to go home and immediately try out the techniques i saw...i didnt instead i took a nap..ha ha...i was tired ...back to the exhibit...i found out about this little place through a fellow artist at a scrapbooking store i frequent. they have a group meeting every 3rd tuesday of the month and we learn new techniques, trade ATCS and just talk about anything and everything...i love it and really look forward to it each month! last month, i went to a community garage sale and bought some really old books in super great condition that i will use to altered. all shapes & sizes, i have many techniques i need to try..what i really would like o find is an old ledger book, you know the giant ones that accountants used to use with the pages all yellowed...how cool would that be!!!!
all in all i feel proud that my book was good enough to be considered for this exhibit!!
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