Inside the guide

Here is an example from The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery.
The author likes to take photos, rough them up and create artwork around them.
This pix is just right for our day and time.

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Altered Art Inspiration

It says its a complete guide…well it has some great ideas and inspiration, however, I would not call it complete.   That being said, it has parked beside my nightstand several times while I perused it for new ideas to try.

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The Shack

Dad gave both Melissa and I a copy of this because it apparently is the best book ever.   He seldom gets excited about things like books, and I can’t recall that he has ever bought another brand new copy to give away, because it’s that good, so it must be…really good.
Now, I have to [...]

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ATC Book

Here’s my latest reading material, I joined a couple of ATC and Altered Art groups and am exploring a new creative thing for me.

I am signed up for two swaps right now: one with my fellow knitters on Ravelry with a Nature Theme and one with Yahoo Groups ATC’s on orange and pinks together.

I [...]

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Good Read

Of course I am partial to anything historical and cultural, because I find other people lives pretty interesting…most of the time.
Evelyn Cameron qualifies as a very interesting person, living in a very interesting time. This book kept me up several nights; between reading the journal excerpts and looking at the pictures, there was always [...]

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Anne of Green Gables

Joined a “All things Anne” group on Ravelry and was inspired to read this timeless series again. Had to go to the garage and shift some boxes to pull out my set, and now am happily absorbed in the reading of all eight of them!

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Walking the Bible

I am currently reading this fantastic story from Bruce Feiler, “Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses”.  Bruce teams up with an an archaeologist, and tries to visit all the places he can locate, as closely as he can locate.  The book is part story, part history, part archeology, [...]

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on the knitting sutra

re-reading for third time, “The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice” by Susan Gordon Lydon.
It is on of those books that strikes me differently each time I am reading, depending on where I am at with my own crafts and spiritual practices.  Although I still think she rambles all over the place…and then…amoungst the [...]

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on the nightstand

as stated in verse of the week post:
“Beyond Our Selves: a woman’s pilgrimage in faith”  by Catherine Marshall
and  “The Case for a Creator: A journalist investigates scientific evidence that points toward God” by Lee Strobel.
Beyond Our Selves I am now reading for the 3rd time, as I am in my own sort of pilgrimage of [...]

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