Every year the UMBC library has at least one book sale where they sell some of their really old books for dirt cheap. My roomate and I always look forward to this sale because some of the books they sell are really beautiful and are great for altered book and collage projects. Heres my book sale booty. . .
this year i only bought 3 books, my roomie went a little crazy and bought 6
i thought this one had really cool illustrations. its written in a different language too
this book has my sister's initials, I love the gold
I think 2 of the books I bought will be really good for collages and chine colle, but I have a special project in mind for the one with my sister's initials. I want to take out the pages and insert new blank pages too make it into a sketch/notebook for my sister. I plan on using some of the existing pages and text to make some interesting dividers and collages within the new pages. I found this really great website that shows you how to convert old books into
sketchbooks so I'm pretty excited to get started.
A lot of places sell old books and there are tons of projects you can do with them! Some of my favorite places to snoop around for old books are antique stores and yard sales. Old books are really just too beautiful to go to waste, so don't let them get thrown away! Give them new life through your creativity:)
this year i only bought 3 books, my roomie went a little crazy and bought 6
i thought this one had really cool illustrations. its written in a different language too
this book has my sister's initials, I love the gold
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