Skinny Book-The Result!

Way, way back in the end of 2007, I saw a plea for a few more participants in a "Skinny Book" swap hosted by Chrysti at the Altered Abbey.

Chrysti had two swaps going. In the first one each person was to send in 26 skinny pages (4 by 8 inches)and each page was to be an original work. The second swap required 26 skinny pages, but the pages could be reproductions, or copies of one original work. I signed up for the reproduction swap, because I wasn't that sure of my page making abilities....and because time was short. Chrysti was out of touch due to the holidays when I finally made my decision to sign up, and the deadline for sending the pages came before she was going to be able to respond to my request to be a part of the fun.

So, I just went ahead and made 26 individually created pages, but they were all very similar. (I posted pictures of some of them previously.) Well! Chrysti was kind enough to put me into the All Original swap, the book I got back is FABULOUS!
Chrysti made the covers and bound each book. No small task! As you can see, many participants embellished their pages with yarns and fibers. Many pages have pockets and tags and three dimensional elements.

Here is the front cover of the book that Chrysti made:

The next picture is the back of the cover and a page made by ShuWanna Stout:

Next comes a page made by Angelika Westermann:

Here is an extra fabulous page made by someone who has a beautiful signature...that unfortunately I can't read.

Check out those three tiny "Mona tags attached to the upper right corner!

And finally, there is the back of that same page, and a page made by B.Spinah, the crazy art girl:

All of the pages in this book are so cool. My page looks pretty plain in comparison, but my excuse is that it was made for an easier swap. Thank you, thank you Chrysti! This book is a treasure!

Comments

[tess1960]

Please, please, post a picture of your page too. You always under-estimate yourself. You do wonderful work. I wish I had the time to join a swap like that, or even make a skinny book for myself.

[Christy Hydeck]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for filling in too -- it was a huge relief!

I'll be blogging about the experience after i finish my redesign :-)

[Angelika]

I just stumbled over this entry (treasure trove internet!) - the artist whose signature your could not read is me.I made the lady with the bleeding heart.
And I am really glad that you jumped in at the time.