Creating a Niche

Spent time this weekend creating a niche book project. Saw the basic idea in a magazine and thought I would put a more grunge twist to it.

First stop was the second hand book store in town. They have an outside area where the books are 3 for a £1. Really cool as they always have a good supply of books suitable for alteration !!

I started with a copy of "What Katie did Next" ... I remember reading a copy of that as a child. This copy was looking MUCH worse for wear. The pictures below give you a few different angles. The bottle came in the pack which Tim gave out at the Artsy Craft course. Found I had a nib which already said Journal on it and a dictionary page with Breathless on it , perfect !! The original used ribbon to hold the book shut, but I liked the look of the grunge paper hinge held on with glue and round head nails.




I think it has comeout really well... Next time I would make a larger hole, although this does fit the bottle. I am thinking about making two more as Mother's Day gifts... Will need to add flowers in the niche I guess. Well I can feel an afternoon of grunge paper tattered flowers are needed to be created !! Perhaps tumbling out the niche mixed with a few purls... Wonder what our Mother's will make of that !?!?!

Now I do wonder if the book is calling out for a set of feet !?!? The nails would go into the cover I guess ... coz the edge of the paper would not give enough support ... errmmm , well that is something to do on Sunday then !!