I have a habit of collecting pictures from discarded magazines (especially National Geographics) left over from the days when I wanted to be an illustrator, and was building a scrap file for visual reference. Recently I went through my shelves and pulled out a bunch of books that had no dust jackets:
Then I dug through my scrap file, collected some pictures, and gave these books new faces. It was fun, and they look much nicer now (I think)! I clipped the photos out of dozens and dozens of magazines, so I have no idea who originally took them, but I\’m not going to make any profit off them, so I don\’t figure I\’m breaking any copyright law. Any more than decoupageing a lampshade with clippings would be. And if for some reason these books ever left my library, I\’d remove the covers I made, first.
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Looks like you had fun!! I like cutting pictures out of magazines too-I make little collages to decorate my journal. 🙂
Beautiful job!!!. They look very well done.
What a great idea! I particularly liked \’Roots\’.
That is so cool! I think I\’ll show this to my daughter. She would really enjoy this idea. Thanks for sharing.
Eva- I used to do this to journal covers, too.Dana- Thanks!Cath- I liked the way Roots turned out best, too.Petunia- Hope your daughter has fun with it! Don\’t forget the mylar covers, to protect your work when you\’re done. (I just take them off ex-library books and recycle them).
What great fun. An idea I should try too!
Reading your blog, Jeane, I am really getting the recurrent idea that you are a lover of animals!I know.I catch on fast!I just finished reading an excellent novel that has a lot of…. animolatry to it!It\’s called Water For Elephants, by Sara Gruen.I highly recommend it to you. A wonderful read!\’Specially for animal lovers!
Verbivore- yes, lots of fun. Do give it a try!Cipriano- you\’re right, I do love animals, and read a lot about them. Water For Elephants is on my TBR!