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    T Tuesday: Coffee AB edition

    January 18, 2016 - By 

    Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday.

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    Today’s post is definitely not about tea…it’s all about coffee!

    Coffee altered book | Halle's Hobbies

    I am proud to say I finally finished this altered book!!!!!! Good grief…took me long enough. As I mentioned in the previous post…I’ve been working on…well, working on may be a stretch of those words. I’ve had this project going…that’s more accurate…since 2008. Seriously.

    I did have a bit of help filling out this book ages ago by a couple art friends including our hostess Elizabeth. Thank you friends!!

    I made this little photo collage of all of my pages. I didn’t want to include others without permission.coffee collage | Halle's Hobbies

    It’s time to tackle the laundry mountain for me….

    What are you doing today?

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    Coffee altered book — Complete

    January 18, 2016 - By 

    I can hardly believe it but I’m finished!! I started this altered book the summer of 2008. Yeah…talk about a long term project. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that it would take over 7 years to complete this “easy theme” of coffee.

    Coffee altered book | Halle's Hobbies

    A couple weeks ago I completed this last page in the altered book.  All that was needed was something done with the cover.

    Coffee altered book | Halle's Hobbies

    I saved some cheap newsprint type paper that had been wrapped around candle a while back. It was a good size piece…perfect for distressing and covering the book. I decided that a found text story might be fun if I could somehow tie it into the theme.  And bonus…I got to use a new stamp.

    Tomorrow for T stands for Tuesday I’ll share the whole book.

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    Order in Chaos

    January 11, 2016 - By 

    I’m giving a new challenge a whirl today. Perhaps I’ll make a habit of it.

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    Try it on Tuesday has the theme of Letters and Numbers for the first challenge of 2016.

    Order in chaos | Halle's Hobbies

    I will admit this is not my favorite page but it does reflect the chaos in my quote. I believe that I got carried away with the sprays. I should have stopped several squirts earlier.

    Order in chaos | Halle's Hobbies

    I was able to use up a bunch of number stickers that I thought would never get used.

    I have another idea in mind…if it ever warms up enough to hang out in my basement art space.