B is for Books, Buttons and Blue Cheer

I often frequent my favorite second hand book store, The Recycled Reader.  I purchased several books-one was old and torn. The pages were falling out, but I had an idea.  I thought about my maternal grandmother and how we had shared our lives, in letters. I called her my gypsy gram.  Honestly, the woman should of been in the military, she has moved that much.  We shared recipes, tea, art, dried flowers and love of the written word.  I thought about the book and tore the chapter pages out and stitched them on paper.  The cover was also torn. I peeled strips, stitched and glued them onto envelopes. Writing letters is like sharing chapters in our lives. We allow people to  know our day, our wishes and sometimes our sadness.  I think of writing like a quilt-pieces and patches of our days, shared in chapters, fastened with words, sentiment and ink.  (I think a lot of us do this with our blogs).  I am happy blogging has allowed me to share and read the chapters of many lives. 

I was published in Somerset Life.  I bought the issue last week, the day I took my daughter to take her driver's test. Yes, she passed!  She was so happy! "Mom, let's go to the book store and see if they have the magazine."   And they did...I gasped when I saw the article.  She pinched me and told me-it is real, lol.   ( I will receive a complimentary copy-it hadn't arrived it.)   Thank you Christen Olivarez and staff, for all you do! The photos are gorgeous and this issue inspires the creative process!

 

"Fill your paper with the breathings of 

your heart."

-William Wordsworth

 I also used buttons on my stationary.

 Saturday I received a lovely box filled with blue cheer!  My friend made the little book and the beautiful blue crane! Besides, I though it best I share on B day~ Thank you Vicki, for this wonderful surprise! *She makes beautiful books!