For her birthday this year, I gave my mother an embellished book. I recovered and re-bound it, and embellished some of the pages. Not as many as I originally wanted, but you have to sleep, sadly.
(This is a very image heavy post)
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover - the book is 'Crusts and Crusades' that I picked up from an op-shop (thrift store). It was written by the Right Honourable William (Bill) Hughes, who was one of Australia's war time Prime Ministers.
Lace embellishment. Right Side
Wrong Side
Lace Embellishment. I continued the lace along the page, through the binding.
Sunset Embellishment, right side
Sun set embellishment, wrong side
Triple layer organza embellishment.
I love the way you can still see the writing through the organza
Wrong side, dot circle embellishment
right side, dot circle embellishment
Detail - tiny stitches on dot circle embellishment
Detail - tiny stitches on dot circle embellishment
Swirling Stream embellishment - right side
Rose embellishment - wrong side (left)
Rose embellishment
Rose embellishment detail
Rose embellishment wrong side (right)
Fire embellishment
Fire embellishment - wrong side
Lace embellishment - wrong side
Lace embellishment
Lace embellishment detail
Street lamp embellishment
street lamp embellishment (wrong side)
Simple running stitch embellishment
dots embellishment - wrong side
Dots embellishment - right side
rose embellishment - right side
Rose embellishment (wrong side)
Tissue paper embellishment
Starburst embellishment right side
starburst embellishment (wrong side)
lace blanket stitch embellishment right side
lace blanket stitch embellishment - wrong side
Back cover
The book
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