I just wanted to show everybody how the altered book looked before I sent it off on it's travels around all my 'altering artist' friends. They are each doing a spread in turn. The book is called 'Castles in the Air' and is about fairy tales and fantasy.

The front cover has a rustic looking frame made from balsa wood, inside the frame sits a fairy on bow of a blackcurrant bush and the background is a watercoloured sky. It doesn't show up on the photographs, but the book cover is painted in a twinkly paint, with a little extra glitter added. The inside covers of an altered book is important, as it is here you state any rules - likes/dislikes and instructions for the participants. I made a little pocket in which I sat a mini-book, the front page of which, had some instructions, mainly asking the artists to enjoy themselves and further pages for their signatures and comments.

I did the first spread to give the book a start. Naturally, as parchment craft is my first love, I had to encorporate some of that. The tree tops are all parchment as well as the fairy queen of the enchanted wood.