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Aug. 17th, 2009 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicOne of the books I checked out at the library yesterday was Vintage Paper Crafts by Anna Corba. I have a bunch of card stock and paper crafting supplies, and this book is gorgeous and inspires me to do some projects.
I mean, just look at this woman's art. Wowza. So pretty.
http://annacorbastudio.com/index.html
And it occurred to me last night that I already have one vintage book I can use for craft projects. When Lance and I got engaged, one of my professors gave me a Bridal Souvenir book. These little books were published in the late 18th century. At the front of the book is a page listing the details of the wedding (these pages were removed from mine, unfortunately...I also think it renders the book much less valuable) and the rest of the book contains a lot of poetry and prose about marriage. My particular book was published in 1876, I believe.
Lance doesn't think I should destroy it for crafting. But I don't really think the book is worth much, if anything. And it doesn't have any particular sentimental significance to me. The professor who gave it to me isn't someone for whom I have the fondest memories, given all that happened that academic year.
I don't really look at it as a destruction. I am repurposing the book to make it into art. While I don't normally condone the destruction of books, I can get behind it if the books are damaged. This one is not in the best shape. The removal of the pages in the front kind of screwed up the binding on it. And I don't have any use for the book currently, except that it sits on the shelf in front of our wedding album.
I really need to get to work on my writing for today. I never imagined I would spend so much time this morning getting caught up from yesterday's Internet hiatus. Geez. This only goes to show me how much of my life I live online.
I mean, just look at this woman's art. Wowza. So pretty.
http://annacorbastudio.com/index.html
And it occurred to me last night that I already have one vintage book I can use for craft projects. When Lance and I got engaged, one of my professors gave me a Bridal Souvenir book. These little books were published in the late 18th century. At the front of the book is a page listing the details of the wedding (these pages were removed from mine, unfortunately...I also think it renders the book much less valuable) and the rest of the book contains a lot of poetry and prose about marriage. My particular book was published in 1876, I believe.
Lance doesn't think I should destroy it for crafting. But I don't really think the book is worth much, if anything. And it doesn't have any particular sentimental significance to me. The professor who gave it to me isn't someone for whom I have the fondest memories, given all that happened that academic year.
I don't really look at it as a destruction. I am repurposing the book to make it into art. While I don't normally condone the destruction of books, I can get behind it if the books are damaged. This one is not in the best shape. The removal of the pages in the front kind of screwed up the binding on it. And I don't have any use for the book currently, except that it sits on the shelf in front of our wedding album.
I really need to get to work on my writing for today. I never imagined I would spend so much time this morning getting caught up from yesterday's Internet hiatus. Geez. This only goes to show me how much of my life I live online.