A Wonderful BookSwap

Hello

Some time ago my long time blogging friend

Sandy and I decided to do a book swap.

I´ve showed you a few sneak peeks in a previous post,

but the books have reach their destinations, so

now I´m able to show you everything.

I must warn you

there´s lots and lots of photos in this post.

This is Sandy´s book for me

The parcel arrived yesterday, and I was so excited.

This is the front page - the first thing I saw when opening.

An original drawing with a natures theme.

How cool is that - and I just knew it would be.

Sandy is SO talented.

Photos of the pages from top and side.

They are all so detailed.

This is the fist page.

A beautiful tree with the cutest little handmade nest.

Love the texture and the text.

pearls and sea shells

and the most beautiful leaf.

It´s edged with a metal thread.

I have no idea how she makes these - so cool

here a little close up for some of the details

a beautiful little bird with wings

and leafs made the same way

another close up

every second page has space for notes

so I can use this as a journal

embroidered text

and the most beautiful embroidered flower

I have ever seen.

had to show ypu a close up

of the flower too

twig. feather. stone. leaf

sign....

eggs in different shapes

and this is the spine.

How brilliant is this - made from branched.

I´ve never seen anything like this

Sandy also included some extras in the parcel

Lots of suppliers for journal making

I can´t wait to use it all

in a future journal.

A little bag with feathers

a little bird

and beautiful natures tags

some of her very special papers with handmade natures prints

and this beautiful handmade fabric pieces overloaded with details.

If you don´t know Sandy - make sure på pop over

for a visit and see for yourself how talented this lady is.

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This is the book I made for Sandy

A cover made from a vintage quilt

with a sweet little image on the front

tied with a silk ribbon

and removeable

This is the front cover of the book.

I experimented with dried hydrangeas,

gesso and wax on this.

Here´s the pages inside.

some twigs

some metal

some lace

some fabric

little drift wood pieces in the pocket

found objects

watch parts

an old coin purse

velvet leafes

old book pages

more wax

Thank you SO much to Sandy

for doing this wonderful book swap with me.

I hope you enjoyed the photos

Tina ♥♥♥