Altered Dictionary - T
Hellooooo, its back to my Fruit Dictionary again today! I am loving that my book is getting full and I now have pages that follow if you know what I mean. I am aiming to end up with just the 24 dictionary pages and no spare. For the letter 'T' I have gone for TAMARIND. I vaguely remember using Tamarind seeds for something and in my head I was thinking that it was a bit like an orange grapefruit...how wrong was I hahahaha! If you have ever grown peanuts in a tub then this is what it looks like but hanging down from a tree. You take the shell off and nibble around the seed in the middle. Not that I am ever likely to do that here in the U.K. Anyway, enough waffle, here is my page...
As I had several pages for the letter I gently tore out some from the centre of the signature. The rest I cut and folded down to make 3 pockets. I lightly glued the edges together to hold them and then stitched, adding lace to the edge as I went. I found the images through Google. There are 5 tags...
Unusual fruit isn't it?
Its never too late to join in this year long challenge over at *The Craft Barn Blog* just look in the right hand bar for all the prompts. All you need is a dictionary and some imagination!
Thank you for coming to see me today, take care, HUGS xxx
11 comments:
Oh darling, this is an amazing page. I love the backgrounds, pockets, tags - hmm, all of it lol!! What a strange looking fruit though, aren't the seeds used in Indian cooking??
Huge huggles x x x x
Hi Karen,
I've never heard of Tamarind but really love what you've done with the design.
I also wanted to say who is this woman in the top left hand corner of your blog :-) I didn't recognise you at all :-)
Hugs,
Annie x
Wha hey! New photo of the inimitable Ms Karen!
Reading your posts on this dictionary of fruits you've done has been quite an education for me. Next time I have a bile disorder, I'll know where to go and what to get :-) Lovely idea with the tags too xx
Adorable sewn pages and pockets and tags and the insight into a Tamarind too. BJ
Tamarind is a new word to me. So I learned a new word, AND what it was.
Really lovely tags, and tag pocket, too. I've never tried stitching directly in a book before. The lace and the stitches add the finishing touches.
Like your new photo. And I like that you are ALWAYS smiling.
Great pages, love the pockets with the tags!
Wow, these are gorgeous pages, wonderful idea to incorporate all the tags.
Got me thinking :) I know of tamarind paste and never gave a thought of where it came from,very inspired page Karen :)
Von ♥
A personal, stunning and very interesting Journal page as I love dear Karen ! :) Love also you new photo at the top left side of your blog, Oooh...! That's fine to see us! Good evening, Coco xxx
A great word fruit choice a new one for me love your pockets and tags pages. I'm in Cornwall on hols so with my limited supplies for t page I better get thinking!
MaggieH
Well Karen - I thought your pages were really neat but to be honest with you, I had no idea what you were talking about and those "things" hanging from the tree looked kind of like fingers to me. The right hand side is pretty fabulous! I am missing this challenge so much!
Sandy
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