The recipients of these little Book Charms will be able to write their own STORY on the tiny little 1 x 1 1/4 inch pages, then attach the charm as a focal piece for a necklace. My little book covers are made with mica altered with alcohol ink, paper altered to look like aged metal, a little diamond glaze for dimension...inside pages are watercolor paper...and the book is bound with eyelets, silver beads and twisted wire. 
Close up of the nearly obscured word "VISIONS" on the charm. I cut the word from a vintage 1865 book and glued in under the mica with diamond glaze.
I was able to work on my charm for Eunice's necklace today. Her theme is "Old things made new". I had this old key with red on it that seemed to fit right in with her necklace. The red beads were passed on from the player before me so I used them to jazz the key up a bit and attached it with a little ball chain. Below is how it looks on her necklace. Lighting isn't very good in these pictures, but I wanted to get this one packaged back up and ready to mail.
I made a little wire heart and hammered it flat then made a little staple to hold the key on with. I decided not to polish the wire, but to just keep the dark feel going. Below is her necklace so far, I was the 4th person to work on it.
Here are all the additions to her necklace so far.
The ArtFest theme this year is Sea Monsters...not really my thing...so for this little swap I took my inspiration (after coming across this already wired glass bead in my stash), from the movie Titanic. My take on the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace from the movie. Here is my little offering...Heart of the Sound...as in Puget Sound.
The second necklace in my Round Robin went in the mail yesterday. Amy's theme was "Royalty", loved that one. I just had to use a photo of Marie Antoinette and give her a key to the kingdom. 
My window inspiration centered around Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. Around my window I wrote "Outside her window a revolution raged". I only had one window to work with, which peeked into the lovely artwork of Laurel on the previous page.
This was my first round robin and it was so much fun. I really enjoyed seeing all the books arrive and looking at everyone's artwork. I'm hopeful that we will do another one so that the creativity can continue!
This is the first of 8 necklaces that will be coming my way for me to work on this year. The above necklace belongs to Donna and her neclace theme is "Treasure". My contribution to her necklace is the set of fused glass hearts. On the back of the blue one I've written "Where your heart is so is your treasure". I wrote it with a sharpie, but I don't know if it will eventually wear off. These necklaces also come with a book to write in so I've written the words there as well, so she will always know the meaning behind my "heart treasure".
This is my offering for the Valentine Mini Banner Swap that I just hosted in my 'In This House' Yahoo group. It was so much fun having all the lovely little banners arrive in my mail. Lots of wonderful art!
I mailed out all the little packages to the participants this morning so that they will arrive by valentines day. Below is a "sneak peek" of some little goodies every player will be receiving. Hope everyone enjoyed playing!
I used some vintage velvet drapery fabric from my stash to create the case and used more of my old metal buttons for part of my closures. I also used up the left over odd beads I had from making the necklace.
As you open it..........
then just a peek....................
and finally the necklace is revealed.
This little tied up bundle travels with the necklace too.
I made ATCs for my fellow participants to embellish and to indicate at what location on the necklace their particular charm hangs. These are my "artist sign in" pages where I've asked each person to attach a photo of their charm and sign their names.
Here is a glimpse of my own ATC showing the pendant part I created.
I can't wait to see all the lovely artwork that will be coming my way as these necklaces start to arrive!
