Altered Books :: Karen's Whimsy

In the two months since my previous entry, I lost my wonderful mother, Sandie, to complications from Alzheimer's, and my sweet little do...

Today was the second and final day of Open Studios in Benicia. The weather was great, so I hopped on my scooter and rode down to the Benic...

In response to my post What Inspires Me , Heather wrote this: . . . how do you just get started. I don’t mean the mechanics, I mean how do y...

I just finished this altered book page for The Art of Happiness . I wanted to counteract the darkness of the text with something rich and c...

Now that the third quarter of the school year is behind me, I'm finding a bit of relief from the non-stop essay grading that was consumi...

Fear How does one continue to create art when a big part of your life is unraveling? I know some people find that art helps them work throu...

I try, about every other month, to post pictures on my Public Domain Images page with scans of pictures that people can use in their altere...

Almost exactly a year ago, my cat died. Here's what I wrote about it at the time: 1/11/05 We buried our cat today. She was fifteen yea...