Book #2: Puppy Party

For my second book, I decided to go a different route than the strike-through-and-see-what-bleeds-into-the-next-page thing. Since my second book had a lot of photos in it and was about puppies (so cute!), I decided to choose the most adorable puppies (in my opinion), cut out their pictures, and paste them into a collage on the front cover. My collage ended up completely obscuring the cover, but I think it turned out well (see the last photo on this post!).

My book-making tools!

I used scissors to cut out the pictures and glue to stick them to the cover and make the collage. The wreckage of the cut-up pages sits below the scissors. I may use these scraps in subsequent classes to create something new!

This is the beginning of my collage. It was difficult to decide how to position the photos, especially since they needed to be layered on top of each other. I laid out the photos before I glued them so that I could get a preview of the final result.

This was my favorite photo in my collage because it looks like my dog at home. I miss her!

After all the puppy pictures were glued down, I decided to use some of the scraps to make curling decorations around the edges of the collage. I really liked the result, so I decided to add more!

This is the final version of my collage! I really like the way it turned out. I think the curly decorations make it look festive, so I called the collage "Puppy Party." I think it looks really cute!

During the next class, I will try doing something completely different with my third book. I have a few ideas, but I'll have to see which one feels right on Thursday. Until then, I have my first two books to admire and display!