Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Have you noticed the altered books people are making?  I had been seeing them on Pinterest, and wondered what the deal was.  I watched a couple of YouTube videos about them and decided to try to make one.  They are very simple.  You can use all kinds of items to make them.  I bought some crafting items from the Dollar Tree and got busy.   How to: Find an old hard back book, preferably with the pages sewn in rather than glued. Count 20 or so pages, and glue them together, or tape them so that they become one thick page. Here is a gift bag I bought. (same design on back) I cut the bird from the bag, and used mod podge to attach to the front of the book.  Mod podge to cover of book and back of picture, then mod podge over the entire front of book. Next I reinforced the spine of the book with glossy aqua vinyl tape I had bought from the dollar bins at Target recently. At this point I still didn't have a "topic" for my book...