Schmutz book anyone?

Last night I had my mom and brother over for dinner to celebrate my mom's birthday. After we ate, we played. I finished some charms for a swap and my mom made this for me:


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A schmutz book! What is a schmutz book? Well, it's a book that's made of findings and found object from your stash basically. Throw in some pictures and fabric and you've got a book that tells a story. The book above has pictures in it from our trip to NY last October.

My mom has made a few of these and is submitting this one to have published in Somerset Studio. The pictures just don't do it justice, it of course looks so much better in real life!

I made some altered scrabble tile charms and learned out to make wool roving charms so I finished those today. These will be swapped out in our Yahoo group. I had fun making them, but the wool roving beads are a pain in the ass to make!!

Well, I hope everyone has a good week!