hot beverage, anyone?

In one of those happy serendipitous moments, my
creative muse (this time in the guise of my friend
Julie, come to visit from Alaska) coincided with
a challenge from Gingersnap Creations. Several
challenges, really. Julie demonstrated some
simple bookbinding, so I--of course--had to make
a book . . .

here is the cover. The title of this little altered
book is "coffee, tea, chocolate drinks."


This is the inside cover page. You knew
that was coming, didn't you? Too obvious?


Here is one layout, using a print of a picture
I really like, and have been wanting to use in
SOMETHING for a long time--it's from a book
printed in 1688, acknowledging the Arabs,
Chinese, and Aztecs for introducing coffee,
tea, and hot chocolate to the Europeans.


Here it is with the vellum overlay open,


and here is the mad tea party from Alice in
Wonderland. The atc fits in the vintage
library card holder. I received the atc
in a swap in 2008--it was made by Michal,
who has some VERY cute things on her blog.

There are more pages, and I'll post them
eventually. Most of them match up with
other Gingersnap challenges; this one
goes with (what else?) the Hot Beverage
challenge!


P.S. You know the pics will enlarge if you
click on them, don't you? ;) AND, if you
have a suggestion for a good book of simple
book binding techniques, please let me know!

*****update*****



coffee, tea, chocolate drinks was selected
as a Ginger Gem--thank you, Gingersnappers!