Today we see the rest of the book.

These are the last 2 inside pages. The page on the left is another pocket and the one on the right is a large envelope.

In the pocket are 2 candy cups that can be folded together.

The envelope contains another spinning fortune telling game and a dancing cat.

This is the back cover. One last attempt to use as many of these wonderful images that I could.

Are you ready for some more pages? I am…

I think that this was just about the point where I realized that my 1″ snap rings weren’t going to cut it, and I switched them out for 1.5″ rings. It was fast becoming a case of ‘Some many images, so little time.’ I was still holding out hope that I’d be able to use at least all of hte ones I’d selected and printed out. That didn’t happen so plans for Book 2 are being made.

This is another party favor that would give your guests a fortune of their own. The little owl pulls up.

I actually made it as a 2 sided piece, thinking that I’d tuck it into one of the pockets. As I moved along I decided that it fit well on this page and glued it down.

More paper dolls and fortune cards tucked into a pocket. Tomorrow I’ll show you the final pages of the book.

Oh my! I got side tracked and forgot to finish showing you the book.

This was a fun set to do. It was another pocket page and I stuffed it full of goodies.

These little houses are vintage party favors. The roof pulls up to reveal a fortune for your guest.

This little envelope full of fortunes had instructions to wrap each slip in a piece of waxed paper and back it in a small cake to give to your guest. The other piece is just a tiny variation of an old paper lantern.

The envelope is a copy of an old package of seals. It said that it contained 12 seals so that’s how many little witches I cut out and put into it. The little candy box is a working copy to fold up and the Halloween Puss in Boots is like a little paper doll.

The next set of pages isn’t interactive but has lots of fun images to look at.

Billie and I gave our fancy Witch hats a trial run this week. We wore them to our monthly art club meeting. Just about everyone who entered the room said, “Hats! You should have told me!” It was a last minute idea to wear them but I’m going to try and remember to bring this up in advance of next October’s meeting. I think it would be fun to look around the table and see a coven of crafty witches working away at art projects.

More fun pages that move!

It’s another work day and that means another visit with the pups.

They were snuggled on the couch with me and had been sleeping for half an hour. Just as I was going to wake them and send them to their cages, a dog barked outside. In a flash they were awake and at the back door, desperate to go check out the yard and make sure all their toys, bones, and holes in the dirt were safe. After a quick race around they darted back inside and settled in on their blanket. Just another second or two and it was right back to nap time. I sure wish I could fall asleep that fast!

Our goofey weather may not want to think it is Autumn, but I’m in full Halloween Spirit these days. Working on this book helped keep me in the old mind set when Halloween meant a chill in the air, fresh apples cider and the return of our sweater wardrobe.

Aren’t these little picks darling? I found them at Cost Plus World Market recently. They had lots of cute Halloween items in a vintage style.

I made lots of tags with some of my vintage Treat Bag images. I may not have given much thought to these bag when I was young, but I sure do enjoy them now. I’ve collected so many images that I’m giving thought to collecting the actual bags and making a book just to display them. You can find lots of them on sale at the various online resale sites, and sometimes the price is quite reasonable. But only sometimes, if you now what I mean.

This is a fun page. It is an old fortune telling game made for a Halloween party. You spin the dial to reveal a number and they read your fortune. “In your life throughout your years, there’s no sorrow and no tears.” Unfortunately, to make this fit the book I had to shrink it enough that a good magnifying glass is needed to make out the verses. It is still fun just to give the dial a spin as you leaf through the book.

A couple more sets of pages today. When I was making this book, I was also making a second copy to give to my sister as a surprise. I made a few changes to her copy so that it be a little more special. In her book the witch on the right hand page has my sister’s face.

Yesterday I learned something very important about puppies. When they roll around in, tunnel through, and eat compost, they are kind of stinky! Happy, but very stinky.