My Kind of Kindle Cover

My wonderful hubby gave me a Kindle Touch for Christmas and I pretty much haven't put it down since. Which means with my clumsy self, I needed a cover...ASAP!

I had visions in my mind of something that looked like a real book. My web searches didn't find too many. I did find these beautiful ones:

but they were running for $40-$70. Yikes!

Thus I turned to Pinterest and thought about making my own.  Nothing was really catching my attention until I found a post to this blog which uses a real book for the outside. Just what I was thinking + a few changes of my own! I scoured my book collection and came up with wonderful ideas. The only bummer was that to make the cover everything I ever wanted, I would have to dissect one of my antique books. And if it didn't turn out, I wasted that piece of art. Gulp! It had to be worth a try! One of my copies of David Copperfield, was the perfect size and the perfect artsy green cover.

1 antique book

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pre-quilted fabric

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"shirt" fleece fabric

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hot glue

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elastic

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1 really fabulous button

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1 free sewing machine from Grandma Crayford

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a few mishaps (including not threading the sewing machine right)

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my perfect Kindle cover!

I guess it kinda looks like I have a hard time getting through David Copperfield :)

I have been pleasantly surprised with all compliments (even internationally!). Thanks! For a small monetary fee, I am willing to create the perfect cover for your Kindle (or Nook, or any other e-reader).

HAPPY READING!

Artwork

I consider myself artsy-fartsy.  I'm by no means a professional artist or can do any one thing really well in the art world. However, I love to create in any way shape or form. It's one of those things I need to do more of in order to feel more like me. Over the past couple years, I've seen a few things that have inspired my creative brain. What came out of it was what I consider my "artwork". I guess you could technically call it framed art. So here is a sampling of a few most recent pieces I've done. The leaves/sticks are out of my personal collection from walks, etc and the paper is made by hand by myself :) I aim to re-purpose a lot of old frames to use, however, due to lack of time, the ones here are brand new. So far, I've mainly done this for gifts, but I'm hoping to make time to build up an inventory and maybe try to sell some. You never know until you try! What do you think? Can I take any orders?? :)