April 2011 Honolulu Altered Books Group Meeting.

Aloha, As we finish the first month of spring 2011, we were so happy to have Pam Yee present for three of our Altered Books Meetings. Pam and her husband Ron make the pilgrimage to Hawaii every year from Michigan to take in the warm weather and visit with friends. While Pam is busy visiting with friends and creating art, Ron is engaged in creating some unbelievable paintings inspired by our picturesque island. Check out his web site at http://www.rongianola.com/ This month's meeting of the Honolulu Altered Books Group was as always full of fun, laughter, tears and some very exciting works of Altered art. The only thing that would have made the meeting better is if all the art had aririved on time. As luck would have it, when we got home from the Saturday meeting we had three packages in our mail box that did not make it to the meeting or into the books. For those mailing to Hawaii, please remember to allow seven to ten days to get here. We don't want anyone to pay premium postage only to have it still arrive a day too late. Also if anyone in the group would like to have us add a link or post an article, please feel free to email it to us and we will be happy to include it on the next post. ............................................................................................................................................................... " Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.". G.K. Chesterton Stephanie shows us her Lines and Angles layout using photos her son sent her from Japan. . Debbie uses the letter W for her words of wisdom Al-pha-bet-i-ca spread. . More Words of wisdom .

And more words.................

Laurie is "having a great time" in her watercolor dolphin layout.

Ingrid shows us her profound Earth Rhythms and and Morphscapes layout

Ingrid's three wishes Feb. 2011 layout for the Three Wishes book.

Darrell has a twist on the free to fly theme.

Sox explores her home town in her earth rhythms layout.

Lorena experiments with a new technique to show off these dazzling ruby red slippers.

Dee shows off her fluttering butterflies

More butterflies...

Pam's JOY.......................

Pam displays her JOYs of every day life.

Amy created a wonderful stained glass image for the Mandala book.

Amy's March 2011 layout for the Celebrate Life book.

Fran Yee's Steampunk Crown layout for the Vision of London Book.

Rosemary shows us her Paths and Parallel Universe spread.

Lori zeros in on her idea for the Circle book.

Tamara uses her magnifying glass for the Found Objects book.

Deb Z (as only Deb Z can) displays her vission of Phobias

More of da Kine Phobias

Su sets foot on the Moonscapes book.

Kathy's Feb. 2011 layout for the Lines and Angles book.

Kathy's March 2011 layout for the Wings book.

Kathy's cartoonish rendition via Aesop.

Check out Corinne's Cupcake spread. I like the cupcake crown!

Back page of Cupcake spread.

Lindsay shows us a great rendition of a Nick Bantock layout.