title: The Altered Book Scrapbook
author:  Susan Ure 
description: The most innovative and magical side of recycling is one that pays homage to the original form while crafting an entirely new medium/item. Such is the case with artist-author (<i>The Portable Crafter: Beading,</i> 2004, et al.) Ure, who reinvents the book into a memory scrapbook. Here, artists contribute 13 different creations, each with annotations, inspirational notes, and one featured technique, whether fashioning Victorian-style postcards or sewing a quilted bookbag for a commissioned project. Variety--and sentiment--rule; the author, for instance, selects her grandmother's teaching textbook to truly reflect her relative's life, complete with marriage license and always-young sepia photographs. It is difficult, these days, to recommend a more personal craft--and one that can take on a life of its own . . and others. Look no further than Jane Austen for the last word on scrapbooking: "If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory." <i>Barbara Jacobs</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  ## Shari Lapena
  
  
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  ### THE END OF HER
  
  
  ![Penguin RH Books](../images/00001.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](kindle:embed:0002?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  * [Title Page](part0000.html#title_page)
  
  
  * [About the Author](part0002.html#1T140-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [By the Same Author](part0003.html#2RHM0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Dedication](part0004.html#3Q280-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Prologue](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter One](part0006.html#5N3C0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Two](part0007.html#6LJU0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Three](part0008.html#7K4G0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Four](part0009.html#8IL20-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Five](part0010.html#9H5K0-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Six](part0011.html#AFM60-064d0157d1f34316a60442c33b50d418)
  
  
  * [Chapter Seven](part0012.ht