Winter Chunky book

I've decided to do some more swaps...I think they help keep the creative juices flowing. Plus it is fun to get mail that is not a bill!
For this swap-bot swap, I needed to make a Winter themed chunky book. I played with a few ideas, including using photos I took in our yard. I came across an old photo of a chubby baby all bundled, so I ran with it. The book is kind-of cutsie, really shabby chic style. I included this Robert Louis Stevenson poem on the facing pages


Picture-Books in Winter

Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.

Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks
In the picture story-books.

All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.

We may see how all things are
Seas and cities, near and far,
And the flying fairies' looks,
In the picture story-books.

How am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days,
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Reading picture story-books?
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I love how the fabric and cardboard combo turned out. Torn uneven edges...smeared with gesso, papers sanded raw, and fun embellishments. I hope my swap partner likes it. I hate giving it up. I think from now on I have to make two of everything so I can keep one!