Altered dictionary part 1

I've foud some old dictionaries in thrift shops, antique book stores and I even found a couple of old busted ones at work. You can make all these marvellous flowers and stuff from the papers, but there are so many things you can do with what is left over! I made this garden out of one of my dictionaries and the April kit from My Scrapbook Nook. These papers are so adorable, and perfect for a project like this.

It was actually my dear son who had the idea of an open book and things kind of growing out of it. Like the old Disney film, with a fairy tale landscape coming out of open books. So I decided to give it a try.
I need to have a gate, of course, and the Maya Road pins from the kit make perfect decorations for the gate posts.

They are also perfect to tie one end of a banner to. Because I just had to have a banner here.

And a mailbox.

I have a few more dictionary projects in the making, one of which my dear son is pretty upset about. It's a thing he ordered, and that he wants done like yesterday. Unfortunately, it's way down on my priority list at the moment.

So, have a great weekend, dear blog readers :)