Back-to-school Challenge After reading Trudi Cook’s suggestion to alter composition books you can buy on-the-cheap this time of year and seeing the great examples of similar altered journals by Linda Cain, a couple of Embellishments readers recommended we have a little online challenge. What a great idea! So, here’s the rules for our Back-to-School Composition Book Challenge. 1. Alter a school composition book of any size in any way you like, using a back-to-school theme. You can interpret the theme literally as back to school, as a more general “learning” concept, as a memory book that “looks back,” or something else. Paint or ink it, collage it, cover it with fabric, add embellishments; it’s up to you. 2. Photograph your artwork and send us up to three low-res jpegs. Note: you have a better chance of seeing your artwork in Embellishments if your photos are sharp, the background is uncluttered, and there is no glare from a flash. 3. Email your photographs and a message including your name, town and state (or country), and a couple of sentences about your concept and materials used, to cprato@interweave.com with Composition Book Challenge in the subject line. 4. Your electronic entry (email and jpegs) is due September 12, 2008. We will post our favorites in Embellishments and on our website.

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