Creative Chaos, An Otherwise Altered Book

The other day, as I was perusing the internet, I came across something called, "altered books" or journals.  I'm sure this isn't something new to most of you, but I've never heard of it, seen it, yes, but knew that's what it was called, well, no.  Now, I'm not a big scrapbooker, but I have made one, so this is really just a different medium for it, a re-purposing as the term of the moment calls it.  Anyway, I went by the library and picked  up quite a few old hardbacks that were left out on a "giveaway" rack, got my glue and stuff out.......so I'm ready to begin..

Oh, and the reason for the creative chaos, is that, and I'm sure I'm not alone on this, as soon as I start on a project, I have piles of stuff everywhere!  My husband will ask if I know where anything is, but, as we all know, there are methods to our madness, to our piles of chaos, threads and felt and vintage buttons and ribbon and jewelry and the list goes on...share your pics with me, I'd love to see them....I think the glue gun is ready, I'll post pictures as I go along...See you soon!  claudia