Since I have a tendency to be a cheapskate, I have purchased Finish This Book, Mess, and the original Wreck This Journal - all by Keri Smith. And since it takes me multiple times to learn from my mistakes, I bought them all through Half.com, again.
Finish This Book arrived in pretty good shape. However, Mess and Wreck This Journal had already been started by their previous owners. It's becoming clear that most of the sellers on Half.com either don't check the products when writing the condition descriptions or else they don't give a flying flip that the book isn't as pristine as they describe it. Oh well, the books are still fairly inexpensive... Also would like to note that Mess has a series of pages that repeat themselves. I flipped through one at a bookstore and saw that it was not a printing quirk on purpose, the new book certainly doesn't have repetitive pages- it has different ones as it should. But it doesn't look like I'll be missing out on much. The twin pages look like they'll actually be fun to do multiple times.
I've been wanting gesso for a stupid long time but the sticker shock has never grown old. I recently found various recipes to make a diy version...so I chose the simplest one and went to town with it. The less than superb condition books are giving me a good canvas to start with and experiment with my diy gesso.
It's taken me at least 3 layers to cover up the various markings that originally embellished the books. But at least now it will all be MY work in those books and not some random snowflake who decided to part ways with these little, therapeutic gems!
