Meet Pamela Posch from
Manchester TN and the gorgeous altered book she made to remeber her family vacation!

"After a family trip to Mexico I discovered I had a TON of photos. Who doesn't after vacation? I made lots of layouts for my scrapbooks and mini albums but I wanted something I could leave out on the table for everyone to look through and share the memories. I decided to alter an old book. 
Using Mermaid Tears products I embellished the cover of the book with beach themed embellishments. Clear tabs stapled to the pages of the book act as dividers for different events from our trip. I even glued several pages together and cut a square in the middle of the glued pages to add memorabilia that we collected on the trip like coins, ticket stubs and shells. Its a great reminder of all the wonderful times we had. And the best part is that its out for everyone to see all of the time."

see more pictures of her album here.

For this month's trash to treasure challenge lets use up our scraps...i know you have them! Whether you have stacks of paper scraps, piles of fabric scraps, rolls of yarn and fiber scraps or a combination of all 3 lets use them up this month or at least make a dent.

If you're up to the challenge, email your trash to treasure pictures to donna@donnadowney.com and write "SCRAPS" in the subject line and you just might find your work may be featured in the November Creative Playground newsletter.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!