In 2013 The Craft Barn set a year long challenge called The Alpha Challenge. The objective was to alter a dictionary, one letter at a time. The letters were given out randomly and often had a twist associated with them.
I still have the cover to alter and there are pages that never got completed, and recently I added a new page to it. I thought I would put it all together here as I love looking back through it, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Some of my efforts were better than others and I think I learnt a lot as I went along.
I have had a couple of tough years since then and haven't managed to join in the subsequent year long challenges - maybe next year 2016 will be better.
My dictionary is a French/English one in A5 size and has two sections, the first is in French with English meaning and the second is English with French translation so I had double the fun.
I stuck pages together either side of the pages I altered for strength. How could I alter a book when I was brought up to treat books with respect and reverence you might ask? Well this was a cheap dictionary and it contained words that would be deemed offensive, I hope it has been revised now to not contain such words. There are hundreds and thousands of books discarded or given to charities every year - they cannot sell them all and many are destined for recycling plants or the tip. So I have saved this book really.
For details about each page click on the name of the page to go to the relevant post.
A is for:
B is for:
C is for:
D is for:
Direction (same in both languages).
E is for:
F is for:
I forgot the twist on this one so it wasn't allowed in the challenge, and it was FE - FZ
Fleur (flower) and Football (same in both languages)
G is for:
H is for:
I is for:
J is for:
K is for:
L is for:
M is for:
Machine (same in both languages).
N is for:
O is for:
P is for:
Q is for:
R is for:
S is for:
Scooter (same both languages).
T is for:
Travail (work, labour) and Tricoter (to knit).
U is for:
V is for:
W is for:
Y is for:
Yoga.
X is for:
Z is for:
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