Altered Book Theme List

I've not talked a whole lot about altered books so I thought I'd touch on the subject a bit. I go in depth about how to prepare a book to be altered and several techniques but one thing I didn't have space for was themes for altered books. The books loss is your gain ;)

Now you can create an altered book on just about anything be it a particular theme, a chosen medium (paint, ink, stamped, ephemera, etc), one based on a quote, poem or a hodge podge of anything that strikes your fancy!

You may choose to make your altered book monochromatic working with various hues or maybe you have an animal you love ~ shoot you could even create an altered book about shoes.

The possibilities are endless!

Here is a list of Altered Book Ideas & Themes to get you on your way...

Be sure to keep in mind that these themes could also work for themed scrapbooks as well!

Abstract Art

Abstract Thoughts

Actors/Actresses

Adopted Ancestors

Advice

Africa

All About Me

Alphabet

Altered Photos

Anatomy

Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Cultures

Ancient History

Ancient Spirits

Andy Warhol Type Images

Angels

Animals

Antiques (Antique Anything)

Archetypes

Around the World

Art Nouveau

Asian

Astrology

Astronomy

At the Beach

Au Natural

Authors

Automobiles

Autumn

Babies

Barns

Bats

Bears

Bees

Beeswax

Bingo

Birds

Birthdate / Birthyear

Black & White

Boats

Body Parts

Books

Butterflies

Camelot

Carnival

Cars

Cartoons

Cats

Celebrations

Celestial

Celtic

Cemeteries

Chickens

Childhood Memories

Children

Chocolate

Christmas

Circus

Cityscapes

Classical Composers

Clocks

Clowns

Cocktails

Coffee

Collage

Collections

Color(s)

Comics

Costumes

Cowboys (or Cowgirls)

Creative Life

Creepy

Cultures

Cupcakes

Dance

Darkness

Day of the Dead

Desire

Digital

Disguise/Masquerade

Dinosaurs

Dogs

Dolls

Doors & Windows

Dragonflies

Dragons

Dreams

Earth

Eggs

Egyptian

Elegance

Elements

Elephants

Emotions

Ephemera

Eras –60’s; 70’s; etc.

Ethnic

Experiments

Eyeglasses

Eyes

Fabric

Faces

Fairies

Fairy Tales

Famous Landmarks

Famous Women

Fantasy

Farms

Fashion

Faux Postage

Feminine Mystique

Fibers

Figments of Your Imagination

Film

Flight of Fancy (winged things)

Flowers

Folklore

Food/Cooking/Edible Stuff

Footprints

Foreign Text

Fortune Cookie Sayings

Found Objects

Found Poetry

Friends

Game Pieces

Games People Play

Gardens/Gardening

Genealogy/Ancestors

Geometric Shapes

Ghosts

Girlfriends

Gnomes

Goddesses

Gothic

Greek

Growth

Gypsy

Halloween

Hand-drawn

Hands

Handwritten

Happiness is…

Harvest

Hats

Hearts

Herbs

Heroes

Heroines

Hobbies

Holidays

Home & Hearth

Horses

House of Blues

Houses

Hymns

India

Insects

Inspiration

Italy

Jazz

Jesters and Jokers

Jokes & Riddles

Journeys

Joy

King Arthur

Kings and Queens

Knitting

Labels

Landscapes

Languages

Lavender

Leaves

Leonardo da Vinci (or any famous artist)

Life Lessons

Lighthouses

Literature

London

Love

Magic

Magical Creatures

Magical Potions

Mardi Gras

Marie Antoinette

Maps

Masks

Medieval

Men (famous/infamous)

Merry-Go-Round

Metal

Mermaids

Middle East

Military

Mixed media

Mona Lisa

Money (foreign or domestic)

Monochromatic

Monsters

Moon

Motherhood

Motorcycles

Music

Movies

My Favorite Things

My Life

Mythological Creatures

Mythology

Native American

Nature

Nature Spirits/Sprites

New York

Newspaper Clippings

Night

Night before Christmas

Numbers

Ocean

Old Wives Tales

Optical Illusions

Owls

Paris

Parks

Past Times

Patchwork

Pets

Photography

Pictures

Pin Ups

Pirates

Play on Words

Poetry

Poets

Politics

Portraits

Postal

Postcard

Printmaking

Puppets

Puzzles

Queen of Hearts

Questions

Quilts

Quotations

Rain

Rainbow

Recipes

Recycled Materials

Reflections

Resolutions

Retro

Retro Ad Art

Road Trip

Robin Hood

Robots & Spaceships

Rock & Roll

Roosters

Rubber Stamping

Rubbings

Sacred Spaces

Santa

School Days

Sea

Seascapes

Seasons

Second Chance

Secret Garden

Self-Portrait

Serengeti

Seven Wonders

Sewing

Shoes

Shrines

Snowmen

Solar System

Solitude

Spells and Magic

Spice

Sports

Spring

States/Countries

Still Life

Storybook

Summer

Super Heroes

Symbols

Tags

Tarot Cards

Tea or Tea Time

Teddy Bears

Telephones

Textures

Theater

Things w/Wings

Time

Time travel

Toys

Tractors

Traditions

Travel

Treasure Maps

Tree of Life

Trees

Trucks

T-shirt Sayings

Typewriter

Unicorns

Urban Life

Vampires/Halloween

Venice

Vintage

Vintage Fashion

Vintage Men

Vintage Nudes

Water

Weather

Where I Live

Whimsical

Wild Animals

Wild West

Wild Women

Wine

Wine, Women and Song

Wings

Winged Creatures

Winter

Witches/Warlocks

Wizard of Oz

Wizards

Women

Words of Wisdom

World

Zetti

Zodiac

Zoo