{"id":22190,"date":"2012-09-15T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=22190"},"modified":"2012-09-15T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T15:00:30","slug":"make-easy-halloween-altered-book-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2012\/09\/make-easy-halloween-altered-book-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Easy Halloween Altered Book Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/altered-book-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22192\" title=\"altered book art\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/altered-book-art-481x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/altered-book-art-481x599.jpg 481w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/altered-book-art-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/altered-book-art.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you started decorating for Halloween yet?\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of my favorite holidays, and I pull out all of the stops &#8211; 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