MELANI DE GROOT    I live in Africa and have been in love with an artform all my life, but only as late as 4 years ago learned it has a name called altered books. I have a dip tech education with interior design major. I have taught scrapbooking and altered art for the past 4 years have two children and live on a small holding outside Gauteng JHB South Africa.

Updated 03/22/2008