I am getting ready to list these new journals in the shop Now in the shop - Everyday Journals! I wanted to share the page spreads here so you can see them up close. Super long post of photos below :)
Thanks Grace! :) I obtain most of my vintage papers here and there - Goodwill, antique shops, consignment shops, yard sales, ebay, etsy. With the new papers, I am always looking for office-ey papers at office shops or big box stores, and the scrapbooking papers I order online or purchase from a local scrapbooking shop. The black and white checkered wax paper in these journals are actually from a local sandwich shop that we frequent a lot and we asked them for a few sheets (unused of course ;)) and they happily obliged :) I am always on the lookout for interesting "papers" that could be incorporated into journals, even if that's not necessarily what they are intended for (read: wax paper from a sandwich shop ;)).
I love this journal!! You did such a nice job and I absolutely love the way you did your cover....did you just adhere paper strips to a transparency? If so how did you attach the strips so the adhesive doesn't show? Thanks, Jenny
Thanks Jenny! :) Yes, I adhered the strips to the transparency page with Tombow rolling adhesive-- I rolled the adhesive on the strips first, and then fixed them to the transparency :)
That journal is really lovely!! I can imagine the future owner of this journal getting all happy every time they write into it because things like these make every day life a little more nicer and prettier. And I love the sandwich paper!
New reader here. I'm loving your blog. This idea for your journals is such an amazing inspiration. I, too, have tons of papers, envelopes, and odds-n-ends that I have been collecting with no clue of what to do with them. Ta-dah, now I do. Yay. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and projects. You are very gifted. I'll look forward to reading your blog in the future. If you have an email/newsletter you send out, can you please add me to your list (mobile doesn't show me links very well)? It is Del Marie Riley, delmarieriley@yahoo.com. Thanks again.
Who makes the black and white letters page toward the beginning?
ReplyDeleteIt's a fabric swatch - Summersville by Moda :)
DeleteI love it! By the way, where do you obtain all of your papers? Do you just collect bits and pieces as you go or purchase bulks online?
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Grace
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Thanks Grace! :) I obtain most of my vintage papers here and there - Goodwill, antique shops, consignment shops, yard sales, ebay, etsy. With the new papers, I am always looking for office-ey papers at office shops or big box stores, and the scrapbooking papers I order online or purchase from a local scrapbooking shop. The black and white checkered wax paper in these journals are actually from a local sandwich shop that we frequent a lot and we asked them for a few sheets (unused of course ;)) and they happily obliged :) I am always on the lookout for interesting "papers" that could be incorporated into journals, even if that's not necessarily what they are intended for (read: wax paper from a sandwich shop ;)).
DeleteI love this journal!! You did such a nice job and I absolutely love the way you did your cover....did you just adhere paper strips to a transparency? If so how did you attach the strips so the adhesive doesn't show? Thanks, Jenny
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny! :) Yes, I adhered the strips to the transparency page with Tombow rolling adhesive-- I rolled the adhesive on the strips first, and then fixed them to the transparency :)
DeleteThat journal is really lovely!! I can imagine the future owner of this journal getting all happy every time they write into it because things like these make every day life a little more nicer and prettier. And I love the sandwich paper!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great collection of papers, swoon!
ReplyDeleteVery jazzy. Reminds me of a crinkle journal that I made.
ReplyDeletelove it.. love the surprise factor in each page.. the envies are a cool touch
ReplyDeleteIt's great! I'm gonna do something similar ;) ach!
ReplyDeleteNew reader here. I'm loving your blog. This idea for your journals is such an amazing inspiration. I, too, have tons of papers, envelopes, and odds-n-ends that I have been collecting with no clue of what to do with them. Ta-dah, now I do. Yay. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and projects. You are very gifted. I'll look forward to reading your blog in the future. If you have an email/newsletter you send out, can you please add me to your list (mobile doesn't show me links very well)? It is Del Marie Riley, delmarieriley@yahoo.com. Thanks again.
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