besottment by paper relics

Sewed Journaling Pages

As you may have seen on INSTAGRAM (above) I have been playing around with sewing paper. Years ago I took a class by Mary Ann Moss that taught how to sew pages and make a journal - I do not remember everything from the class, but I sat down and started sewing pages and making signatures

I ended up with 3 signatures that I plan to add into an old book cover while keeping the spine intact (more on that in a future post), but have been journaling in already (even though it is not bound yet). After I did a few pages I realized I should have shown you all the pages before I journaled on them, so my next post will show all the pages I haven't worked on yet.

In the meantime I wanted to share the spreads I have created with you. I am having fun with this, but it is outside my comfort zone to journal this way, which makes it a bit adventurous! I like how it makes me use the bits of ephemera and paper I usually use in different ways.

2014 Souvenir Journal: Portland, Oregon

Here are the pages I did for my recent trip to Portland in the 2014 Souvenir Journal I shared with you in the post before last.

I started out with a greeting card I found from Lark Press that had a heart over oregon on a map (above) and then jumped right into journaling the trip on the next spread:

Instagram photos come in handy for travel journals!

I was with some girls I meet up with every year or so, and we covered a lot of ground, so I cut up a lot of the cards and postcards I picked up so I could include them all:

A small photo behind a flap made from a business card:

We stayed at the Ace Hotel, and had a lot of fun with their vintage photo booth:

We had some yummy almond champagne in the hotel one night while we stayed up chatting and journaling:

The hotel had some photocopied maps for us to have, so I used one as the background for this spread:

And made our parking pass into a subpage.

More shopping!

lots of ephemera and memories. Below I used part of a menu (top left) as a subpage:

Same spread with the subpages open:

The last page has part of a vintage map one of the girls found at a flea market we went to:

This was a great trip to start off my 2014 Souvenir journal!

Old Book Souvenir Journal Creation

For 2014, I decided instead of making a small souvenir travel journal for each trip I go on, I wanted to make one journal I can use all year long, for all the trips I take.

I have still been itching to work in an old book journal, so I used another old book to create this journal, using new and old papers for the pages. For the spine, I used an antique sheet music cover that said "Souvenir" which I adhered with lots of layers of gel medium.

For the inside cover I used a page from an old 1800's geography book, and I made the first page a title page for the journal:

The next spread will be a sort-of table of contents, where I will write each trip and the dates:

For the back I used another page from the old geography book, and added a pocket to stick bits of ephemera as I find it:

Next week I will share with you the pages I completed for my first trip of 2014!

Old Book Journal: PEEK

Here is a quick peek into my on-going od book journal.

I mentioned that I was "turning the lens of my life to reflect more of the light" in 2014, and this has led to the examination of my shadows... I am working on a spread exploring this and wanted to share a peek of it with you.

Welcome Stampington Spring 2014 Readers

 

I am honored to have an article in both the Spring 2014 issue of Stampington's Art Journaling and the Spring 2014 issue of Somerset Memories which are hitting the newsstands now. Welcome to any new readers finding me through those articles. If you are new here, I would love it if you left a comment with a link to your blog.

Here are some places on this blog that might interest you...

  Journaling Advice: Where to Start

  Art Journaling E-Courses I Offer

  Posts about my Project Life (more details about what you see in the Somerset Memories issue)

  Pop-Up Journaling Supply Shop

  Free Antique Image Downloads

  Art Journaling Tutorials

  My Greeting Card Line, Paper Relics

  My Graphic & Web Design Portfolio

  A Peek into My Journals

  My Journaling Pinboard

  Check Out My Facebook Page

  Visit me on Instagram

Also feel free to explore the sidebar for more places to explore while you are here.

Here is a peek into the Somerset Memories article, featuring my 3 month project life binder:

And here is a peek at an old book journal that is featured in the Art Journaling article (that my friend Kari snapped with her phone - I haven't seen the issue yet!):

 

I hope you enjoyed the articles!

More Old Book Journal Peeks & Spreads

above is the finished spread of a page I shared with you earlier (see below for details). I blacked out the words and formed the sentence: "True honor was possible."

A peek under the ribbon...

This was the finished spread that I shared with you when I had just started it (below and here). I usually do an entire spread in one sitting, but if I still am in the mood to journal once I am done, I start on another spread that I do not always finish. That was the case with this spread.

This spread below, is an exception to my usual way of working, not getting much done in one sitting at all ...

... because I was too busy gabbing away with a friend (as seen on Instagram)!

I am really enjoying working in my old book journal, and will continue to share the spreads as I create them!