Journal Madness

Instagram is a fount of inspiration, and recently I was admiring spiral-bound junk journals there. This led to the purchase of a Cinch binding machine, which has led to hours of fun and using up some of my paper and ephemera. Just some. I still have tons - possibly literally.

Here are a couple of not-great iPhone pics of the cover and first-page spread of a Grow-themed journal, one of the first Cinch-bound journals I made.

Unfortunately I didn't think to take photos of every single page of these first five, and they all sold at a local event market shortly after completion.

I made a few more journals for another local market held this past weekend, and did remember photos this time. First up, a Halloween journal that a good friend purchased...

There were also two Christmas journals. One featured old fashioned Santas...

and one had a Jenni Bowlin bingo card cover.

These three all sold at the market. A big thank you to everyone who purchased one (and the other goodies I had on offer.) It's nice to know they've all gone to good homes!

The fourth is listed in my Etsy shop, and features some images from Graphic 45's Hallowe'en in Wonderland collection.

Each journal I've made has included pockets and envelopes with additional bits of ephemera and embellishments tucked in. Making them is a bit addictive, and now I'm always on the lookout for cover and page items from my stash. There are little stacks around the room just waiting to be bound.

Hope you're having a productive year and discovering new creative addictions!