The Journal That Wouldn't Wait - Part II

 Here are more journal pages continued from my previous post. 

A pocket made from more of the paper doily placement, with a vintage book page and stationery tucked inside.

More vellum and a lace pocket with a vintage card.

Pretty paper with velvet ribbon.

This little tag was made with an image from a antique book and bits from  a vintage doily and a beautiful vintage napkin.

This last page was taken from antique sheet music. The ruffle is more net from the antique bed coverlet and a strip of vintage fabric.

I was very pleased to have sold this in my Etsy shop shortly after I listed it, and to have received a very nice review from the purchaser. Just knowing someone loved it and will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it is a great feeling.

My next journal project has been accumulating on my work table for a year or so. It's based on a 1950s McCall's pattern giveaway of a trip to Paris. Maybe someday I'll actually make it! 

The Journal That Wouldn't Wait - Part I

Can't believe I haven't posted here since 2020. I had started this post in 2021 but never finished it, and here it is 2023! A little delayed, but since this was my first big handmade journal made on my own I wanted to include it on my blog.

Having made several journals in 2020, I had decided to take a break from them for a while. Then for some reason I got a burning desire to make a journal using a book cover from the 20s. It may have been the green color and the fact that lots of ephemera on my work table looked lovely with the cover, but whatever the reason, I wanted to do it right away. This is a fairly self-indulgent post as I've included photos of almost all the journal pages (a few were left fairly plain for the new owner to add their own items or journaling) but I hope you enjoy seeing it. This is Part I. I'll share Part II soon.

The blue "frame" is part of the cover and surrounded the book title. I was able to size the Graphics Fairy image to fit. The tie is netting from an antique bed cover. 

I reinforced the spine with wide velvet ribbon inside and out, and tied in the three signatures with pink cording.

The antique postcard image on the inside cover is so pretty. The original had tiny glittered spots, so I used a bit on this copy. The pink lace is a belly band. 

The textured vellum is from an antique photo album. 

The page on the right is avocado-dyed paper with a vintage decal and a paper belly band. 

The belly band on the left is vintage wallpaper (I think from rubyandpearl.xo on Etsy) with a vintage greeting card tucked in. The doily is part of a vintage paper placemat. I found a large box of them at an estate sale a few years back, beautifully aged and in the original box. The velvet ribbon makes a tiny tuck spot.

The pocket made from an old journal page has a vintage fold-a-note tucked inside. The opposite page is a sheet of 1960s stationary. 

I used bits of vintage wallpaper from rubyandpearl.xo on the left, and a small vintage art print made into a journaling card and tucked into a lace pocket on the right.

On the left is a pocket made from a copy of a old greeting card, with a vintage postcard tucked inside. The page on the right is from a vintage wildflower book. 

The center of this signature is the other side of the wildflower book page. I added a little frame with a bit of lace glued to the back. 

The roses are from a vintage greeting card. A bit of ribbon and a faux vintage advertising card are clipped to the opposite page. 

That's it for now. If anyone is still reading blogs out there, I hope you'll check back for part II!