I put this book together last year and apart from one or two pages that I wrote last year, I've just started using the book. I'm not really sure what you'd call it; a journal, an art journal, a smash book, an idea book? Probably all of those things.
Basically, I wanted a book with different sized papers and different types of papers in it, from very small sheets to sheets the size of the book. This one has everything from transparencies, envelopes, small cards, graph paper, watercoloured paper ... the list goes on. I also hope to add things like receipts, photos and notes I get from Brian and Jade etc. to it. I want to be able to pick it up whenever I feel like it and do something in it. Sometimes it will be a dated diary entry (I've decided the diary entries will have dates but they will not be in any particular order in the book. Whatever page I decide to do it on, there it will stay.) I also want to make lists, draw pictures, zentangles and doodles, maybe do some art journal pages, in fact just do whatever I want at any particular time.
Here are a few photos of the book. I used cardboard for the front and back covers and still need to cover them and 3 large binding rings to hold the book together. There's not much in the book now. I just wanted to give you an idea of the types of pages I'm using. Hopefully, as the year progresses so will this book.
I hope this will give you some ideas if you are wanting to make a similar book for yourself.
Different sized and types of papers and cardstock.
Again, lots of different types and sizes of papers.
I have quite a few little quote blocks so have placed a few of them throughout the book and will decorate each one.
A diary entry.
Envelopes for holding private things (don't forget to decorate or write on the front and back of the envelopes. The brown paper is from a paper bag.
A couple of tags and a white page with brown stamping on the edges.
Some transparencies and some watercoloured paper.
Lists and quotes.
Front cover. It still needs to be decorated. I haven't decided if I'll gesso and paint it or cover it. Either way I want to hang lots of stuff from the cover, things like fibres, charms and any other bits and pieces I can find.
Uncovered, side view. I'm hoping it will be twice as thick with pages when it's finished.
Thought of the Day
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started and to know it for the first time - T.
S. Eliot
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