I have been wanting to make some "Ars Gratia Artis" or "ART for ART's sake". One of my fave things to make are Journals of Love. These handmade journals are delivered to cancer centers for the use of the patients. A friend of mine was asked to make one for a family member and she took it with her during her treatments, others saw it and wanted one and thus JoL was born. You can see more of my journals
here,
here,
here and
here. I make mine from the composition books sold in the school supply aisle. I cover and embellish all 4 covers, sometimes adding a ribbon closure. Each journal is fun to make and completely unique. I use a variety of papers: calendar pages, scrapbook paper, wallpaper, vintage books and dictionaries.....whatever crosses my path on the day. Enjoy!
Here are the journals made with paper from
DCWV (Die Cuts WIth a View).
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| DCWV Rockstar front |
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| DCWV Rockstar back |
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| DCWV Green Stack back |
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| DCWV Mariposa front |
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| DCWV Mariposa back |
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| DCWV Once upon a time front |
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| DCWV Once upon a time front |
These journals were all made from wallpaper sample books. My fave place to obtain them is
Sherwin Williams. They turn themover on a monthly basis! :) Great recycling and giving back project!
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| Bloom where you are planted front |
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Bloom where you are planted back
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| LightHouse front |
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| LightHouse back |
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| Rooster front |
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Rooster Back
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| Grace |
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| Noah's Ark |
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| BirdHouse |
Finally I was looking for an economical and unique way to cover the inside covers and came up with using some of my vintage dictionary pages. THey are great whenI do not have co-ordinating papers to use! :)
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| Vintage dictionary end papers |
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| Vintage dictionary end papers close-up |
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