She's Crafty: Debriswoman's Junk Journal
Nov. 15th, 2024 09:04 amSo this is the junk journal I made for ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
debriswoman as an early birthday gift aka Super Secret Craft Project #3.
The outside is a Singer Sewing Manual (1969) which I got for free at the library craft swap. I gutted it and bound 3 signatures, 44 pages (88 pages total).
There are three distinct themes to the signatures: nature, detectives, and art.You can seem the three themes represented on the cover. I am not crazy about the tassel (I think Hobbit's was better but c'est la vie)
The intention of this was very different from Hobbit's junk journal. This is a junk journal that can be written in or sketched in, so every set of pages was divided into LEFT - inspiration and RIGHT - creation.
So left would be images to inspire and right would be space to write or sketch. What I am most proud of is the edges I had a lot of fun with the edges in his one.
Compared to Hobbit's journal, there are very few interactive parts. And there were postcards included but they were blank (meaning I didn't decorate them) and meant for the recipient to use themselves. No tags at all.
Here is the first page of the nature signature (because it's on the right is a CREATE page):
and this was the left, the INSPIRE page. There were treats: seeds, handmade little blank books, tea, a cross stitch pattern, stickers, handmade bookmarks.
( pretty edges in the nature section )
We like detectives and detective stories. Here's the first page of the detective signature.
And I love this guy. He's my favorite.
This is my favorite edge. I like the junk journal philosophy because it's about recycling things as ephemera and that appeals. The edge of this is cards from a travel Clue game which I would have pitched (because nobody in my house likes to play Clue but me)
( Another detective page )
And the first page of the art signature.
And I have to mention that this is one of Minisculus' school paintings. As a mom, you get a lot of school artwork and I was happy to use it.
( Another art page. Mattisse theme. )
debriswoman as an early birthday gift aka Super Secret Craft Project #3. The outside is a Singer Sewing Manual (1969) which I got for free at the library craft swap. I gutted it and bound 3 signatures, 44 pages (88 pages total).
There are three distinct themes to the signatures: nature, detectives, and art.You can seem the three themes represented on the cover. I am not crazy about the tassel (I think Hobbit's was better but c'est la vie)
The intention of this was very different from Hobbit's junk journal. This is a junk journal that can be written in or sketched in, so every set of pages was divided into LEFT - inspiration and RIGHT - creation.
So left would be images to inspire and right would be space to write or sketch. What I am most proud of is the edges I had a lot of fun with the edges in his one.
Compared to Hobbit's journal, there are very few interactive parts. And there were postcards included but they were blank (meaning I didn't decorate them) and meant for the recipient to use themselves. No tags at all.
Here is the first page of the nature signature (because it's on the right is a CREATE page):
and this was the left, the INSPIRE page. There were treats: seeds, handmade little blank books, tea, a cross stitch pattern, stickers, handmade bookmarks.
( pretty edges in the nature section )
We like detectives and detective stories. Here's the first page of the detective signature.
And I love this guy. He's my favorite.
This is my favorite edge. I like the junk journal philosophy because it's about recycling things as ephemera and that appeals. The edge of this is cards from a travel Clue game which I would have pitched (because nobody in my house likes to play Clue but me)
( Another detective page )
And the first page of the art signature.
And I have to mention that this is one of Minisculus' school paintings. As a mom, you get a lot of school artwork and I was happy to use it.
( Another art page. Mattisse theme. )