The leather bound journal was made in Italy and I purchased it at Kate's Paperie in Manhattan during the 90's. The journal traveled back with me to Tulsa. Then I made a move to Minneapolis! It is truly amazing at how long I have been interested in art journaling - 15 - 20 years?. No one knew what I was talking about and couldn't seem to understand the concept even after much explanation. Now there is a whole art community of artist making journals and I no longer feel like I am the odd ball!
In any case, at some point I wanted to do something different with my journal, so I removed all the pages to make new inserts. The love the idea of the TN books. Although mine is a different size from the standard TN, the idea is similar.
I use the leather cover to protect the inside book which can be removed.
I don't think I am capable of making a skinny book!
It is chocked full of goodness.... and I had an opportunity to use fibers and trims.
A piece of a very OLD handkerchief was used on the front cover and vintage pearl buttons were sewn on along with some other lace trims form my stash.
This is the back cover with a chocolate lace trim sewn as an embellishment.... as if I needed that!
This page along with the posts below were some of my favorite pages. I used paper scraps along with ephemera that I had saved from my numerous adventures at flea markets, garage sales and "dumpster" diving. Since I was making this book during the Christmas season, I included bits and pieces from not only my personal holiday stash but from those I had in my collection from others.
The two photos below are close up views of tabs that were made from textiles, lace, trims, file folders with beads and charms.
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