Sunshine today!
I drove to Kaleden to pick up some vintage books (I’ll share pics another day). Then took the pupper for a walk.
What a relief to see the sun! And it was hot! It felt like a summer day. 🙂
I did some quick feather drawings for a work project…
and after watching Treasure Books tutorial “DIY Hidden Paper Clips” On YouTube I’m going to make some of those – hopefully tomorrow.
Another Eileen Watson pocket tutorial today. Old books, gluing, inking and sewing.
I got a couple done then spent way too long fixing my fave pencil. Sort of fixed…all the while thinking I should just chuck it and do more pockets.
It’s a conundrum, I want to be productive, but I like to fix things and I tend to procrastinate.
It’s all good, two is better than nothing and I’m pretty sure if I wasn’t doing the challenge it would have been none.
Photo Edit today because I was blessed to be with family!
I brought my computer with me and played around in the Sketchbook app with a couple of older pictures.
Originally I was going to add a mandala to a photo but then as I was looking through my pics I was drawn to Penticton Ancestors pic and the daisy – which is natures mandala!
I haven’t used the app much so the learning curve is steep which made bringing my ideas into fruition a challenge. It’s a fun way to create though so I think I’ll be playing more often.
Pretty happy I’ve been on track for almost 2 weeks now!
Happy Weekend!!
More paper folding today.
One of the Many things I like about the junk journal idea is being able to incorporate anything and everything into it.
One way to keep little bits and pieces of memorabilia like movie stubs, receipts or notes tucked in is with pockets.
I made a few tonight and what I Love about this pattern is you can use any size paper!
Check out Eileen Watson’s YouTube video Junk Journal folded pocket tutorial if you’d like to try it out. Thanks Eileen!
(Links to videos will be added soon!)
My plans to get the sewing machine ready to go didn’t happen so I played with “sketchbook” app on the computer.
This is something I want to play with more often!!
I just used the basics today and now it’s very late so I am hitting the hay!
Taped spines and gesso on the covers – ✅
Wow, it sure feels good to use some of my supplies and work on a project I’ve been thinking about for months!
I pulled out the modeling paste to stencil on the suns – thankfully it wasn’t completely dried up… 🙄
And I watched a few YouTube videos to help me through the first steps.
Thanks to Marianne Kensington of Pocketful of Vintage on YouTube! She’s got step by step instructions that break it right down 🙏 and instead of one long video she’s broken it down into six short ones – easy to digest.
Feeling unsure what the next step will be on the covers so I’m planning on working on the signatures – maybe the papers will inspire me 😊
The sewing machine is the next thing to get up and running so I can make some fancy pages, pockets and envelopes. I’ve sewn paper in the past with some of my students to make Christmas cards and I love the look so it should be fun!
I have to say, doing the challenge has been a great motivator so far, and I’m really not worrying too much about the outcome of this project which is a nice change.
Day one of junk journal prep.
I have three books to fill, maybe a little assembly line?
I’ve cut out the old signatures – and of course saved them for use in other projects 😉
I have a VERY large collection of paper for the new signatures already – even some from my dads old stash, so it’s going to be fun to put them together.
My plan is to prime the covers tomorrow and let them dry while I make a few piles of different papers and envelopes etc.
I’ll likely take a look at a YouTube video or two as well and I’ll be sure to share which ones I watch as well…I’d love to watch some now but it’s getting late…
In the past I would have stayed up til the wee hours crafting but I just can’t function as well during the day when I do that now. I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be heading to bed before midnight but that day has arrived!
So – Good night! <3
Week one is done!
The biggest accomplishment would have to be getting the website up and running on day one.
What did I learn this week?
I think I’d like to start a project. It was good to muckaround with the wire and origami and mandalas are a fave for me but the randomness wasn’t as rewarding as I’d like.
I’ve been researching junk journals for the last few months and I have pretty much everything I’d ever need to make one (or a thousand!)
I love the idea of using old books, magazines, scrapbooking materials, stickers, stamps, fabric and junk mail to create a a funky journal.
There are some crazy, beautiful, detailed, ephemera filled journals out there in the world. That may be why I haven’t tried to make one yet. It’s a little intimidating!
This is a good time to move past the fear. I have some ideas to make them unique but the first one will be basic so I can get it finished fairly quickly. Hopefully another outcome of the 100 day challenge!
So next week will be about picking a cover, paper and figuring out how many signatures it will take to fill it. I’m feeling pretty excited about it! It’s been on my to do list for a long time 🙂
Chakra symbols today. It was a late doodle date so didn’t really get into using the prisma pencil crayons…maybe another day.
This is some tough wire, a bit of a challenge to get it to do what I wanted and to cut – I’ll have to find some stronger snippers!