hello, hello everyone! gosh it's been, well, i don't even wanna think how long it's been since i have blogged or even created anything to post. i hope all is well with you my friends. i know many changes have taken place in the time that i have been absent, my hope is most have been good changes!
i am listing this new type of journal in my etsy shop tonight. i have decided to call this a "bound to be notable journal" which i will place in a heading on my sidebar and any and all of these hand-sewn journals will reside there. i sometimes come across vintage books that have perfectly good spines and covers and really want to use both for my journals, so i decided to create signatures and sew them into the spine, instead of using just the covers and o-wire.
this one is called "haunted" and is, of course, a halloween journal :
"haunted" cover
the cover of this journal was created from an 1876 book called "haunted rooms". it measures about 3.75" X 6.25". i have added some baubles and a removable black suede tie closer.
divider 1-front
this is the front of first divider with a pocket, double-sided tag and furry spider- eek. i have created a total of 4 double-sided tabbed dividers with pockets and double-sided tags.
divider 1-back
the back of the first divider has two pockets and a tag.
divider 2-front
this divider has one pocket and one tag.
divider 2-back
the back has 2 pockets and 1 tag.
divider 3-front
divider 3 has a pocket made from a bat chipboard die cut and 1 tag.
divider 3-back
one pocket and tag on the backside.
divider 4-front
the front of divider 4 has 3 pockets and a tag.
divider 4-back
the back has one pocket and no tags, but it does have a scary kitty face on the tab.
four ends of the divider signatures
there are 5 signatures in this journal with 4 of them used as dividers. these dividers were created from vintage index cards (circa 1930's). i have attached some brads and removable hemp twine to the folded up ends of these so they can be used to add more papers or envelopes. i have added 2 coin envelopes to the second signature which you can remove if you wish.
open "haunted"
open again
the spine
five signatures
holding 80 pages (160 both sides) of lined, linen, vellum, vintage ledger, sketch and watercolor papers plus 16 pages of vintage paper ephemera including 5 pages from the original "haunted rooms" book.
thanks for looking, it's good to be back! -rebecca
