hi, back with another journal, this time a bit different. this storybook journal started as a 1963 "my book house" story book. it measures 6.75" X 9- 3/8" and has 20 premium card-stock pages, vintage cotton content typewriter paper, and pint sized lined note paper. i have attached a binder mechanism with 3 rings to the binding so pages may be added and removed. it is listed in my etsy shop here.
there are lots of pictures here, maybe you should grab a large cup of coffee or tea (oh heck, maybe a large whiskey) and settle in...
"storytime" front cover open
the binding
original title page from the story house book.
the inside front and back covers have been covered with sweet pages from a 1917 storybook "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Lewis Stevenson with pictures by Josephine Wheeler Weage
copyright and page 1
the first page is taken from an early reader. all of the cut and paste pages have been taken from story book and music pages dating from the 20's and 30's.
pages 2 & 3
these are melissa frances papers trimmed to create a pocket on page 3.
pages 4 & 5
sweet music papers framing the pages and creating a bottom pocket on page 5.
pages 6 & 7
a little tag on the bottom rings and a cute sun(cosmo cricket?) creates an attached side tab maybe could be used to clip a little memory to. many of these papers are from long ago, lol - well, a couple of years perhaps. anyway, i have since lost the paper company names they came from- i will name the papers that i can.
pages 8 & 9
there are 9 pages of vintage cotton content typewriter paper between pages 8 and 9.
pages 10 & 11
lots of room to create a fun journaling page and snapshots, tickets, ideas, swatches, pins, memorabilia or ?
pages 12 & 13
pages 14 & 15
with a pocket on page 14, a tag attached to 3 of the binder rings, 8 pint sized lined note pages and another large tag with scalloped edges
pages 14 &15
pages 16 & 17
cutout papers from a vintage music reader embellish page16, 12 tags in a business card holder between these pages, and a little strip pocket on top of page 17 under which you could slip a note, memorabilia or any such fun keepsake.
pages 18 & 19
another strip pocket on top of page 18.
pages 20 & 21
very cool lined card-stock paper.
pages 22 & 23
pages 24 & 25
a 1930's first uncle pennybags card as a pocket on page 24 with a removable bookmark between these pages.
pages 26 & 27
more journaling/stash pages. costco has an assortment of glue dot adhesives in- very convenient. there are 15 more pages of typewriter papers between these pages, a vintage mini card forms a tiny pocket on page 27.
pages 27 & 28
another page from the 1917 storybook "A Child's Garden of Verses" with " the hurdy gurdy man" song glued to the center tag.
pages 29 & 30
the "just ducky" page with pockets created from daisy d's nursery collection on page 29 and a vintage song called "all in a row" boardering page 30.
pages 31 & 32
a pocket with side opening and 2 tags slipped in and a vintage bird and poem embellishing the pocket.
pages 33 & 34
pages 35 & 36
another business card holder with 8 tags tucked in one is a vintage playing card and another is a trimmed vintage flash card.
pages 37 & 38
a large pocket created from vintage children's reader pages on page 37.
pages 39 & 40
a side pocket on page 39.
pages 41 & 42
"storytime" open
phew, well that's that. thanks for looking- what do you think? useful? not so useful? fun? blah,blah, blah...
