Scraps Of Time

"Childhood Memories" a New Altered StoryBook Journal

i decided to list something a bit different;  it's a 6" X 8.25" basic reader from 1951 that i have added pockets and papers to. it creates an album journal that will hold lots of photos, memorabilia and places to journal. i have taken a lot of pictures so grab some coffee and get comfortable, this may take a while. i am not real happy with the way the pictures turned out, it was quite difficult because of the size of the book and tight binding that kept wanting to close, geesh. as a result some of hte pictures look crooked or odd, lol.

okay here we go... this "childhood memories"  journal is listed in my etsy shop here

                            

                                      "childhood memories" cover

                 

                                 "childhood memories" pages 1 & 2

 page 2 is a side opening pocket.                               

               

                                "childhood memories" pages 3 & 4

page 3 has a top opening pocket, page 4 has a side opeing pocket

                 

                                 "childhood memories" pages 5 & 6

the graph paper creates a top opening pocket on page 5. page 6 has no pocket.

                 

                                 "childhood memories" pages 7 & 8

there are 2 top opening pockets on page 7. 1 top opening pocket on page 8.

                 

                                 "childhood memories" pages 9 & 10

1 top opening pocket on page 9. a side opening pocket with a small bingo card tag tucked in. the next 2 pages are plain story book pages.

 

oops, a missing pocket page photo- i will post it later

                                 "childhood memories" page 11   

4 more plain story book pages.  

                 

                             "childhood memories" pages 12 & 13

the next 8 pages are for journaling.

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 14 & 15

                 

                           "childhood memories" pages 16 & 17

                 

                                "childhood memories" pages 18 & 19

6 plain story book pages follow

                 

                                 "childhood memories" pages 20 & 21

page 20 is a hand sewn full page top opening pocket.

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 22 & 23

full pocket page  and a hand sewn full pocket page with a side opening.

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 24 & 25

there is 1 top opening pocket on page 24. 2 top opening pockets on page 25

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 26 & 27

1 top opening pocket on page 26. 1 top opening pocket with a little "wave" pocket on top and a tag slipped in.

                 

                              "childhood memories" pages 28 & 29

a tag pocket on page 28. 3 hand sewn side opening pockets on page 29

4 plain story pages following

                 

                             "childhood memories" pages 30 & 31

a large envelope pocket on page 30

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 32 & 33

page 33 has 1 bottom pocket with top opening.                           

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 34 & 35

page 34 has 2 bottom pockets. page 35 has a tablet with 11 pages for journaling or photos.

                 

                            "childhood memories" pages 36 & 37

hand sewn side opening pockets(2) on page 36, with a little bottom strip pocket. page 37 has a bottom pocket with top opening

                 

                               "childhood memories" pages 38 & 39

page 38 has a top scalloped opening pocket with 2 layered strip pockets and 2 tags slipped in. page 29 is a hand sewn top opening pocket.

                 

                            "childhood memories" pages 40 & 41

page 40 has a hand sewn bottom pocket. 

                 

                              "childhood memories" page 42 & 43

page 42 has a top opening pocket with a side strip pocket and a little bird tag tucked in. 

                 

                               "childhood memories" page 44 & 45

page 44 is folded into am top opening pocket. 2 top opening pockets on page 45. 

                 

                             "childhood memories" page 46 & 47

there is another large envelope pocket on page 47. 

8 plain story pages following

                 

                           "childhood memories" page 48 & 49 

a top opening pocket on page 48. 2 top opening pockets on page 49.

                 

                             "childhood memories" page 50 & 51

the next 10 pages are journaling pages 

                 

                                "childhood memories" page 52 & 53

page 52 is a hand sewn side opening pocket.

                

                              "childhood memories" page 54 & 55

page 55 is a hand sewn side opening pocket. 

                

                              "childhood memories" page 55 & 56 

                

                            "childhood memories" page 57 & 58

 well that's all there is, what do you think? i had fun putting this together, it's been done since summer, i just couldn't think of a name for it, and taking and editing photgraghs is just so boring and time consuming. but it is finished now- yeah!

thank you all for taking the time to look, i hope this will inspire some of you to take an old unforgotten book and create a new life for it - just make sure it's not a first edition! enjoy your weekend- create! good bye for now, -rebecca

Halloween Vintage Book Journal

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

finished altered book album

this is a special order altered book album that is now making it's way across the pond.  i found an 1896- "the little ministers" by j m barrie book  which had beautiful thick pages and a solid spine,

                                 

now, i don't usually alter a book of that age, in that good of shape, but, my client preferred single pages rather than the double or triple that i usually use in my altered book albums. it took me a bit of talking to myself before  cutting into, but i had done my research and was satisfied that it was okay. even now after 10 years i still hesitate at times when cutting into the books i choose.

                                

i believe there were around 31 pages, 2 little matchbox drawers and 1 larger drawer

                                

i used pages from a child's story book and a german music book both dated  from the late 1800's.

                                

some of which were covered with 1888 ledger papers for journaling

                                

she is fond of  the vintage style papers such as these daisy d's

                               

and the look of antiquity.

                               

of course, this is my favorite too, old, torn, crinkled, kinda lacy but worn...

                               

                                 

                                 

                               

i love this printed photo!

                               

this layout has pockets created from that vintage ledger paper from the 1800's that someone reused as a scrapbook in the early 1900's - very cool - an altered ledger book!

                               

and coin envelope pockets for keeping those special notes, cards or specimens in.

                                 

it actually ended up laying pretty flat at 2 pounds 7 ounces! i love these books! the feel, look and smell, all of it - i'm glad you do too! -rebecca

new "bare beginnings" altered book

so here is an idea that i have been kickin' round for some time, an altered book that you can create yourself. what do you think? i have listed it here :

                                     

"bare beginnings" altered book

                                            

open with drawer open

                                             

spine and front                                        

                                

laying flat open drawer

                                  

laying flat drawer opening

                                  

marking pen mark across the bottom pages

                                  

top of book

so there it is, do you feel creative? altering a book  is a great way to express yourself! jess and i even made one about the life of ben franklin for a school project- it was... awesome, is the only word that describes it, lol! let me share it with you for fun...

                 

                                   

         

           

           

she had some wonderful ideas here and we just kept adding them. it was turned in on time, after working all night to do the "finishing touches" ohmygosh! it turned out 3" thick and held up for a week at school, in the library, just barely it finally cracked, the spine couldn't take it anymore. i have repaired the spine but still need to cover the inside pages where it broke and add some fabric to the outside spine. get this, her teacher said it was really great but she thinks that an instruction paper on how to open everything would have been very helpful! geesh! that is the fun and interest of these books the little pockets, drawers boors and windows. oh well, i guess there were too many other projects to read through in that class. we did this 5 or 6 years ago, where does time fly? thanks everyone, back to work for me! -rebecca

past pages ephemera altered book done-yeah!

geesh, if you can relax for a bit, here is the finished book in photos that i have finally listed here, lol. it is an 1881 mathematics book to which i have added 39 pages of ephemera and 3 matchbox drawers.

the cover was a toughie for me with this one, not sure why... i wanted to leave the pages and ephemera pieces untouched so whomever wishes to adopt/adapt this as their own, can distress or alter each page to their own ideas, so i thought the cover should be that way too, but in the end after behaving myself with the pages, i just had to ink the edges of the image, i am weird, i know, anyway here we go with 23 photos...

                                                

cover with tapestry covered spine, a metal number plate and a picture from a vintage childrens book from the 1800's.

                                                  

book standing showing drawers with velvet pulls

                                 
the front flyleaf has an inscription written it the wonderful writing of this time: winnie m. blair, elk point dak

                                   

this bird picture is from a 1950's audubon society  book.

                                

a musical game card with an 1800's blank check slipped into the pocket the facing page has a pocket created with an 1888's  ledger paper that has been covered with clippings from an early 1900's newspaper, now that is what i call recycling!

                                

these pages have pockets created from an 1800's children's book and a cartes-de-vistes by r.h.barrett & son, george street, glouchester

                                                   

there is a fun egg saver envelope attaced to this pocket with a tiny paper clip.

                                            

there are 9 pages of this 1929 ledger paper to write on

                                             

this is an air mail envelope with a sheetof stationary from the hotel viking in oslo.

                                            

i created a pocket here from a long vintage flashcard

                                           

a part of a letter, a poem, i believe called "my mother" is on the left hand page and a pocket created  from another page of that ledger paper from the 1800's, with fun ephemera goodies tucked in on the right hand page.

                                          

a pocket created from a vintage music book cover with a music tag tucked in the pocket

                                        

7 pages from a small ledger book.

                                           

these two pages have pictures from an 1800's children's book...

                                             

and a side pocket.

                                       

2 more page and...

                                    

another side pocket                             

                                   

a bingo calling sheet and 3 coin envelope pockets

                                   

a music sheet with bottom pockets

                             

3 matchbox drawers with little vintage goodies hiding inside

                              

another view...

                                     

and another...

                                           

the spine with tapestry cover

i hope someone will be able to use this altered book to hold  memorabilia, ideas, and thoughts. you can add stamp work, paintings, images, lace, ribbon and ink to these pages and have your own unique journal.

since the pages are created from vintage papers, they are not acid free and any photographs that you add should be copies or protected in sleeves.

i hope you had fun looking at this book, actually i hope i can inspire you to create one for yourself! have any vintage papers from your great grandma's and grandpa's? your grandma and grandpa's? have little rings or goodies that could find a home in drawers in a book? if you create pages out of scrapbook papers, they will be acid free and you could store all of your precious vintage photos on the pages and in pockets.

well, heading to bed now, hope all is well where you are! thanks again for stopping by, good night. -rebecca