happy st. patrick's day everyone! today i will be listing this new music travel journal called "sing and dance" it's green!
this storybook journal has been created from a 1937 children's song book called "the music hour" first book; measures 6.25" X 8 3/8" and has 50+ hand stamped pages which include a combination of vellum, vintage lined writing,vintage linen, sketch, and vintage graph papers, on which you may journal, sketch, draw, paint, and glue.
i have this journal listed in my etsy shop here.
cover of "sing and dance" travel journal
with a trinket cluster attached to the title tag, which is tied to the sturdy 0-wire binding
trinket cluster
be sure to click the photo to zoom in.
inside cover and an original page
more original pages
an original page and divider 1
"the title page". each of the 4 divider pages are also full page pockets with top openings and have metal, leather, and velvet page tabs.
divider 1 backside
with 3 side pockets and a large tag slipped in. the facing page after each divider is a vellum page.
divider 2
"the correspondence page". this divider is divided in half with 2 page openings and 2 pockets embellishing the front. there are 3 tags tucked in; one is a vintage bird playing card. a bird/music token is hanging from an eyelet and is embellished with a vintage seam binding bow. this is a perfect place to keep stamps, postcards, notes, and addresses.
divider 2 backside
there are 2 side pockets on this page with the musical intruments paper cutout creating a third pocket on top.
vintage 1930's bingo card
with 2 bottom pockets on this side; a printed vintage beach musical dance image creating the second pocket.
1930's bingo card backside
with a strip pocket.
divider 3
with 2 bottom pockets, one paper lace and the printed vintage bird/music image creating a 3rd. pocket with side opening and a tag slipped in. there is a vintage seam binding ribbon tag pull and 2 little tags attached with a tiny safety pin. a large tag with a fun printed vintage image picture of a dancing Isadora duncan , is cliped to this page with a treble clef paper clip.
divider 3 backside
2 side pockets here and a vintage lace strip pocket on top.
1885 carte de visite
here is a little picture frame from an 1885 photo album. it is embellished with vintage lace, seam binding, and button ; there are little birds on a branch cutouts across the top of the frame. you can slip a 2.25" X 3.5 " photo into the frame from the slit opening under the frame.
carte de visite backside
an oval frame opening here embellished with paper lace and hand stamped.
divider 4
2 side pockets here with a printed vintage image creating another top pocket with a top opening. there are 2 little round hang tags at the top of the page
divider 4 backside
there are 3 coin envelopes on this last divider page, created from the covers of vintage sheet music, a bit delicate but i love these old music papers.
3 tags tucked into the coin envelopes.
thank you for visiting my blog! have a wonderful day, so glad we are heading into spring! woohoo!
-rebecca