I just made this new journal, which I’m tickled with. I used the cover of a vintage children’s book, which I’ve had in my stash for a while. I glued a fabric strip to reinforce the spine and bound the pages into it with the long stitch method. I glued a few snippets from inside the book to the front cover and I glued some of the pages from the book and some magazine clippings into the inside covers and embellished with my hand-carved stamps. I’ll probably add to the outside and inside covers as I use the journal. This is my entry for challenge #19 at Order of the Opus Gluei where the theme is Book ‘Em!
This I love very very much! How cleaver and exciting!:-)
Love how you added the clipping of faces showing different emotions. Language is so much more than words! Perfect cover for an art journal – images and words, implicit and explicit!
I really love this! What kind of paper did you use and what will you use the journal for? One of these days I am going to make me a journal, with sewn in signatures. That way I can put in the paper I want and at the size I like. Thank you for sharing. Fantastic job!
Such a wonderful altered book. I adore journals. And this is a great one.
Thanks for playing with us at Opus Gluei.
What a great looking book. Good luck with the challenge.
Congratulations, Melisa! You’ve won the pendant in my giveaway! I’ll be sending it to you as soon as I get your address. Please send me an email – tkahrs@optonline.net – or a Flickr Mail (Pringle Hill) with that info., and I’ll let you know when it’s in the mail. Thanks SO much for helping me celebrate this special occasion! Hugs, Terri xoxo
Well Congrat on winning!!! I can see that you had fun with this. What type of paper did you use? Did you add the fabric to the inside or outside of the spine?
Love you handbinding! I haven’t taken on some bigger bookbinding in a long time. Super cool!
This looks great. I never thought of doing this.
Your book cover is fantastic!!!
Thank you for your nice comments on my “Knock Yourself Off” entry. (I actually just found your comment – My in-box is all messed up.) Where is your entry?
Love this project, I’m so glad you are participating at Opus-Gluei and hope you return for future challenges. You do beautiful projects! I have never done my own carved stamps, that’s sounds like fun!
what a great idea for old book covers. This is a good gift idea.
Thanks for sharing with Opus Gluie