Woodworking Journal

Hello crafty people.
I hope you're having a beautiful day with lovely

weather like we are in the Western NY area.

Today I'm showing you a journal I made for my 

brother.  After he retired he started doing woodworking,

and makes some beautiful things.

He has been working on fold up tables for the patio

and makes little changes each time he makes a new one.
I thought it would be a good idea for him to have somewhere 

to write down his measurements and ideas.

I thought the wood grain on this paper was perfect

for a woodworking journal.

I added metal corners to protect them, as I know it

will probably get knocked around a bit.

I made and added a little note pad on the inside

for making any kind of shopping list etc.
This is held in with a belly band, so when he finishes this

note pad, he can replace it with a new one.

I gave him plenty of pages, some are plain paper that 

he can do sketches on, and some are lined pages to write

on.  Whatever way he wants to use it, is fine with me.

I glued small wood look tiles to the 

spine as a "title" unfortunately, they were all

glued on before I realized that I had made

woodworking two words.  He'll just have to 

suffer with my mistake.

All the signatures (groups of pages) were

hand stitched.  I know it's hard to see the

thread, but it's 2 strands of embroidery floss.

The signatures were sewn together into

one set of pages and glued into the spine of

the book cover that I had made for it.

I think he will appreciate this journal and hopefully

use it for a long time when creating new projects.

Thanks for stopping by today,

if you have been inspired to make any kind of

journal or book, there are a lot or great videos on

YouTube, just search journal making or book binding.

My favorite is 
Nik the Booksmith.
Nik shows and explains techniques very well and

is very enjoyable to watch.

I hope you'll give it a try and

also come visit here again soon.

Until then,

learn a new technique.

 

Small Journal with Leather

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm sharing a little journal I made

with y'all.

This little gem measures 3.5"x5.5"

and I'm just loving it.

I have some pieces of leather in my stash and

thought I'd give embossing them a try.
I ran the leather through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and it worked

beautifully.  I will be doing more of this

for future projects.  I love this technique.

All the signatures are hand sewn and

then glued into the cover, which is also 

hand made.

For the pages, I have a file that I created

that prints lines on paper, I used different

colors of paper, printed them and cut them

to the size I needed.

The leather piece was glued to the front

of the journal with 

Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

Here is the back of the journal.

This coloring is actually closest to the 

real color of the paper I used.

I'm very pleased with how this journal

turned out.  Now my only problem is,

who will I gift it to?

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try a new technique. 

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Planner Journal

Hello craft fans!

Today I have a couple 

"Planner Journals" 

to show you.

I have a couple very special friends that I

craft and manage a scrapbooking and crafting 

space with.  I wanted to make them a little something

and this is what I came up with.

I designed them myself, but there are lots of

videos out there showing different ways to make

any number of styles of journals and books.

If you're interested you might want to look up

Scrapbooking With ME Crafts

Mike Deakin Art

Nik The Booksmith

Nina Ribena

or just search for book or journal making on YouTube.

These are just a few of the people I follow on 

YouTube and have learned a lot from.

For the cover of this book I used an embossed paper,

it's a metallic looking paper and I just love it.

I wish I knew where I got it, but I don't have a clue.

I've had it in my stash for quite a while and finally found

the perfect project to use it.

For the closure, I uses buttons and embroidery floss.

 I used paper from my stash to line the inside of

the cover.

I printed off a calendar then created a cover

for it and adhered it to the left side.

The calendar is being held in with a "belly band"

so a new calendar can be put in next year.

The cover for the calendar was made with some

eco-print paper that I made last summer.

I used a button from my button collection for a closure.

In the center is a pocket, again made with eco-print paper

that I made.

On the right side, I made a small book for notes.

I lined the inside of the book with some beautiful

scrapbooking paper.  The signature is held in with an elastic

band, so the pages can be removed and more put in.

The second planner journal was made in the same style, but

with different papers.  The cover is again a paper that I've

had in my stash waiting for the perfect project.

The same style as the other one was used through out the book.

Similar, but different.

Different eco-print papers were used.

And different papers to line the cover.

I tried to coordinate the papers for the covers and pocket.

I love them all.

And finally, the cover for the note book.

I'm so pleased with how these turned out and 

hope my friends will love them too.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I appreciate your time and hope you enjoyed this post.

Have you made any journals/books/planners?
I hope you will give it a try, there are so many possibilities.

It's only limited to your creativity.

Come again soon,

until then,

give book making a try.

Hand Made Journals

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a lovely day and

that you are happy and healthy.

Today I'm showing you a couple journals

that I made recently. 

Mike Deakin is one of the artist/crafters

that I follow on YouTube and he posted

this video showing how to make these 

journals.  As soon as I watched his video,

I knew I had to make some of these journals.

For this cover I used a piece that I had drawn

and colored with colored pencils.

I also learned how to draw these

stylized poppies from another of

Mike's videos. 

This one I used some eco-print background

pieces that I recently made.

These prints were made using some leaves

from a Japanese Maple tree.

I put these eco-prints on both the front and

back of the journal.

One of the things I really love about these journals

is that they open flat, there is, of course, a crease in the

center of the page, but it opens nicely and lies flat.

Making a layout or painting or whatever across the 

2 pages is no problem at all, it isn't interrupted by the binding.

The reason that they open so nice and flat is because

the binding is fabric.  I had some fabric in my stash that

was the right color and that's what I used. 
I love the look of the fabric binding on my journals.

Thanks for stopping by today, if you are interested

in making a journal, I encourage you to watch the

video linked above, it's really pretty simple, you 

can make then any size you want and

they turn out great.

I hope you've been inspired in some way today and

will be returning soon to see what

will be next for

Kristie Kreates.