Some pages from the latest mini-journal. Slow going, but at least it's going.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
July Mini Journal Highlights
The dog in question doesn't look nearly as cute (or remorseful) as this.
Bad day bunny.
Rabbit finds something while out on a walk.
If this is my subconscious talking, I have no idea what it's trying to say.
Strange weather. Sunny, windy, rainy. Pick one or two. Or three even.
The rabbits seem to be active this month.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
The Midori Challenge
This one was born out of drooling over the amazing midoris we came across online. We decided to make a challenge of our (my?) ever-growing obsession with them. The task: to make your own midori out of materials at hand. The results:
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m's Mydori:
Okay, so I cheated here a little bit. The cover material is felt. I didn't have any on hand so I bought some. One layer was not enough so I used two and sewed them back to back. It made for a nice dual color cover.
For the inserts I used a couple of old notebooks I had in my stash (yes, I'm a notebook hoarder too.)
The top notebook I use as a journal of sorts. The pages came printed with a design so no embellishments needed there. The kraft notebook is a section from a thicker notebook I had that came apart. I use that for doodles and other random stuff. I decorated the edges of the page with a simple running line made with felt tip pens just to jazz them up a bit. The last notebook is a regular lined notebook which I transformed into a calendar, because I really need a calendar nowadays. I use the extra box for doodles.
Extra felt got turned into an insert with pockets for my stickies and other random stuff. The pockets are just scrap pieces of plastic cover from the kids' school books.
The bands used for holding the note books together were scavenged from another notebook...
...as was the colored garter. I glue gunned the heck out of this one because it came off a couple of times. Apparently felt hates glue.
There you have it. My first midori from scraps (yes, except the cover). Next time I might try making the inserts/ notebooks too.
cat's fakedori
This is the outside. The leather is from an old belt (!), and is super duper soft. I left the inside as is, I just changed out the stitching with red thread to match the elastic I used for keeping it shut. The cat and fish are from a keychain. The fish is attached to a thin piece of leather and serves as a marker, the other end of said leather has a ring which makes a handy dandy pen holder.
A closeup of button used to reinforce the elastic that serves to hold the booklets.
First booklet for random notes. The cover page for sticking important reminders.
For this booklet, I figured out a super easy bind using a rubber band!
First half of a divider. This part made from leftover cardstock, attached to the other half using fabric tape. Note the animal-print magnetic bookmark made from a fridge magnet and some printed duct tape.
The other half of the divider, of recycled plastic cut from some packaging. Used to hold sticky notes.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
May 20015 Mini-Journal
Cat in the rain.
Some things on my desk and Cat with Pigtails.
Cat with green tie (who loves spicy tuna!) and some naughts.
What I did with some of my drawings from the previous challenge.
Mother's Day and a collage.
Yay, Rain! collage and some animals we made during an artsy moment.
Playing with watercolors and a rare entry.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
March Mini Journal: Surgery
While Ben underwent the knife, I did a little surgery of my own on some paper. The bottom part is supposed to read 'appendectomy,' for while my paper-cutting skillz are pretty okay, my vocabulary has become deplorable. *facepalm*
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Muse Shoving Journals in My Face
Giving some attention to my poor neglected journals. I haven't filled them all up yet, and already I'm planning on making yet another one.
Here, experimenting with some wax resist. Had to clean off some serious dust gathered on my watercolor box.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
New small journal! Again. I'm not done with the cover yet, but this is just a small 4.5"x6" one, bound by 3 o-rings, and it'll go into my bag. This time I promise to at least put some work in it at least once a week. Really.
This is the backside of the previous first page, which is actually an envelope with a sewn bottom.
Expect a lot more doodles. It's what I'm gonna do when I don't have anything to draw.
Kinda like this:
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