I have a confession to make: used book sales draw me like a magnet. My shelves are overflowing with once loved vintage books that I use for my
Rebound Journals. Unfortunately (or not?), I have way more books than I can use to make into journals at the present time. To help remedy this situation, I've decided to create a new type of listing in my
Etsy shop, allowing you to choose from my many available books that special book that you would like to see in a journal. I will then use a variety of reclaimed/recycled papers for the pages, and send a most original journal on its way to you.
Here are the ones that I've been able to list so far:
I've only had these up a short time, and I've already sold this one:
What type of book would you choose for a journal?
It would be either a speller (I excelled at it) or a Trixie Belden. Any Annette or Lennon Sisters books? They were similar to the Belden books (perhaps the covers never survived...)
ReplyDeleteThose Trixie Belden books are a blast from the past. but their content isn't memorable -- I read them but don't remember anything more about them, except she solved mysteries.
ReplyDeleteoh, I would love one made from a
ReplyDelete80's era computer programming book or maybe one from Dracula or maybe a hardcover Harlequin because that's just funny to contemplate that they even exist...
Dolores, I haven't heard of Annette or the Lennon Sisters. I'll have to keep an eye out for them.
ReplyDeleteBrenda, I never read Trixie Belden as a kid, but I do find that a lot of books of that generation are not very remarkable.
Ruth, I'd love to see a hardcover Harlequin! I'm always on the look out for geeky books with interesting covers thought.
i have tons of Trixie Belden books at home - she as my favourite mystery when i was a kid - probably what led to my passion for reading mysteries as an adult. i have an almost complete agatha christie collection too. but while i can't imagine converting mine into journals, i think that this is SUCH a creative idea for using old books.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by angelika! While I would never suggest someone part with a treasured book collection, I have no problem reusing damaged, discarded and unloved books into journals. I am an avid reader now and I wish I would have valued books more as a child--I have no idea what happened to any of the books we had as kids.
ReplyDeletethis is such a cool idea! love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie! If we lived closer we could scour the used book sales together!
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