Colourful Scrappy Recycled Journal
This journal is one of the rare things I've made that I can say is 100% recycled. I try to use recycled materials as much as possible, but often there's something that just can't be--like thread!
I made this Colourful Scrappy Recycled Journal on a whim, trying to think of how to reuse a set of black covers from a coil bound book. I often receive supplies like this from friends, with a "can you use something like this?" And I usually can!
So instead of trying to figure out a binding with the existing holes, I flipped them around so they would be on the foredge. I filled the book with a scrappy collection of miscellaneous papers and bound it together with waxed linen thread trimmings from other bindings. Then to decorate the edge, I tied on a colourful selection of yarn scraps. My kids thought I should have added eyes on the cover as well!
This one was only listed 10 days ago, and now it will be on it's way to Japan! Sayonara!
I made this Colourful Scrappy Recycled Journal on a whim, trying to think of how to reuse a set of black covers from a coil bound book. I often receive supplies like this from friends, with a "can you use something like this?" And I usually can!
So instead of trying to figure out a binding with the existing holes, I flipped them around so they would be on the foredge. I filled the book with a scrappy collection of miscellaneous papers and bound it together with waxed linen thread trimmings from other bindings. Then to decorate the edge, I tied on a colourful selection of yarn scraps. My kids thought I should have added eyes on the cover as well!
This one was only listed 10 days ago, and now it will be on it's way to Japan! Sayonara!
love it! I agree on the eyes, monster journals are so much fun!! but this is so great and colourful
ReplyDeleteIt's very beautifull work. I love the colors. Congratulations. Grettings from Spain
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruth and Carol! It's fun to just let yourself play sometimes!
ReplyDeleteThis is so HAPPY! Great thinking outside the box. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy! I have to do more like this just for the pure FUN of it!
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