Junk Journal Girl

 Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great week and the weekend is going well........ I am having a Pj day and a play in my new Craft Space :)  Probably like a lot of crafters out there.......when my boys were younger and home with me, I always used a part of the living room or the kitchen, for my scrapbooking and craft. I started off with one table, a small book case and basic tools, when I first started scrapbooking 20 years ago.  I have slowly built up my stash and it hasn't cost me a fortune, as I have recycled and bought the right pieces for my space. My boys have settled nicely into their home now and are getting on well. They both moved out when they were ready and I never pressured them.  Things happen and the right time eventually came. I loved having them at home, but it is also a new chapter for me with them leaving the nest...... So.......... after a few weeks of condensing, destashing, re-arranging, cleaning, sorting and moving in, my craft room is finally the...

 Hi Friends, I have been a bit absent from my blogging, which hasn't been in my plan at all......   Work has been full-on and I have made the decision, to not work weekends anymore.  I have picked up other shifts Mon-Fri.  I have been doing this job for nearly 9 years and I think it's time to slow a little.....I am enjoying spending some more time, actually at home and doing a few things, I haven't had the time or energy to do.  I went out for dinner with a team of great girls, I work with and managed a bit of gardening, plus saw my youngest son........ I have nearly moved into my new craft room, as my sons are now settled in their home. I have been doing a little DIY project this weekend.  I found a cheap sturdy desk, on a local selling site and decided to give it a facelift......It had a desk, drawers and a hutch for great storage. Jayden picked it up for me and then I went to Bunnings and bought some paint that I could use straight over the wood wit...

 Hi Friends, Hoping you are well in your part of the world. We are just coming out of lockdown again in Western Victoria, which is good :) I have finished the journal making part of Mum's Memory Journal. Now to fill it with photos and stories ....... This post is photo-heavy, so you know :) The final two challenges were to make 3 Altered Paper clips, 3 Altered playing cards, plus bind your journal and the cover. I made Mum's journal from an upcycled 80's craft binder. It is three-ring so I didn't have to worry about making a cover and binding it........ I made a front cover from one of the extra pages I created. It also has the tassel I made hanging on the spine. I used larger paper clips and tied some of the trims to it that I used on the spine dangle. I also added a few different charms to them.   For the Altered playing cards, I did them layered in the sewing/vintage theme, to match all the other elements I had made.   The front cover is a collaged pieces of ...

 Hello There, Hoping all my friends are well and safe if in Lockdown...... We are still free atm in Regional Victoria and I have had a busy week. In between, I have been creating a bit more of Mum's Journal.  I am still playing along with the challenges in the FB group and  #7 was to create some Ephemera Drawers and #8 to make Flips using envelopes.   For this first one, I used 3 business-sized envelopes and put them together so they would fold in and out.  I can add tags, photos, journaling etc to them. This one, I played around with a bit and decided to put four different size envelopes together, using the openings as the flip part. I made a couple of fasteners from cardstock and used twine to hold them down in the journal. These little drawers I created using a wardrobe tag. As I couldn't use the digital to make it, I improvised with what I had...... On the inside cover, of the vintage binder that I am using: I collaged a page and made a large pocket, th...

 Hi there,  I hope you are doing well :)   Victoria is into our 6th Lockdown now, with cases in Melbourne again :(  I am an essential worker and we haven't stopped.  Thursday, on my way home from work, I went op-shopping locally here in town and found a few goodies for my Junk Journaling stash. I found a few good size books, some doilies, postcards, cards and envelopes, writing sets, a Japanese watercolour book, and music books. I go maybe once a month/6 weeks, or so for a peek and I usually find some cool bits and pieces.  I have today off and thought I would make a start on a new journal for me..... I found a nice copy of Pride and Prejudice, which I think I have decided to use as my new Personal/Daily journal. I wanted to keep the nice cover and take out some pages. It is a 1984 copy so not precious and the pages had a good thickness to them also. I have made a couple of altered books before, my latest being a Vintage book. It was a lot of fun to cr...

  Hi Friends,  August already and the year is flying......................... I am always looking for my next project :)   I have wanted to sew a journal cover and use it for a journal, but have been a bit hesitant.....A don't have a big stash of fabric now, as I made quite a few quilts years ago. A lovely lady was selling some Sari Silk remnants and it is absolutely beautiful. I decided to dive in.   I found Rachel's (Roxy Creations) video she did very helpful and gave me a base to start......... I wanted a longer but not so wide journal this time. I thought I might make it into a FLOW type journal which is something you have, to put heaps of paper ephemera etc in and have on your desk, ready to go instead of hunting for stuff. This is a video by Natasha @ Treasure Books to show you what I mean by a flow Journal :) I am sure, like me, you have lots of lovely goodies In your stash that you don't use. This is how I am going to use them up :)  I cut a fi...