Junk Journal Girl

 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 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...