Cleaning Discoveries

 Hi everyone.  Hope your week is going well.

Last week I started a couple of indoor cleaning projects.  For one I decided it was time to do at least a partial  book purge and make some room on my bookshelves. It didn't matter if I completely finished or not, because purging books is something that never ends (mainly because I love books). For the second project, I went through some old photos.   I started both because I couldn't find something I was looking for, a book I wanted (and knew I had) and the photos  I wanted for an art project.

I must admit I have several very unorganized plastic bins of photos and old art projects stacked in the attic.  I did eventually find the photos I wanted, and I cleaned the book shelves enough to find the book I wanted. But while I was looking for the photos, I came across a bin with some journals that I had forgotten I had made. It was an exciting find, and I spent quite a bit of time going through them all.  I thought today and on occasion in the future I would share a few with you.

The first journal  I'm sharing is a cloth one I made in 2005 after coming home from a week long trip to Italy. I guess you could say it my memory book of the trip.

My pages are made from thick interfacing covered on both sides with  pieces of cloth.  The book measures 3x5  inches (7.6 x 12.7 cm)  in size.

To bind it I used some red and white fabric trim which I cut into pieces and sewed onto my pages.

And all my pages include bits and pieces from the trip or things from my stash that reminded me of some memory from the trip.

When you fully open the book, it opens into a long 8 page banner like book. The back side is plain.

Of course now that I have some room on my bookshelves, I am going to try to put these journals on my shelves (so much for the room) so I won't forget I have them in the future. Plus they've given me some inspiration and make me want to sew some new journals. 

Thanks for visiting.