I come from a family of collectors, and have had several very "professional" collectors as mentors when I was younger...I could tell you a long story of how I was in terrible strife with my mother one sad day when she inspected my playhouse...one of my brothers (I am the youngest of five), had been collecting nasty greasy mechanical things in cardboard boxes, and wanting to keep these quiet until he worked out what he was going to do with them, so he carefully stacked my little playhouse to the rafters...mother however, made one of her inspections and was simply furious with me for allowing squatters to take over and make such a mess of my little space...he was just as adamant that he had nowhere else to store them. Even now, after nearly sixty years, I remember as if it were yesterday the burning injustice and powerlessness of that moment...However, it made me resolve quite early NOT to collect too many things that "may be useful at some stage". I tend to put things aside and if I haven't needed them within a certain period than they are moved on.
Along with my familial experience I have worked in many areas of aged care for many many years and have seen and been involved with assisting folk deal with the dreadful separation grief that can so often occur when a lifetime of treasures has to be disposed of because of a house move...into much much smaller accommodation or being required to move into assisted living facilities due to a health decline where only minute amounts of personal belongings can be accommodated...it can be a very sad experience for everyone involved. These examples are what makes me very cautious about where I focus my need for possessions, to the point now I can say, hand on heart, that there is almost nothing that I would miss should I now need to walk away from everything, just my EHD's and my phone...I am good to go!
Back to now folks...So, I have been building a small collection of pamphlets, concert programmes, various tourist information booklets, (collected when we have visitors to the State...), things like paint swatches and maps...all on nice weight paper, that sort of thing, and I have been going to make them into a proper recycled paper journal now for some time. The bin I store these things in was becoming a tad full, so the wait is over! This weekend I have made my recycled glue book... and the very best bit? My recycle (feel-too-guilty-to-compost), bin is almost empty, yay!
Often when making journals for such things as journaling, photograph display or an event record, the unwanted paper items simply don't "fit" into the layout...I think "junk" journals are much better when the whole project is made from recycled items so they become the feature...
I videoed a flip through, watch here or on You Tube...
Along with my familial experience I have worked in many areas of aged care for many many years and have seen and been involved with assisting folk deal with the dreadful separation grief that can so often occur when a lifetime of treasures has to be disposed of because of a house move...into much much smaller accommodation or being required to move into assisted living facilities due to a health decline where only minute amounts of personal belongings can be accommodated...it can be a very sad experience for everyone involved. These examples are what makes me very cautious about where I focus my need for possessions, to the point now I can say, hand on heart, that there is almost nothing that I would miss should I now need to walk away from everything, just my EHD's and my phone...I am good to go!
Back to now folks...So, I have been building a small collection of pamphlets, concert programmes, various tourist information booklets, (collected when we have visitors to the State...), things like paint swatches and maps...all on nice weight paper, that sort of thing, and I have been going to make them into a proper recycled paper journal now for some time. The bin I store these things in was becoming a tad full, so the wait is over! This weekend I have made my recycled glue book... and the very best bit? My recycle (feel-too-guilty-to-compost), bin is almost empty, yay!
Often when making journals for such things as journaling, photograph display or an event record, the unwanted paper items simply don't "fit" into the layout...I think "junk" journals are much better when the whole project is made from recycled items so they become the feature...
I videoed a flip through, watch here or on You Tube...
A couple of A3 saved drop papers were joined with tape and tizzied up to make a cover for the journal...in (sort of) Tasmanian State colours of green, yellow and red, artistic license applied here, a bit of stamping, doodling and stenciling (thanks Maggie!).
The recycled chipboard covers have been lined with the painted cover...
The spine cover of black book cloth has been cut to size, edged with pinking shears and a strong double sided tape applied...wet adhesive will be lavishly spread over the whole underside of the cloth strip also as it is added to the cover...
Here the inside cover linings have been trimmed from a TSO programme...great weight, interesting images and the right size...The three signatures have also been compiled...
The sewn pages form a large pocket...it has a double folded insert
Folded sewn pamphlet forms a pocket...dotted tissue tape (Thanks Maggie) adds some visual interest..
I added a few coffee stained A3 papers left over from a previous project into each signature...
Several of the pages have flip out extensions, sewn and washi taped...
I coordinated page colours as far as was practicable to give a pleasing appearance to the pages...
My completed scrapbook, ready to use...I used missmatched stickers from my rarely used and very tiny sticker collection...partial sets are pretty useless unless combined in this rather fun way ;)
I have been working on the internal pages, sewing pockets and tuck spots from the pile of catalogues, pamphlets, festival information, and all the other "rubbish" I had tucked away as having potential...as these are all Tasmanian documents, this journal has a very local flavour. However, as this will be primarily a glue book, the add-ons are strickly limited to large tags and insert pages that will increase the available space for images, sketches, photos and other reference material.
It is many many years since I had a glue book or scrapbook as I called them in my childhood. Almost sixty in actual fact...I am looking forward to using this for a visual, tactile prompt journal...I have digital images and files for reference but I still prefer having something I can hold, turn the pages and go back to over time, I will let you know how it turns out...something else to leave behind when I go...;)
Di
It is many many years since I had a glue book or scrapbook as I called them in my childhood. Almost sixty in actual fact...I am looking forward to using this for a visual, tactile prompt journal...I have digital images and files for reference but I still prefer having something I can hold, turn the pages and go back to over time, I will let you know how it turns out...something else to leave behind when I go...;)
Di
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