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    Chunky Country Mini Journal

    Remember when I was telling you about that journal that I gave to a neighbor? Well, this is the journal that I created a few years ago and wanted to share some screen shots of it here. I used a discarded food package to make the cover and I used some country themed fabric to cover it. I kept the spine the same width as the food package which was much wider than any journal that I had made before. And of course because of this, I had to create more signatures to fit into the area of the spine which came out to 5 signatures before I was done,…

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    Old Children’s Book Journal

    I made this journal a few years ago using a 1953 book I found at an indoor yard sale. Most of the papers were either torn, ripped out or had been scribbled upon. So, I decided to remove all the pages and add some vintage, coffee dyed and scrapbook papers too. I also made some ruffles using some vintage fabric from my stash. I’ve been holding onto a lot of vintage and retro fabric for a really long time. And, I thought it was about time that I used some of it, lol.. I have never sold any of my handmade journals but I did give one of them away…

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    Later Alligator

    So, I had added previews of this journal in the past but for some reason that post was deleted. I honestly can’t remember why or what happened about that but I thought I would show it off again just in case you missed it the first time, lol. This started out as an accordion type journal but I decided to glue the backside of the other pages together so they would all lie flat when you opened it. The papers I used to make this journal are from a book I purchased from the dollar tree. The cover of that book was removed so I could use it later and…