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Making journals by hand : 26 creative projects for keeping your thoughts

Each project in this wonderful book is simple, yet will help you create a meaningful and personal place to keep your thoughts, write down your memories, or contemplate your future. Making Journals by Hand offers illustrated step-by-step instructions for hand-crafting the journal that creatively meets your personal journaling needs. Learn how to make a journal which matches your mood, personal style, or specific purpose, including specialty journals for travel, weddings, motherhood, and many other personal places to track your thoughts, ideas, and feelings
Print Book, English, ©2000
Quarry Books, Gloucester, Mass., ©2000
Diary
127 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
9781564966766, 1564966763
47275613
Introduction
Materials
Choosing your paper
Blank books
Historical journals
Journal projects: Making your own journal
Daily journals
Travel journals
Recipe journals
Garden journals
Artists' Sketchbook
Triptychs and books with non-linear pages
Journal techniques: Wax resist
Blender pen
Image transfers
Sewing and non-adhesive inclusions
Paper cutting
More than handwriting
Plaster paper
Emulsion lifts
Carved stamps
Journals as art
Thinking outside the book
Gallery
Resources
Contributors
Index
About the author
On cover: 20 creative projects for keeping your thoughts