Craft with me, adding some final touches to the Music, Junk, Journal.

A quick look at the process of adding finishing touches to the Music Journal. Hopefully more videos like this one to follow at some stage if this one is received well.

Music Junk Journal, Flip through

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Next junk journal made, music theme this time.

there is still some embellishing to add, tags, journal cards etc.

using isolation to complete some unfinished book projects

Quick flip through of six handmade journals.

These are some more journals that I've been working on during the studio down time, finished off some that had the covers created last year.

Quick Flip through, show and tell, small books

Mark making using plastic doilies etc.

Tea staining papers can be a lot of fun when layering different things over the pages during the drying process. I have found the best results on warm to hot days, I guess the quicker drying time, the better the end result.

Sequin waste, part of a plastic doily, and a cardboard embroidery thread organiser.

these can leave interesting marks.

Large plastic doily layered over two A4 pages, results in a lot of patterning transfer.

There are many different patterns in these doilies to choose from for different results.

This is a particularly large one.

More Little Books

These are some more small books created after an amazing class in Queenscliff last September with New Zealand Artist Liz Constable, If you like what you see here check out Liz's site, bookartstudios.co.nz 

Another singer drawer filled with more 

Now I think I'm done with the little books, but I do love making them.

These are held in a wooden case made from recycled fence palings.