April 18, 2020

Stay Safe at Home...

I love making my own books and journals.  I've been thinking about making one strictly for the Coronavirus pandemic and finally got around to it.

Journal made from one single Trader Joe's paper grocery bag.  (Painted bottom of the grocery bag  glued to leftover cereal box cardboard cut to size to make journal cover)

cut bag open; remove handles and bottom of bag

acrylic paints

after paint dried a layer of clear acrylic gesso added

cut the painted paper in half

mountain and valley folds


glue pages together

 painted bottom of bag to be used for cover

after gluing all the pages together and adding cover, insert wax paper between pages and let completely dry overnight

The title words were ripped from the newspaper and glued in place

1 comment:

Jeanie said...

This looks super terrific. Nice step-out photos! I love the colors, too!