My daughter and I are going to Canada in July. Jennifer has never been outside the United States. We are very excited to take this trip together!
I always make a journal to take with me on my trips. This time, of course, I made two. (It's a surprise!)
I challenged myself to make one signature comprised of (8) 7x10 pieces of 70lb. drawing paper. Each sheet was folded in half. I needed to make a tiny signature, number, date, and/or identify each "page" as a template to print on both sides of the paper. (I'm not happy unless I make things as difficult as possible!!). I did this in Photoshop - a slow printing process, but luckily it worked without any mishaps or wasted paper.
heavy paper with holes punched to use as a guide for punching holes in the signatures and covers
These are the middle pages of the journal
The journal covers:
Untreated canvas as substrate; glued down large strips of crushed tracing paper, newsprint as well as cheesecloth.
Addition of acrylic paint - mine is blue
Jennifer's favorite color is green
After adhering silk to the back of the canvas (Wonder-Under), I trimmed the covers to 15.25" wide x 7.50" high; zig zagged stitch around all the edges; punched holes then hand-stitched the signature(s) to the cover(s); hand-sewed antique keys I had in my stash which look really cool as the journal closure; looped with 1.5 mm rattail cording
