During each Handmade Book Club 5-Day Challenge, hundreds of crafters make beautiful, unique books like this Long Stitch Journal. Many of these journals have a special story, such as this one by Carol Tardiff! In this post, Carol explains the inspiration and process behind her version of the Long Stitch Journal 5-Day Challenge. The Story […]
This week I finished filling my handmade Christmas journal with photographs, journaling and bits and pieces to remind me of this season. You can see the blank journal in this post, and here are some pictures of it filled with memories. I attached a piece of recycled gift bag to the front of the […]
Here’s a peek at this year’s holiday journal. It’s a super simple binder ring construction that measures 6″ x 9″. The covers are book board covered with patterned paper and the inside pages are a mixture of patterned paper, tags, envelopes and plain pages. The opening page contains one of my favorite quotes by Rainer […]