500 faces cut from Le Petit Larousse Illustré dictionary pages to be used for ATC’s and other mixed media and collage art.
500 Faces: Collage Elements – Junquemail Contessa
500 Faces in Altoids Tin: Junquemail Contessa
Taken from this French dictionary I found in a used book store’s discard bin. There are tons of amazing images left to use.
500 Faces: French Dictionary – Junquemail Contessa
Quote: Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things
Image: August Sander, Young Girl In A Circus Caravan
Fragile – Junquemail Contessa
Just a little art therapy.
Eviction Notice To Grief – Junquemail Contessa
Journal WIP – Junquemail Contessa
Artist Problem Number 1 – Junquemail Contessa
Image Courtesy: Smithsonian Institute
Outside the Lines – Junquemail Contessa
Yeah, making them has become an obsession. Now to start actually working in them…..
Junquemail Contessa – Handmade Journals
To begin with….the randomly drawn winners of the fabric bundles are:
1. Papict 2. Zoeashton 3. Planetmallows 4. Becky Knutson
Congratulations and enjoy! And since I was a bit late on the drawing, I’ll throw in an ATC made by me and a few more little bits and bobs.
Please email your address to craenelson (at) cox(dot)net. Packages will be mailed Tuesday Sept. 2.
Machinists Art Journal:
I finished it up this morning. The size is: 6.75 inches tall x 4.75 inches wide x 3.5 inches thick (tightly closed).
It consists of 250 pages including 14 envelopes, 14 pocket pages, watercolor paper, mixed media paper and patterned paper.
Now…off to find another thick and chunky hardcover book to turn into a journal as the Machinists Journal has been snatched up by my sister, Andrea.
Peace, friends….xoxo.
Machinists Art Journal – Junquemail Contessa (Handmade – Book Binding)
Machinists Art Journal – Junquemail Contessa (Handmade – Book Binding)
I spent the morning putting together the signatures for a new journal I am making.
Art Journal Signatures – Junquemail Contessa
My sister had this book and I was initially drawn to it because of the “steampunk-like” illustrations…but when it came apart last week, the cover begged to be made into a journal.
Besides some minor repairs, I’m going to leave the cover as-is. Maybe add a grommet to each side to run a strap through.
WIP: Machinists Journal – Junquemail Contessa
Time to begin the repairing, the stitching, the gluing. I’ll add a few pockets and envelopes. Geez, it feels great to be creating again…but I really need to start doing some journaling in all of these books I am making.
Have a great weekend, friends…thank you for your visit. peace, xoxo.
Yay! Finished another art and junk journal. This one is upcycled from an old recipe binder. Rings hold 5.5 x 8.5 sized paper. I used a lot of the papers left over from the two journals posted earlier, some map pages, pre-made and handmade envelopes, pockets and a bunch of other types of paper. This one will be my new working journal…I already have a few page ideas that I can’t wait to start working on.
The printed sari ribbon I have been using on my handmade journals was purchased from LaShell Wyskochil’s Etsy Shop.
Art and Junque Journal – Junquemail Contessa
Tabs were made from ribbon scraps and words from dictionaries mod-podged on to cardstock.
Art and Junque Journal – Junquemail Contessa
Elastic was added inside the front cover to hold extra paper and journals cards.
Art and Junque Journal – Junquemail Contessa
Another great thing about today….we relocated (temporarily) our offices to the other end of the building. Office space that is less than half the size of what we had before. That meant a lot of purging. A facility manager was going to toss these Sherwin-Williams paint swatch files. I asked my boss if I could take them and he said “YES!”. There are about 1500 cards between the two. So, a lot of color cards to play with and 2 file boxes to alter into rolodex type journals. 🙂
Paint Color File – Junquemail Contessa
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate you stopping by…. xoxo.
What do you say when you are done with an art journal? Did you “retire” it? Lay it to rest? Send it off on a new adventure? Is it closed for business? I’m struggling to find the right words right now.
When adding the last few pages I made to the inside of it, I realized it couldn’t hold anymore.
I have finished a few art journals…but this one was my first handmade one.
This is the one that I really dove…head first…into journaling with. I tried new art journaling techniques (not all of them successful) and used a lot of supplies (again, not all with pretty results) for the first time in it.
I shared in it my happy moments and the most heartbreaking and darkest moment I ever had…the loss of my brother.
I am truly grateful for art journaling. It got me through it a lot. Letting me express myself, be myself…no holds barred. It took me when I was ecstatic, overwhelmed, afraid, comfortable, sick, frustrated and content. It took me at times when no one else would.
So, this time finishing a journal is a bit different for me. Give me a moment….
xoxo
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