Favorite Items I Use - Basics to Get Started Making a Journal by Hand

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There are multiple themes, color combinations, ephemera, paper, fabric, trims, ribbon, cardstock plus many more youtube videos to get started on making a handmade journal! Many can be found in junk stores, thriftshops, estate sales…and more. Even finding used clothing and recycling the patterns, accent, adornments to create is a great find. I have found, for me, old magazines, used books, and ideas from Tim Holtz’s Compendium of Curiosities to be very helpful. I tend to look for vintage or ‘antique’ looks in creating, others might find whimsy to suit them better, or items from the 40’s or 50’s, old Sears Catalogs, early Life magazines, advertisements from those times in history.. The ideas are numerous and so so much fun! I hope you’ll find ideas from my website to give you creative energy!

All Things Tim Holtz!

The Sargent Art brand is my pick

This is small and fits easily into my embroidery bag

Use with acrylic paints for tags and junk journal pages

These are indespensible

Getting stuck in our chairs for hours on end w/o taking a ‘walk around the house’ break every 30 minutes can reek havoc on the legs/ankles!

Thanks to Aleene’s we’re happy with her, but there are others to use depending on the project!

All Things Tim Holtz - this is my favorite of his packs, Wallflower!

Karen Kay Buckley scissors/shears just for fabric

I glean ideas from a number of authors, this is a great one

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For adding lavender to and cutting down to heart shapes

I love the small ones, I purchase the re-inkers in the colors which is a big savings

This flattens nice and neat when placing images onto pages

Many glue-rs use fabric tak for everything!

Just small fabric stacks work so well for creating pages, pockets, tags, embellishments

Embroidering hoop for stitchwork

Found this author recommended, wonderful ideas

Welcoming different perspectives

Using this with acrylic paints mixed with gel medium for a smoothed texture and color variety

Can never have enough! Having one per color saves time!

This is the 65 lb weight which works well for downloading etsy sellers digitals for pages in the junk journals, for me, not for tags, I get at least 100 lb for tags

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Favorite Items I Use - Basics to Get Started Making a Journal by Hand

(yesterdaysstash may earn a small percent of sales as an Amazon Afilliate)

There are multiple themes, color combinations, ephemera, paper, fabric, trims, ribbon, cardstock plus many more youtube videos to get started on making a handmade journal! Many can be found in junk stores, thriftshops, estate sales…and more. Even finding used clothing and recycling the patterns, accent, adornments to create is a great find. I have found, for me, old magazines, used books, and ideas from Tim Holtz’s Compendium of Curiosities to be very helpful. I tend to look for vintage or ‘antique’ looks in creating, others might find whimsy to suit them better, or items from the 40’s or 50’s, old Sears Catalogs, early Life magazines, advertisements from those times in history.. The ideas are numerous and so so much fun! I hope you’ll find ideas from my website to give you creative energy!

All Things Tim Holtz!

The Sargent Art brand is my pick

This is small and fits easily into my embroidery bag

Use with acrylic paints for tags and junk journal pages

These are indespensible

Getting stuck in our chairs for hours on end w/o taking a ‘walk around the house’ break every 30 minutes can reek havoc on the legs/ankles!

Thanks to Aleene’s we’re happy with her, but there are others to use depending on the project!

All Things Tim Holtz - this is my favorite of his packs, Wallflower!

Karen Kay Buckley scissors/shears just for fabric

I glean ideas from a number of authors, this is a great one

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Well deserved gift to yourself!

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For adding lavender to and cutting down to heart shapes

I love the small ones, I purchase the re-inkers in the colors which is a big savings

This flattens nice and neat when placing images onto pages

Many glue-rs use fabric tak for everything!

Just small fabric stacks work so well for creating pages, pockets, tags, embellishments

Embroidering hoop for stitchwork

Found this author recommended, wonderful ideas

Welcoming different perspectives

Using this with acrylic paints mixed with gel medium for a smoothed texture and color variety

Can never have enough! Having one per color saves time!

This is the 65 lb weight which works well for downloading etsy sellers digitals for pages in the junk journals, for me, not for tags, I get at least 100 lb for tags

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