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Monday, July 17, 2023

Jane Austen July / One Book July Journal

Jane Austen Digi-Kit from Nik The Booksmith available on Etsy.

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Fabric Traveler's Notebook

This is a quick flip-thru of a TN I made using some swanky fabric from a designer friend and a new, non-fern, digi-kit coming out. The "butterfly" is actually a moth!

Friday, April 12, 2019

Fernie's World: A New Journal & Series

This is a new Booksmith journal I created around the theme of ferns, and includes the first story of Fernie's World, a new series. It is also a Traveler's Notebook and comes with:

*4 inserts/notebooks: one lined, one drawing paper, one "eco-printed" green dyed paper, and a Junk Journal insert with a combination of lined, ink-stained, fern-imprinted, ledger and music paper. Paper is all 32 lb. paper and is fountain pen/rollerball friendly.

*The first chapter of Fernie's World is included as a booklet

*An ephemera packet: cards, fabric, lace, washi tape, music paper

*Gold fountain pen, ink cartridges & ink blotter page

To construct the journal, I combined The Adventures in Booksmithing course along with The Hollow Back Binding course. To learn how to make your own Booksmith tomes and a whole lot more, here's a link to her FABULOUS online classes: Nik The Booksmith's Booksmithing courses. Here's a link to her Nik The Booksmith YouTube channel for more tutorials and inspiration.

To learn how to make your own Traveler's Notebooks, here's a link to my Ledger & Lace Teachable classroom for a free course.

Here's a video flip-thru of the journal:

Here's the story:

Here's Nik The Booksmith's Fern journal of AWESOMENESS:

FERNIE'S WORLD

Chapter 1

Fanny was unintentional in her pursuit of ferns. It was her nature--and curiosity of Nature, that led her into the woods with her father, a botanist, and her older brother, William. Her father was more intent on the measuring and preserving of botanical specimens with their proper Latin names, and William was more interested in the artistic rendering of the landscape. Initially it was to stay out of the way so that Papa wouldn't leave her behind with Nurse and her younger siblings. She was not to touch any of the plants with which he was working, and she was not to stand in William's view.

On a hot, sunny day by Queen's Brook, as Papa collected and William sketched, Fanny grew weary from the heat. "Fanny," said Papa, "Fill the water flask for us, please," as he handed her his field flask. She followed the path down to the creek and filled it. At six years old, she was happy that she could be helpful in such serious, scientific endeavors, if only to bring water. She took a long drink, refilled the flask, and brought it back. "Here, Papa."

Papa took a drink and handed it to William. She was delighted that they could forgo the social propriety of cups, and be "heathen Barbarians" as her mother called them when they were out in the Wilds of Nature. As Papa wiped his brow, he said, "What did you notice at the creek?"

She knew he was asking a botanical question, but she was more impressed with the frogs that had jumped into the water with several "Plops!" at her approach. "I saw several Amphibia of the Animalia kingdom," she answered.

Papa laughed. He looked down affectionately at his daughter with her damp forehead and flushed cheeks. "Perhaps you will find something of botanical interest in the shade by the brook," he suggested.

As she settled on a large boulder with a mossy patch, she noticed that flowers weren't growing in this part of the landscape. In fact, it was cooler and darker and somehow greener. She brushed her hand through the lush moss and gently rested her cheek against it. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath of the earthy fragrance about her. No flowers here with their wafting, sweet scents.

She opened her eyes and stared intently across the creek, waiting patiently for the frogs to reappear. As she did, she took notice of the ferns; how beautiful and abundant they were! She felt a slight breeze and watched as it rustled through the ferns to make them sway and dance. How delightful!

"Papa!" She called out, forgetting to be quiet for the frogs. "What is the botanical name for ferns?"

Papa smiled and called back, "Pteridophyta!"

She sat up and ran back to her father with gleaming eyes. "I suppose," he said, smiling and reaching into his field satchel, "You will be in want of a proper sketchbook."

And so it began.

Friday, January 4, 2019

Lindsey Zenor Quotable

"Crafting refreshes the soul. Crafting builds you up. Crafting helps you get through the hard times in your life and it is because I believe that we have been created by our creator to create. If you think about the creator of everything, how he made these gorgeous flowers and these gorgeous meadows, and these rivers and these waterfalls and these canyons; the BEAUTY that He has created in the detail . . . the Bible says that He has placed eternity into the heart of man and I take that to mean that God has put a little bit of himself into us and that is why we love to create. So it's NOT frivolous and the people that try to tell you it's a waste of time or not worth it and they don't understand, that's fine; they can view it that way but you're the richer for it. I really believe that. I think it enriches your life."

Lindsey is an artist and journal maker, Etsy shop owner of Nevermore Creations and fellow Booksmither. She's creating a new consignment shop on Instagram, Nevermore Creations Marketplace to feature work from other artists who want to sell their journals. BRILLIANT idea and so generous and kind of her.

Here's the full video:

Here's a video of the journals in the marketplace so far:

GORGEOUS!!!

Thursday, January 3, 2019

HAPPY New Year!

Here's a sweet card from The Graphics Fairy:

And here are a couple book pages of poems from old books:

All images are in the Public Domain which means you are free to use as you wish for personal or commercial use.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Mini-Zine Autumn Quotes

Thursday, September 27, 2018

WELCOME Autumn!

Ahhh . . . the cool breezes, the geese honking, the Fall FOILAGE! My favourite season of the year.

Public Domain / Copyright free image for you to right-click & save.

Here's my latest Autumn-themed digi-kit:

Monday, September 24, 2018

Autumn Tea Traveler's Notebook Journal

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Flowish Junk Journal

Latest journal!

Flow magazine and journal explanation via Rosemary Morris: https://tinyurl.com/ydyfd6fc Trashy & Flowish Junk Journal Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/46972... Here's Cheri's YT channel: https://tinyurl.com/ya73es49 Booksmith Planner Kit: https://tinyurl.com/yceh5hht Amity Bloom channel: https://tinyurl.com/h39fb9n Wendy's Journal Adventure: https://tinyurl.com/ybjxmww3

Saturday, August 11, 2018

A single page of scrapbook paper (Ciao Bella by DSWV) makes a great little journal. Embellish with lace and tags and tuck spots and voila! For my dear friend Catherine. :-)

Tutorial for making a zine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZY5iUGBWBs

I Heart Nicole at I Heart Art!

Link to I Heart Art videos: DIY Washi Tape: https://tinyurl.com/yc3nepuw Creative Happy Mail (where she also shows a zine she made): https://tinyurl.com/yab86rjq What's in My Nature Journaling Bag: https://tinyurl.com/y7aonskr If you want to be a modern day Edith Holden, watch this video! Nature Garden Junk Journal: https://tinyurl.com/ydcjssbs Clutterbug: https://tinyurl.com/ycm8z9gm Susun Weed about red clover: https://tinyurl.com/y9lc2p7v