I love making decorated journals… you can indulge all your whimsical, girly (or other!) fancies into something that is practical and beautiful.
I start with my box of old books, ribbons, lace, buttons and glue. I cover the journal, in this case with plain paper.
I then try a few different ideas:
Everything is glued down:
The back is also decorated: I glue down some labels I had printed with our ‘The Nest’ name:
I covered these, glued on some small paper hearts then painted over the whole lot:
This was covered in fabric, and then decorated like above:
When the front is done, I tidy up the inside cover with a sheet of paper or the first page of the journal (sometimes the first page is suitable to paste down and this makes a lovely, neat finish)
If you can bear to give these away, you can be sure they will be gladly and joyfully received!
Very pretty! I would have trouble writing in such a pretty notebook for fear of spoiling it! But maybe such a pretty journal would inspire more worthy thoughts. 🙂
Hey Emily! This is heather – Mags O Gorman’s daughter! She showed me your blog and I know that if I see this journal anywhere I’d definitley buy it! The last one with the rose is my absolute favourite!
So girly and cute!
Love this idea. I think it would be a lovely gift for a girl who keeps a journal. I’ll have to save this one in a file. Beautiful work!