FTB journal #2

For my second FTB journal I used an old book cover. It was pretty boring, so I dropped some India ink on it, then blew it around with a straw. Much better. From my silk ribbon embroidery days, I have boxes and boxes of the stuff in all colors and width, ruffled, sparkly, hand dyed, you name it. I want to use it up cause I'll never get the value out of it by selling it, so I cut a bunch of 8"-10" lengths of just about every color, then folded them over and sewed them to the center fabric tape. Definitely an odd look but I like it well enough. It's very tactile and interactive, just begs you to fluff up the strands and run your fingers thru them.

The signatures are made up from the signature swap we did in the group, plus some I'd made. Actually, I haven't photographed those yet, so I guess this post is just about the cover! Well, there's one shot of the journal standing up so you get a glimpse of the pages.

I'd neglected to watch the 'preparing to bind' vid before I got my cover and pages ready,
so I spent a completely useless hour making holes in the thick book cover.
After I realized my @#$%* mistake, I decided to put grommets in the holes
and call them a design feature!

Silk ribbon lusciousness.

All sorts of fun pages made from such a wide variety of papers. It's so much fun to see other people's work.

The bound signatures with my tapestry fabric tapes. 

FTB journal 1

front cover

A month or so ago I signed up for Full Tilt Boogie, an online journal class by Mary Ann Moss. I still haven't watched all the videos, but I did watch enough of them to make this great journal. An old book cover in my favorite shade of green, some strips of tea dyed upholstery fabric, some vintage green ric-rac, turquoise linen thread, and lots of various papers.

The videos are quite entertaining, what with Mary Ann's ongoing commentary, and plenty clear enough to follow along while she works. I pulled out some of my stitching at one point, I forget why now, but got the binding part done in one night in front of the tube. Took me another couple weeks to get the fabric tapes glued down and decide how to embellish the front.

I've journaled only a little, but have gone thru gluing in lots of images I like, not really worrying whether they have anything in common, only that they appeal to me. And I plan to journal the same why - about whatever's in my head at the time, not necessarily having to do with the images on that particular page.

front cover detail

The old painted looking images are pages from a tourist book on San Diego that a friend gave me. I really like the soft colors of the images and the fact that I know most of the places shown.

front cover detail

the spine showing the signatures and stitching

old dictionary page, tissue tape, picture I took of the fancy door of an
abandoned house, and an odd image a grinder from a coffee ad, I think

last page and back inside cover

finger holding an odd design, and a couple barn images I love

picture of me at top right, facing a 'reflection' in the water. 

inside front cover and first page from the San Diego tourist book about.
love that Gibson Girl hairdo.