Everyday ephimera journal book

This book has been made out of everyday ephemera,

I simply have a paper bag over my studio and throw in there

just about anything paper that could be turned into a page 

in this kind of  journals!  

This is a lot of fun to make! You should try it!

You will be making a unique book to journal in

and you will be recycling a lot of stuff that we

 usually call trash and throw away!

Simply get some papers from your everyday life 

that you usually throw away like:

Paper bags

tickets

cloth tags

old envelopes

fun catalogs

junk mail

postcards

food packages

I use a guillotine to cut the papers that can`t be folded in to the 

chosen size of my book but I let some pages be smaller or larger 

to make it even more fun!

Some papers can be really beautiful!  I choose the best

to make interesting pages, they can be guessoed anyway

but colors are always fun wouldn`t you agree?

You can also add good papers in between for a great

day like a watercolor paper or scraapbook papers

and I think this would be a great gift to someone

who likes to journal!

I make my signatures small and clip them with a cloth pin

while they wait to be sewed, then I use a regular embroidery 

white thread but it can also be of great colors to add more interest!

Now this pages are ready for some journaling, this format

makes me wanna go super loosen and not worrying 

about being a perfect page every time, I can simply

go for it and the pages are so small, they are perfect

for those days I just don`t have much time

or feel a little tired to make a large piece!

 Ephemera is fun, use it to make something with it!

Recycling feels good and it saves money!

Inspiration!