Its designed to cover a composition book, which measures 9 34 x 7 12 and has a nice firm outer. High quality vintage inspired hardcover journals by independent artists and designers from around the world. This is the perfect diy project for a vintage journal youll be able to write all your ideas and creative projects in all year long. This provides a neatly pressed, even edge when hand sewing the opening closed. Handmade leather bags, wallets, journal covers vintage. My art journal was quite small 1217 cm 57 inch so i used all the smaller elements to create this beautiful diy vintage french art journal cover. Use a document cleaning pad to remove pencil marks, smudges and grime from any type of fabric book cover. Vintage book covers download free vectors, clipart. Each of these six free fabric notebook and journal cover tutorials is quite different in style and flavor. A bit like the old days when we used to hide books we wanted to read inside an old book cover, this has a modern twist as it covers an ebook reader instead. Kathie link used a vintage book, to make a book of quotes.
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Journal vintage book cover reproduction the virginians paperback contains alternating blank pages and lined pages. Make a vintage journal from a paper towel roll, chipboard sheets, material, album posts and teadyed paper. Vintage book covers are a cinch to create with the graphics fairy images. These oil pastels are creamy, deeply pigmented and a joy to blend just add a few slapdash swipes of color. Today, well make three of them, quickly and easily hey, my crafting friends. This post may contain affiliate links which wont change your price but will share some commission, you can find our privacy policy here. Make offer vintage classic retro leather journal travel notepad notebook diary book usa paperage lined journal hardcover, 5.
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Notebooks and journals make thoughtful gifts for others and for yourself. The portfolio cover was an awesome piece of craftsmanship. Upcycled journal tartuensis college home, made from old book covers. A junk journal is a book or journal made up of scrap pieces of paper bound together. Its publishing list spans influential works of world literature to cutting edge contemporary fiction and distinguished nonfiction.
She kept the original pages of the books, and used art journal techniques to decorate them. Our upcycled books have survived the years to be in your hands as a notebook, sketchbook, or journal. Journal vintage book page reproduction fancy design. For the vintage design team, we suddenly had a very different proposition in scale from our usual book cover. Antique tree of life printed italian lined leather journal. I find old books in thrift stores, at garage sales or people bring them to me. Cover any words on the book spine with pictures as well. How to make a gratitude journal from an old book cover.
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Today i want to show you how you can create a vintage photo display using any photo and a beautiful distressed texture from from this site, and then add it to a book cover using photo corners, both found in the vintage office supplies set for this project, i used this photo and the following images create a vintage distressed image. I added a few additional embellishments to the front cover, including a gold metal clip from the collection. Beyond that there are many many variations and interpretations. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. Vintage photo does the heavy lifting by creating a dark and moody border tea dye creates a delicate tint that ages the paper 92 years in seconds finally, a hint of soft, harmonious color will complete the look. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Leather book cover, journal cover, vintage book cover, red and gold, worn, green interior, journal accessory, gold detailing, distressed sweetpetuniavintage 5 out of 5. Decorate the cover by gluing on an assortment of overlapping illustrations see photo of cover. Is the best product i ever had and support is really kind. Ex libris anonymous creates handmade journals from vintage books. Take an old book, remove the pages, add a binder mechanism, and you have a unique ring binder scrapbook.
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