This little blank book/journal is also made from a recycled wallpaper sample and bound with a butterfly stitch. It's like a pamphlet binding but with five holes. The single signature has 26 pages (52 both sides).
This time I used a piece of wallpaper border with a pretty banana palm design. I laced a green ribbon through the spine and covered it with a palm leaf green piece as an accent. Again, the wallpaper was not heavy enough by itself to serve as a journal cover. Plus there was writing on the back. So I backed the wallpaper with a piece of maroon card stock for a clean finish inside.
A very simple little book but nice, I think. Good size for a purse.
This time I used a piece of wallpaper border with a pretty banana palm design. I laced a green ribbon through the spine and covered it with a palm leaf green piece as an accent. Again, the wallpaper was not heavy enough by itself to serve as a journal cover. Plus there was writing on the back. So I backed the wallpaper with a piece of maroon card stock for a clean finish inside.
A very simple little book but nice, I think. Good size for a purse.
I love your wallpaper books. I have wallpaper sample books and fabric sample books. I have used some of it. It is nice to see I am not the only one who thinks they look too good to pitch.
ReplyDeleteYou might also concider old comic books if they are not worth a fortune as a collectable. Calendars, old cook books, paper sample books with new covers.
ReplyDeleteLove the front painting of the banana palm! Your wallpaper books are great. :)
ReplyDeletelovely! that must have been some wallpaper!
ReplyDelete@frances - Great suggestion! I've got tons of old book pages, foreign language pages, calendars, magazine ads, etc. Have to clear out some of the stash when I get home..
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