So as anyone who knows me well can tell you, I'm slightly obsessed with
journals. There is just something about the opportunity and potential
that all those blank pages posses. However, something that can really
kill the excitement of a journal is an ugly journal cover. Now, sadly I
forgot to take any 'before' pictures, but I can tell you that the cover
of this book was ugly. Really ugly. A rather gross green color (there
are only a few shades of green that I dislike but this was certainly one
of them) with strange flowers and cupid/angel heads and yeah... Very
creepy, very odd - not a good journal cover. What could I do? Well am I
not my mother's daughter? I gathered my supplies, let my creativity
flow, and fixed that journal!
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| Needle, thread, fabric.. Check! |
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| Voila! New journal cover! I really like the patch-work rough-around-the-edges feel of this too. I think it's a nice change from the typical 'well-polished' semi-posh covers that you see a lot now. It just seems to fit the whole aspect of where I was and what was going on in my life when I made it. |
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| The theme for my journal. Love hopes. Always. |
Love your make it over attitude. There is a life lesson in there somewhere. When life gives you lemons.... Of course, Mom would say, when life gives you scraps, make a quilt. :)
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