Handmade journals excite me. They provide a great deal of freedom and control of expression. You have the ability to choose the format of your art journal, including its size, density, and shape, as well as whether or not it is bound and how. You have the option of using more conventional bookbinding techniques, as well as recycling materials such as old books or your own creations. I have high hopes that reading this piece would motivate you to give a few of these strategies a shot. Let’s begin with taking a look at one of my most cherished Handmade journals.
HANDMADE JOURNAL IDEAS
Here are some handmade journal ideas.
Lunch Bag Journal
Lunch bags and shopping bags are a great basis for handcrafted diaries that may be constructed for very little money (or even for nothing). My guide for making a lunch bag may be found all the way at the bottom of the page that lists Art Tutorials. A creative and entertaining DIY site called The House that Lars Built demonstrates in a post that just takes five minutes how to make a diary out of computer paper and paper grocery bags.
Coffee Sleeve Journal
Another excellent choice for handmade journal recycling into something else is the cardboard sleeve that surrounds your coffee. Check out this post I did on producing mini-art notebooks with coffee sleeves and a single sheet of computer paper by clicking here.
Custom, Hand Sewn Book with Signatures
It is absolutely necessary to consult James Darrow’s comprehensive and approachable bookbinding instructions in order to create a book with a conventional hardcover.
Junk Journal
The creation of “junk journals” is an excellent method for repurposing scraps of old artwork, lovely materials, and photo collages from magazines. This is a brand new handcrafted art notebook, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it because it pulls together a number of pieces that have been searching for a place to call their own. I used my sewing machine to put together random pieces of collage, paper, gorgeous cloth, and old drawings to make this one’s “pages,” which I then sewed into the rear cover of my book.
DIY Bullet Journal
This bullet handmade journal may be made in as little as three hours, but getting the most out of it will take somewhat longer. It is necessary to do fundamental tasks such as folding the sheets and attaching them together in a cover.
DIY Mini Junk Journal
Keeping a handmade journal is a wonderful method to keep yourself up to date with certain situations that are either too wonderful or too terrible to let go of. The video of Johanna Clough served as the impetus for the creation of this journal. It is quite straightforward while also being remarkable.
Final Verdict
Do you know that you can utilise at least five different handmade journals in a single year if you enjoy maintaining a journal? Sometimes even more if you do a lot of writing. When you do the math and figure out how much you spent on each notebook, you will see that it is a significant sum.
The good news is that you can start manufacturing journals for yourself with little to no financial investment and save yourself the cost of purchasing five journals.
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