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A Couple of "diary" vintage junk journal

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March 1, 2017 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

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Lace journal
For 6 projects I will be making vintage junk journals using different collections from the designer Ephemera’s Vintage Garden, who makes digital paper kits for download.
The first two journals are done, and being that I am behind in posting, I’m going to post about both journals here. I can also note that I used the same paper kit for both journals; I’ll be switching to a new collection for the next two projects.
For these first two journals I used a collection called “Mabel’s Diary”, which consists of colors in red, black, cream, brown, and white. If you’ve read some of my earlier posts you’ll know that red is my favorite color, so it’s not surprising that I was drawn to this set. It’s very dramatic and elegant.
Mabel's Diary order page
Since I have such a nice collection of vintage illustrations and photos I’ve been collecting over these last few years, I wanted to use up a lot more of it, as well as use vintage lace.
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For my first project, I’ve called it “Dear diary”, and made a cover with a lock that hooks over  knob. The cover is a book page layered with a single piece of tissue paper that was then inked in some brown stains until I had the right look. There’s also a bit of lace at the left side.
cover Dear diary

setting aside pieces and once I had my book assembled with my printed journal pages along with many tea-dyed pages, I went to work collaging and filling up the journal.
 

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Here’s the flip through:

For the second journal, I’ve called it “Vintage lace” because it is meant to be a journal created entirely to hold samples of lace that I’ve collected from the Sunnyvale Lace Museum.
vintage lace
I had a Tim Holtz blank journal cover that I decoupaged  with papers and tissue paper. I have to admit, it’s not a very exciting cover, but the inside makes up for that.
Every 6 months or so, the Lace Museum holds a vintage lace sale where they sell lace they’ve received as donations, or some of it is from their collection. I’ve also begun to volunteer at the museum, and so am learning more about the different types of lace that exist. I brought in my book and had some of the experts identify my pieces. Where I could find out more information about the pieces, I wrote a short description on some of the journal pages facing the lace.
 
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I still have a few unidentified pieces, but I will get them recognized sooner or later. This one is still a bit of a work in progress, but it will be easy to complete.
Here’s the video on this one:

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  1. Miss Iowa

    March 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Absolutely beautiful! I too love the deep red combined with the cream, blacks and browns. Very classy!

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    • Margarete Miller

      March 2, 2017 at 12:14 pm

      Thank you! 🙂

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  2. Dawn C.

    March 3, 2017 at 2:50 am

    I love your journals and videos, and find them very inspirational. Thank you for sharing!

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  3. yarnandpencil

    May 2, 2018 at 6:42 am

    These are beautiful ❤

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    • Margarete Miller

      May 2, 2018 at 8:52 am

      Thank you so much! 🙂

      Reply

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