“Morus” – Large Handcrafted Journal

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This journal is ready for you to make it your own!

Morus is a handmade upcycled materials journal, measuring about 9 1/2“ x 6”, and would be a great book to use as an art and/or writing journal, travel herbarium, glue book, commonplace book, or a junk journal!

It would also make a great idea book, gratitude journal, or a list book that can be slipped into your bag or back pack for daily use.

The cover of this handmade pocket journal is made from a scrap of cardboard covered with a vintage dictionary page and a walnut stained doily and features a wrap around a hand dyed silk tie closure. It looks great as is or could be embellished with a pressed plant, a collaged imaged, or a metal trinket to make it even more special and unique to you.

This journal contains two book marks. Both are secured in the interior of the book. One is made with a strip of magenta colored cotton fabric and has a hangtag made from a recycled tea bag label that has been collaged with a Morus, or mulberry, leaf pressing. On the back is the quote “The best time for a new start is now”. The tea tag is sewn to the ribbon book mark using the tea bag string and is embellished with one lapis lazuli gemstone chip.

The second book mark is made with a dark brown colored strip of silk and features three lapis gemstone chips and one glass bead, also stitched onto the book mark with a tea bag string.

This blank art journal contains about 80 pages of various sizes and types of paper, (including a couple art papers)—vintage and newer; some of which are thick enough handle some mixed media art work. Paper includes kraft paper, watercolor paper, vintage book and music paper, and vellum paper.

This ample sized journal contains mostly neutral pages, along with colored vintage book pages with some color.

Some pages have been stained and dyed with plant dyes such as walnut dye.

Most book pages containing text have been gessoed or painted over with acrylic paint and are ready to hold a variety of media, including light watercolor.

A few pages may still contain text that you can collage over, create mixed media on top of, or can block out with your own acrylic paint color of choice to create a blank palette.

There are four large side pockets in this journal which can be used to stash feathers, business cards, notes, receipts, change, or a sprig of your favorite plant found on a walk. Two are large and two are small, with one of the smaller pockets hosting a transparent pane for viewing the treasure you stash inside.

The journal has been hand stitched together with waxed thread and has a silk bow tie closure.

Your new journal is empty and waiting for you to fill it with YOUR art, thoughts, lists, collages, or whatever you can imagine!

This handmade journal ships for FREE.