“Rudbeckia” – Large Handcrafted Journal

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

Rudbeckia 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 burnt caramel colored silk band and button 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 three book marks. All are secured in the interior of the book. One is made with a strip of dark brown colored silk fabric and has a hangtag made from a recycled tea bag label that has been collaged with a Rudbeckia, or brown-eyed Susan, ray flower and leaf pressing. On the back is the quote “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet,” by the late and great musician and song writer Bob Marley. The tea tag is sewn to the ribbon book mark using the tea bag string and is embellished with one lapis lazuli stone chip.

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

The third book mark is made with a caramel colored strip of silk and features two 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 of the pockets host a transparent pane for viewing the treasure you stash inside.

The journal has been hand stitched together with waxed thread and has a silk band and button closure that allows ample room for growth as you fill your journal.

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.