homemade books

 drill your holes .......

Choose your binding thread...................

 Sew your 5 page s together..................

 another look at a different color stitching..............

 sew 6 signatures then we glue slightly edges to each other clap to dry......

 glue covers to top and bottom.  LOVE MATT BOARD......

 book covers on...............

 now its time to sand, get out your rotary sander.......

 book made for a friend who loves to sew....

velvet book ohhh how pretty..................

valentines day fun journal page

well this was a challenge for a group on facebook that I am in. must say I had a few do overs on this still learning how to use spray inks .. And I was running low on my texture magic.. I tried to make the homemade stuff with baby power it didn't work out for me, it turned into a mushy mud that when it settles is a wet blob of weirdness.......... oh well guess I wasn't holding my tongue right when I was making that stuff.....ohh well heres the photo...

new homemade watercolor paper journal

 Water color Canson cold press paper 140.......cut in half....fold in half drill holes

 Tear edges buy hand all around paper about 11 inches x 8 inches

 Sew with good thick STRING . I made 3 pages to one section because the paper is thick.sew sections then sew the sections together . glue last page and first page to book cover.

 In one section I add beads seed beads you need to use a beading needle to do this and nylon type thread.

 a view of torn pages

 a better view of the torn paper edges

 tulle Butterflies with crystal lacquer  cricut flower, sizzix butterfly

 a close up........