Back-up plan

Plan A - I think it would be appropriate to use my Italian paste in making my Venice journal. 

Of course, that might be a problem if it's been sitting on the shelf for about ten years and has completely dried up.

Plan B - cut the label off the can to use in the Venice journal........

Mother Lode

I am moving at turtle speed on my Venice book.  Slow, very slow.  I did get the cover cut apart. 

 

The back cover has one of those paper pads with the cardboard inserted through a slit in the cover.  There is no paper left in the pad, but I decided to leave it there.  I will put some nice art paper over it, maybe collage some stuff on it.  It can be lifted, and maybe I'll put more envelopes under it to store little parts to be used on the journal pages. 

 

I've been assembling and cutting pages, printing out bits of stuff, making up my mind on things then changing my mind.  It's the process that goes along with making a journal.  Below, I printed out Mary Ann's class logo, making it postage size and printing out a strip of them. 

Gaye let me come to her house and go through her stuff looking for things to use.  In the Oddities drawer of her flat file, I found some maps and cool postcards.  She also let me have some transparencies, some scrapbook papers, and I borrowed a rubber stamp. 

 

After that, we had a quick lunch and made a run over to the Paper Source store that has only been open in Louisville about a year.  Love going there!  It's worth a purchase just to get their pretty bag and catalog!  I also got some very cool washi map tape.  Perfect for a travel journal.

Blogger does not like me much today.  I had to jump through so many hoops to upload these few pictures, I am about ready to switch to TypePad.  Really. 

Happy New Year, since it is already the 5th of January and I am just now posting for the first time this year!!!

Decisions, Decisions

The class "Ticket to Venice" is underway.  I've been chomping at the bit, waiting for the first video lessons to be posted, so I can start my travel journal for my pretend trip to Venice.  But now I am frozen in place, trying to decide what to use for the cover of my journal.  I even made a trip to the library today, because they usually have several books on the discard table for 50 cents to a dollar.

The ones I am considering are these.  The more beat up they are, the better I like them.

Some are a little too small for what I want.  That blue one on the left is a record holder, with 45 records.  I am seriously considering that one because I like the square size, plus it has those envelopes inside that hold records.  Those could be put to use for sure.  I can't use the red one for my pretend trip to Venice, because I'm saving that one for another pretend trip in the future.

 These are bigger, and I really like the typing book.  For these bigger ones, I'll need bigger paper for the inside pages, so that's a consideration.

 Right now, the one I'm leaning toward the most is this writing portfolio.

 The thing that has me 99.9% sold on it is inside - Pockets! With snaps on them.  That would be very useful for this journal.

 And have I mentioned my lucky find at Staples before the class even started - saw these plastic pocket pages in several sizes and designs.  Fifty Cents?  I bought a couple, thought about it for a day, then went back and got the few remaining.  I mean, really, 50 cents!  I like the color okay, but for this book, I wish they were clear.  But it's not a deal breaker.  They will get used!

So, my brain is working overtime in the planning stages.  My physical being, though, is trying to remember I still have some Christmas things to do. 

Added Note:  I realized I made it sound like I got all these books from the library discards - not true.  Only about three came from the library (with plain covers).  The cool stuff all came from my friend Gaye's yard sales.  She finds fantastic stuff at other yard sales, then eventually has too much and passes it along.  Lucky me!