A New Project-A New Kind Of Sewing For Me-Junk Journal Part 3

Hello

 How is your week going? I have to admit I enjoy this staying at home.  It gives me the chance to do this . . . 

It's a different kind of sewing for me though.  I normally sew pieces of fabric that have beep precisely ct (I hope) into warm and cozy quilts.  I love making quilts.  But that 'art' is on the back burner because I have a new 'love' Junk Journals.  

And so I am learning to sew on paper.  When your sewing fabric together you use straight pins.  But if you use them on paper you end up with holes.  So I have been using this pretty little purple masking tape I got a Target a couple of years ago.  It is removeable and holds this length of lace just taut and smooth enough to sew. 

Here's a shot of my sweet little machine with masking tape stuck to her.  In the background on the right you can see Junk Journal 
pages that I have stitched around waiting to be embellished more. 
Also there is my little pin cushion sadly watching the process and wondering when it gets to join the party again!

And here I am stitching to the end.  

Are you crafting while you 'stayin' in?

As I said at the beginning of this post for me this isn't a hardship at least the 'stayin'  part.  

I am struggling with not being able to go to the craft store.  I am almost out of the special glue that I use.  May have to be experimenting with other types.  

We are out of eggs so a trip to the grocery store is in order.  At least I can get some Elmer's there. 

Off to get the essentials

Eggs and Elmers

Have a Blessed Day

Junk Journal Part 2- "Dream" Ephemera

Hello and Welcome. I am glad your here today to start a new series with me.  Actually this post is part 2.  I began talking about Junk Journals here. 

One of the pics from part 1.

In that post I shared about dyeing paper.  I have dyed papers with lots of different things.  

Alot of people use coffee and tea to get the vintage'y' aged look.  I have not been real successful with that process it just doesn't come out the way I like.  

Today I am showing you a Tag that I made to go into a Junk Journal.  I think it is going in the Flower Theme Journal I am working on. 

I started by layering different pieces of paper.  Some are torn and some are cut.  This is a hard process for me.  But I love it.  I think it is hard because of my quilting background.  I want everything to fit and look right.  But that is not really the point here.  The point is just to layer up paper for a background. The paper in the center between the ledger and the green on the edge has some texture and I put some gold'ish' color wash on it to add some shimmer

Here is the finished piece.  On the right is an old ledger page.  I placed it where the 161 was at the top of the tag.  I just thought it looked cool.  I wanted a better pic of the 'Dream' so you could see it better.  I will add another pic later.  It is sitting on an additional layered surface. I also added lace.  The paper it is sitting in is wrapped with gold and white 'eyelash' trim. 

A close up of the chipboard flowers I added.  In hind sight I might should have put lace under them to add interest.  I might go back and change it.  

I left the back of the tag just plan but I added a little envelope that has a space for a little note.  I'll add a closure to it.  Still thinking on that.  

For the rest of this week I'll be hopefully sharing two posts each day.  I have a book series that I promised to promote that I need to get done before the end of the month.  

I think you'll enjoy it!

Have A Blessed Day!