So this is what I have been working on for the last 6 weeks or so. Making 90 journals! Megan at VeryJane contacted me and asked if I would be interested in selling my journals on her site. I didn’t really know if I could do it because all the journals that I have made in the past have been one-of-a-kind. I use vintage papers and books, maps, recycled materials…stuff that I may only have one of. But I took on the challenge and designed 3 new journals that I believed I could replicate…and here we are!

I have made a limited number of 30 of each journal. I would be lying however if I said all 30 were all exactly the same. I still incorporated vintage papers and maps and recycled materials into the journals. They wouldn’t be AlyBird Art journals if I didn’t!!

For the Bird wrap-around journal I used recycled cardboard for the cover and lined the inside with ink-misted paper. There are 6 signatures (groups of papers) sewn into the binding using a long stitch. The pages are made from lots of different papers, vintage papers, maps, cardstock, tags, and pockets. This album stays closed with a nifty elastic to wrap around it.

The secound journal I made is a 2 ring journal. I used 2 pieces of bookboard and stamped kraft paper for the covers. There are lots of neat papers in this journal.

The 3rd journal I made was probably the most time consuming but I love the way it came out. This is a travel journal (or just about your journey through life!). The cover was created using bookboard and vintage maps from a world atlas. So each journal has a different piece of the world on it, which makes it really unique. The binding is sewn using a harlequin stitch.

I am so excited to be able to offer these journals at a discounted price. For today only they will be $26.50, after that I will be selling them (if I have any left) on my etsy site for $34.oo.

Thanks for looking and enjoy this beautiful day!

Robyn

Although I haven’t posted in a while I have been super busy in my studio. I have been crafting, painting, and making stuff to my hearts content! Two special opportunities have come my way that I will give more specifics on as they move forward.

I want to thank whomever you are out there that made the traffic on my etsy store quadruple in the last 48hrs. Thank you, thank you! I know that I create well-made and one-of-a-kind journals but trying to get the world to see that is hard!

I also wanted to share the tag that I include with my journals:

This AlyBird Art journal is a unique assortment of papers, pockets, and tags assembled and hand-bound together. The pages of this journal were meant to be written and doodled on, to be painted and stamped, to include photos, magazine pictures, and favorite quotes, to have stuffed in their pockets, pieces of your life.  Because we all have a story to tell.

That’s what it’s all about isn’t it? Telling our story. Proof that we were here. Proof that we lived and loved, laughed and cried, dreamed and endured. We are all so much more than what is seen on the outside. What flows out of the tip of our pen (pencil or paintbrush) is who we really are. Share with the world who you really are.

Good night for now.