Busy working on Junk Journals

I've been busy working on my junk journals that I'm making for Christmas gifts. Haven't really taken any new photos so will try to get some tomorrow of the progress I'm making. I have 3 more JJ's to put together and then will start gluing in the added fun stuff. In the meantime I thought I would share a few photos I've taken lately around the place.

We had a terrific sunrise the other morning. We have had rains off and on and now the temps are really cold. Got to freezing last night. Thankfully we got our house plants inside in time.

My spider lilies had a really good bloom. Our flower beds are so overgrown and really need some work but physically neither Sonny and I able to until spring. 

My silver lace vine finally bloomed well and it will probably be awhile before it blooms this well again as I need to trim it back.

Of course I have to put up my baby...she is almost a year old and is finally settling down some...but still so much puppy to her. 

My faux sweet potato plants finally did something and look like they are taking over the yard. 

Sonny is into deer hunting season and this is what we are seeing on his deer camera...a bear! Bad news is they keep the deer run off so Sonny and son had to take down this feeder and relocate. Course that doesn't mean the bear won't move too. Thankfully one of the other hunters in their lease is hunting the bear as presently it is bear season. 

My junk Journals

I promised to try to update here often and with limited data on my internet plan, it makes it hard. I will be back here more after the 16th to update some but thought I would add a few photos to get you started on making junk journals

 I had these old old 1931 Funk & Waggnal Encyclopedias and they were beginning to dry rot so I took them apart and kept a few pages that had pictures to glue into new pages. I mainly wanted to salvage the covers to use for my new junk journals. Here is the beginning stage.

The original color was red and has been hard to cover up to change the colors. But first I measured it to be able to get the pages inside and the inside layer of the cover the correct size. These books were a little larger than 9x6 inches so I cut the pages a tiny bit smaller and the inside lining right at 9x6. 

Next I glued the lining inside. I used off white quilt fabric. I used modge podge to glue it in. 

It was quite messy. After they dried, then I painted all the outsides with white gesso. 

As you can see the red dye from the covers bled through the gesso. 

Next week, I will show photos of the afters of some of the covers after I painted and dry brushed and added trim. A big difference in looks.