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Summary: Way Cool Ideas!
Review: A beautiful book. I love everything about it: crisp photography, nice paper, great ideas, an abundance of inspiring bon mots, lots of resources listed at the back of the book. After flipping through its pages, I wanted to jump off the sofa and begin journaling! But I didn't. I felt a little overwhelmed by the creative journal pages I saw. I just don't know where people get some of their amazing ideas. I wish my mind were half as fertile as those whose works are featured in the pages of "Making Journals by Hand." I will, however, continue enjoying the visual feast between its covers and hope for a divine intervention that will get me off the sofa and into the craft room to create a fabulous rememberance, just as the featured artists have done. If you like books, paper, art, rubber stamping, writing, color, cool ideas, and peeking into other people's journals, buy this book.
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Summary: Great Visual Reference! Sadly, intuitive instructions.
Review: I am fascinated with the examples provided in this book! The side notes and little tips were inspiring as well. However, the directions for making the journals leaves me with more questions than answers. The "Projects" really cannot be completed without further detailed instructions. I continue to use the book as a visual reference quite often.
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Summary: A Visual Treat, But Needs More Content
Review: I enjoyed what there was in this book, but the generous use of white space and extended discussion on how to make your own books left little room for the subjects of most interest to me, namely the appearance of artists' journals and suggestions for making visual enhancements to a a journal.The ideas there are very fine, indeed, but for the price and number of pages I simply expected more ideas. I'd recommend checking this book out of the library rather than actually purchasing it. I don't think it will grow on one as a reference.
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Summary: Inspiration!
Review: I have read this book over and over and still I keep going back to it for inspiration for my journal projects. It's wonderful to see what other artists have done, and to have the instructions for the processes they used right there as a reference. If I could have only one book for making, decorating and filling handmade journals, this would definitely be it!
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Summary: Creative and Inspiring
Review: I loved this book, but when I got "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand" I was surprised to find "Making Journals by Hand" is actually included in that text in full: word for word, page for page, project for project . Instead of buying "Making Journals by Hand" and "Making Memory Boxes", save some money and buy one book: "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand". This book combines all of the projects above and then some. All of these books have great projects and instructions.
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Summary: Creative and Inspiring
Review: I loved this book, but when I got "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand" I was surprised to find "Making Journals by Hand" is actually included in that text in full: word for word, page for page, project for project . Instead of buying "Making Journals by Hand" and "Making Memory Boxes", save some money and buy one book: "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand". This book combines all of the projects above and then some. All of these books have great projects and instructions.
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Summary: Making Journals By Hand
Review: Making Journals By Hand by Jason Thompson - 125 pages, over-size paperback Published by Rockport Publishers From the publishers of Making Memory Books by Hand also comes this wonderful book - Making Journals by Hand - which enables you to leap tall mental buildings in a single bound and become SUPER-CREATIVE & ARTISTIC PERSON!!! I'm not exaggerating (at least, I don't think I am). Lists of supplies needed and suppliers, detailed instruction for creating journals from scratch or for reusing old hardback books or spiral notebooks, lots of photos of fascinating and unusual journals, reasons to keep your own as well as theme ideas (recipe, travel, garden, and nature to name a few), curious ways to fill them (Remember the wax resist technique from grade school? It's in here, simple to use with wonderful results.) that are not complicated, how to choose lasting supplies and care for the finished product (Did you know newspaper clippings will cause acid free paper to degrade over time? See page 11.) a constant flow of tips and 'jump starters' and . . . well, it made me want to start a journal just for the journal ideas I was getting while looking through and reading the book! Good, good book.
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Summary: Very Unique
Review: Making Journals By Hand is an excellent introduction to artistic techniques that can enhance an artistic journal, not to mention directions for actually making the journals in which you might use these techniques. This is a very unique book because so few how-to books give information about ways to make your journal more artful. The techniques described lend themselves well to edgier, more artistic journaling, rather than cookie-cutter scrapbooking. I was especially excited to see explanations of emulsion lifts and image transfers. As a fan of the journals of Dan Eldon and Sabrina Ward Harrison, I felt that I could make journal entries more in keeping with those styles by using the ideas in this book. Plus there are many inspirational photos of artfully done journals by artists such as Teesha and Tracey Moore. All in all, this book was a great find and I would highly recommend it.
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Summary: A gorgeous celebration of the visual journal.
Review: The title of this book is slightly misleading...I think it's more about creating the visual aspect of a journal's pages than binding a journal by hand. That's not to say that there aren't any instructions at all for creating your own from scratch, just that the projects presented are on the simple side and not what someone looking for a bookbinding manual would necessarily be looking for. Now, if you are looking for a book that will inspire you to keep a true visual journal, then you can do no better than to purchase this book! The photographs are beautiful and the amount of creativity contained in these pages is awesome. There are many instructions included for designing the pages of your journal that would put this type of record-keeping in the league of scrapbooking. If you want to make a memorable legacy for yourself and generations to come, then you will want to put the ideas in "Making Journals By Hand" to use.
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Summary: Awesome!!
Review: This book is so inspiring! The artwork is just wonderful-there is artwork by Teesha & Tracy Moore, Lori Kay Ludwig, among others. It has step by step projects on Triptychs and books with linear pages, image transfers,emulsion lifts, rebinding vintage books and other types of binding. it has tips on Journaling and the artwork is just amazing!
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