Last week I started to decorate a journal.
I spent ages on her face, stitching and painting and stitching and painting some more...but in the end I just wasn't happy with it.
I remember reading a really interesting article by a designer- maker, who said that no matter how long something takes to make, if it's not right it has to go.
So I made her a new face and a velvet crown of gold.
Her skirt lifts up!
How improper!
But there is a hidden message in her undergarments...
'Tis both an act of treason
to look in a secret journal
and to peek at the Queen's petticoat'.
So be warned!
Here's the first page,
and the book mark.
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What a gorgeous journal! I Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteThat means a great deal as I love your Journallings x
Oh how wonderful.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks chucks x
DeleteShe is a superb Journal cover girl and a queen at that? I need to know how your the typeface onto fabric , another one of your amazing tricks!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I might make something and its perfectly made and it may have taken ages, but I dont like it so I give it to the charity shop.
Nought else to do.....
bestest love to you today D x aka A
It is tres simple, just have a play around with a type writer!
DeletePlease tell me where this charity shop is, I can't believe you wouldn't be happy with any of your creations of lovliness x
A perfect journal cover, a bit mysterious and ominous with a great sprinkling of magic and promise...Chrissie x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Chrissie! What lovely words x
DeleteI love the lifting skirt, and all the lovely message! With the bookmark it all makes a wonderful package.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Val, I'm so glad you like it! It's the first journal I've decorated so it's fab to get such lovely feedback x
DeleteA regal lady, with a saucy petticoat - could be you, Mrs B! Love how you incorporate text in your art as well as texture. xxx
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you Curtise! I quite like being called a regal lady! X
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