Hello there again amazing crafty friends! It’s Lydia Cost today, and I’m thrilled to be sharing another project with you. For this one I’m excited to share how to put together your very own quote journal, using the amazing Alice in Wonderland collection. This collection is based on the ever so whimsical world of the Mad Hatter and Alice, so why not fill it with fun and inspiring quotes you love!
To create this little 4 x 6 book, you’ll need some patterned paper, a punch tool, an embroidery needle, and colored floss or embroidery thread. That’s all you need to make a pretty bound book to put all your favorite sayings. To start you’ll trim down your patterned papers into a 4 x 12” size.; I chose 5 sheets at this size to create my little book. I like to back my cover sheet with the same pattern on the backside, so I make two 4 x 12” cuts for it.
After I backed my cover sheet with a matching paper, I chose to stitch it together for added appeal. I then folded it in half to create my spine. Since I only planned on having 8 internal pages, I really didn’t need to make my spine any larger. I knew I’d bind it just like a traveler’s notebook.
Next I aligned my folded internal pages inside my cover, so that I could get an idea of where I’d like my binding to start and what design to choose. Since it’s only a 4” spine, I went with an uncomplicated Japanese binding style. I did four simple, even hole punches about ½” from the edge. You’ll use your punch tool to poke in 4 holes along the spine for each section of pages and the cover.
Once I had my holes punched in each sheet, I used a curved needle to stitch up my spine and pages. I decided on a pretty yellow baker’s twine that suited the color scheme perfectly. You can stitch the spine any way you choose, but I like the pretty designs of many Japanese styles of binding. They are so pretty! After I finished stitching up my spine with my internal pages, I tied off both ends. I chose to add a pretty little charm to the spine for even more fun; I even added a lovely blue butterfly from the collection.
All that was left was to decorate the cover with some of the amazing illustrations in the collection. I fussy-cut this great illustration of Alice and a few butterflies. For my title I used one of the Element Stickers, and then I die-cut some alphas from some great Carta Bella cardstock.
This little book will be the perfect place to add tissue paper typed quotes, snippets of things I rip out of magazines, and hand-written renditions of beautiful things I find in my beloved books. It’s such a pretty little 4 x 6” place to keep all the words that inspire you. I hope you guys have fun creating your very own. Thanks again for stopping by to give my little book some love!
Supplies:
Alice in Wonderland 2 Collection Kit
Alice in Wonderland 2 “Butterflies” Paper
Alice in Wonderland 2 “Multi Journaling Cards” Paper
Alice in Wonderland 2 “Alice” Paper
Alice in Wonderland 2 “4x4 Journaling Cards” Paper
Alice in Wonderland 2 “Tea Party” Paper
Alice in Wonderland 2 Elements Stickers
Alice in Wonderland 2 Solids Kit
Alice in Wonderland 2 Ephemera
Punch Tool
Embroidery Needle
Embroidery Thread or Baker’s Twine
Paper Trimmer
