When packing for my trip to Florida with my sisters and the wedding in New Hampshire, I decided that my sisses and I needed travel journals to work on during down time.
So, I customized a couple of the Nature's Blessing journals for them in colors and styles I knew they would like.
(By the way, there are still a couple left if you'd like one too. $30, US postage included. Or if you'd like a customized one too, please add $15 to pay for the bumped up supplies)
Bobbie's last name is Valentine, so all things "hearts" was a sure thing for her book. 
I also packed markers, papers, glues, etc for working on pages beach side.
If you'd like a custom book, let me know what colors you like and I'll add some extras to your cover- old jewelry, more flowers, extra charms, and those sort of special touches.
I made a very special one for the guncles as a wedding gift too. This is a one of a kind book, since I used the original painting on it. The cover is an old book, covered in vintage papers, and painted with metallic gold, then dry brushed with taupe, and inked in forrest green. Over that, I layered the other elements, and coated it all with a water based, clear varnish.
The wedding took place during leaf peeping season in NH, so, I used that theme on the book too. These velvet leaves were green, and I inked them up to make them more colorful.
Here is the back of the book.
In my online class, Creating Art Journals, I have a segment about making a journal from an old book, if you are interested in making one yourself.
Here is the inside cover. And the pages are all cold pressed watercolor paper. I can't wait to see the happy pictures that Randy fills this album with!
I love your custom journals, Karla. I know that your sissies and the guncles were thrilled. I’m hoping to start digging into the journal tutorials next week! Yay!
The custom journals are beautiful…Can’t wait to see what the Guncles do with theirs..
Randy already got started on his!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Jeannie!
Hi Karla, when did you mail out the journals? I’ve been anxiously checking for mine and haven’t yet received it. Thank you!
Love them all but the wedding gift is my favorite. Just this morning I played around with assembling one of the three journals I made from your tutorial and I love how it is turning out. I highly recommend the class it is awesome!!!!
Thanks, Sandy, I was glad I was able to use the original painting for the Guncles gift. And I am thrilled that you are making use of the tutorial. And thank you for recommending it to others for me!
Are there any of the journals left for $30? If so, I’d love to purchase one. I would even be thrilled to pay an extra $15 for more doodads if you have time. I purchased the online class to make the journals and when I saw this post the other day, I meant to send a comment asking. I’ve looked at several of the journal pages of some of your participants and they are lovely!
(By the way, there are still a couple left if you’d like one too. $30, US postage included. Or if you’d like a customized one too, please add $15 to pay for the bumped up supplies)