The covers for Nature's Blessings Journal swap are ready to be filled. And the pages are pouring in. There are boxes stacked on my porch from the mail lady every afternoon.
Here is a sample book I made up, and filled with my own pages, just so I could see how nice they looked filled and fat.
Are you a fast crafter? If so, you still have time to make some pages over the weekend to enter the swap. They are due to be mailed on the 10th, but I just realized that is a Saturday. I'm letting the swappers know that Monday the 22nd is fine for a mail by date.
There are also swap journal books with blank pages for sale, if you'd like to buy a book to fill yourself. $30 includes postage in the US.
Or, if you'd rather make your own book, in the style of the Nature's Blessings Journal, or from a vintage photo album, old book, or even an antique cabinet card folder, I have a new tutorial available here.
Very excited about this one, Karla! Can’t wait for my book to arrive — it was such fun working on the pages and wondering what everyone else was up to!
I sorted about 20 sets of pages yesterday, they are looking good! I cant wait for the rest to arrive.
These are going to be amazing, Karla! Thank you so much for taking on such a huge endeavor. I know we’ll all treasure our books.
Ive got a table filled with pages, sorted out now!! I tell myself I wont start putting books together till I get them all here, but I really, really want to make a few to get started….
Karla,
I am thrilled to have a new mail by date! Thanks!!! Two sets of my pages got ruined and now I can get them remade tonight so I can mail them out tomorrow. I was going to tell you I would have to drop out of the swap. I left the grands quietly painting while I went to get clean water and my pages were unattended on my desk. Even though they know not to touch things there one of them could not resist and her paint slathered fingers touched all the parts she thought were pretty. She very seriously told me the glitter made her do it. I can’t fix the damage so I will have to make up some new designs.
Oh my, sandy, sounds like home!