No Sew November Journal - Finished

My No Sew November accordion journal is done.  The month of prompts was hosted by Meg of Meg Journals (posts on Substack and videos/playlist on You Tube).

This year she didn't go with the one-prompt-per-day-means-one-page-per-day-approach.

Instead the early prompts focused on creating base layers throughout the entire journal and then progressed from there.

I found this to be a much less stressful approach and one that didn't fill me with the urge to shop for "just the right item" for any given prompt.

Instead I found myself happily searching through my stash and actually USING items I've been saving (who knows why I had skipped over them before).

I added three flip pages (this one created with a heavy weight post card to which I added vintage photos, quotes, and some marks).

Finally I found the perfect use for my stash of textured papers - you can see them in the background of every page.

Security envelope scraps, a bit of velvet ribbon, scraps of painted paper, and a map scrap turned into this handsome page.

The adjacent page shifted in color palette but mirrors the overall feel of the journal.

Another combination that pleases me.

T is for tea (and textures).

A selvage edge scrap, a word cut from the cover of a magazine, a washi ticket stub, a map scrap, and more texture paper plus a tag and a sticker - soothing but with so much to visually explore.

There are many other pages I could have included in this post, but these are enough to give you a real sense of this journal's vibe and contents. 

I'm beyond delighted with the end result.

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There's a"not quite finished" journal post for An Unfolding Story pending as well as what will be a finish-reveal post for Trouvaille (next week).  Progress is happening simultaneously on many fronts.

Quiltdivajulie

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"Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing."

Marc Chagall