If you would like to learn how to make and keep your own illustrated journal, I have an online class THE BOOK OF YOU. You can find it here ($32): kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary

Have an adventurous trip filled with learning lots of new things about ink. Enjoy filling this journal with travel memories and when you return, I will be grateful to see what you have recorded. Have a safe trip!

A medieval ink class sounds amazing! I hope you're able to share what you learn. Thank you for this video! Ciao!

Good gracious, little traveler, have a total blast at this class! I know you will, and most every moment your not in class, you'll be in some beautiful, ancient, crumbling church, sketching away! Enjoy the food, the folks and best of all, the Medieval ink making!! Can't wait to see the work that you come back home with, and hear all the fantastic stories! Ciao, my sweet friend!

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Lynn. Just got back and I learned so, so much. It was better than I dreamed. Details to follow! Kelly

@lynnboyd33

24 күн бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts Yummy! I can't wait to hear all about it!

Beautiful journal! Thank you for the printables. Love them.

@BookandPaperArts

3 күн бұрын

Hi Patricia. I am actually still working in it today for an easy Sunday project. So glad you liked the scans! Kelly

What a very charming book, Miss Kelly, but that cover ... steals the show! Enjoy your workshop! Hugs, deb

The cover is a triumph, love the balance of the two semi-circles, and the contrast of the old document strip is wonderful. What a happy accident the cup mark turned out to be! And thanks for the scans, they're delicious.

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Norma, it is my pleasure! 🌷🌻🌼

Hello Kelly, thank you so much for sharing the process of making your art journal 🥰 It turned out so beautiful 😍 I wish you safe travels and an amazing workshop in Italy, Andrea

Awesome, a medevial ink workshop! Please share how that goes and the shorts or a long video when back home. I, too, create a variety of small specific journals these days for one use or themed subjects. Thank you for sharing the creation of this one for your trip. And, thank you for the free printables.

Happy trails! 🎶 enjoyed seeing how you put your book together.

Hybrid, love it. The cover looks great. Workshop sounds enchanting🗺️Joyous Journey 💕🖌️📚🐾

Wishing you a wonderful trip 🫶

Lovely book and video, thanks so much, and enjoy Italy! Can’t wait to hear about your adventure

Have an awesome time in Italy! Look forward to hearing all about your workshop and seeing a flip through of your book. Safe travels! 💙💚💙

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Thanks bunches, Barry. Just got back and it was better than I even dreamed. 😺

I really enjoyed this video! I hope you had a wonderful trip!

Really like your journal. Great pages in it. Thanks for showing how you made it.

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Thank you, Debbie. I do love a messy journal. 😺

I did some coffee and tea dyeing ystdy, so this is a perfect project. Love your page edges, such a cool textural look! Safe travels, hope you have an awesome time! 🖤 Gilly

21:50 I love that mark made by the tea cup. I will try to re-create that. And also thanks a lot for freebies (handwritten old papers, love them!).

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Lena, isn't it funny how we learn by these happy accidents? 😺

Have fun in Italy. It must be so nice to be in Europe and jump over to another country to do art. We are planning on being in Italy for a month in Spring. I will be looking for art in the thrift shops.

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Linda. I am indeed a very lucky woman as it costs next to nothing to jump around, especially off season. I try to make the most of it! Where are you going in Italy?

Have a WONDERFUL time! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Nice one Kelly enjoy your workshop safe travels 😮 peter Scotland xx ps hope you are wellxx nice book

Great idea 👍🇺🇸

Hi, Friends - Treat yourself and your senses by making one or more of these books using Kelly’s methods. I have made several and am happily traveling through France this summer with a handmade journal for each location we stay in. These books add to the adventure and if I can do it, so can you. Thank you, Kelly, for all that you give us. - Audrey

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Why Audrey, thank you so, so much. Also, this makes me happy. I used to buy a big sketchbook and use it for months at a time but lately I really enjoy having a book just for one jaunt. Where in France? Kelly

@artsywriter23

24 күн бұрын

We started with two weeks in Paris, now wrapping up a dozen days in Aix-en-Provence (some great old churches for sitting); leaving tomorrow for Nice. Loving the handmade books. Their wonkiness adds to the mood of the illustrated journaling. Thanks again for all your encouragement.

Safe travels!😊

Wishing you a lovely trip, Kelly! Love the "sitting in churches" part! I'm going ot be on the lookout for books like those you showed us. Just beautiful, they are, and so is your journal. Happy travels!

I really enjoyed this video. I hope your art classes are fun and inspiring!

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so, Susan. I was better than I dreamed. 😺

@susanmorgan5591

24 күн бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts Great!

P.S. Have a wonderful trip, Kelly.

Love this quick journal! I’m excited to hear all about your ink making class! Have a wonderful time in Italy!

I love your videos... so full of details...I was a book binder so its nice 4 me to play with no rules...and if you ever come to Florence... let me know..I would love to meet you and buy you a coffe ❤

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Wow, oh yes, please, Nicole. I very much want to visit Florence, maybe next year. I will let you know! Thank you.

Great tutorial! I shared with my sister! I so hope you’ll share what u learn at the ink workshop!! I just love the subject! Bon voyage!!!

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Sharing! That is what I like to hear. I hope you made some fun pages, Mai.

New subbie here and I enjoyed watching your process on this journal. I’ve made many journals but only one “ art” journal. I like the idea of tearing the edges! Have a wonderful trip!

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hello and welcome, Vickie. The great thing about this little book is there is no excuse for not making bunches of them. Hope you have fun with it! Kelly

Thank you so much for the free vintage papers you gave us! I love them. I am making this journal with you as you go.

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Marli, it is my pleasure! 🌷🌻🌼

I tried out the sanding and wow does it ever work nice. However, next time I think I will do it out doors lol.

@centibastelt2023

Ай бұрын

I tried it, too, and thought exactly the same thing! 😄

The journal looks great! Have a wonderful trip 💙❤️🩵💚💛♥️🤎🤍🧡🩷💜

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Thank you, dear Alexandra. I am back now and it was amazing. I learned so, so much. I hope you have a creative Sunday! Kelly

Kelly, have a great time. Recently had a go at making some iron gall ink. Took forever to collect all the oak galls, and it was only semi-successful. Looking forward to hearing about the workshop. Ciao!

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Peter. Did you use a mordant or iron stuff?

@mousepudding

19 күн бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts I used Ferrous sulfate. And some gum arabic.

Kelly, you are going to the workshop with a beautiful journal. I love your paper choices and the cover is wonderful. The tea dyed papers came out so well. How heavy are the papers that you used? Wishing you a wonderful workshop experience.

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Helene. The papers are mostly watercolour papers that are about 90 lb or 200 gsm. Hope that helps! Kelly

So when you say 50 cents you mean 50p as you live in uk yes? I often order from the works as I can’t look in my nearest one due to no lift and the craft being upstairs and me using a wheelchair. Some charity shops will sell damaged books for a small donation rather than tearing up reasonable books etc.

@BookandPaperArts

23 күн бұрын

Hi Adelia. Yes, I live in Swansea and I got the scrapbook pads at The Works. How crazy that they do not have a lift on a two-floor shop! That is the worst. I regularly use my local charity shops (Oxfam has a 99p rail) but there are many reasons why I cut up otherwise "reasonable" books. They are not intrinsically valuable and very often would have been binned or pulped. This way I can turn them into pieces that will be loved and used, another life. I hope you have a creative week! Kelly

Thank you for the video! Something I have wondered when dyeing papers (tea\coffee, food coloring, etc., will using a mordant help the paper accept dye better? I know alum is used dyeing fabric, so...? Have a wonderful trip!😊

@BookandPaperArts

24 күн бұрын

Hi Jerald. Now this is only my experience but when I tried a mordant with tea two things happened. The colour turned rather burnt orange AND way darker than I wanted. And tea itself with the tannins in it is already a kind of mordant so - let's just skip that part. 😺Kelly

@jeraldbaxter3532

24 күн бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts Thank you!😊

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