Ephemera Journal Project

Now that life has quieted down a bit, I have time to tackle a few personal projects that have been taunting me for weeks on end.  One of the first ones involved taking my scattered collection of paper ephemera and compiling everything into one journal.  Rather than keep them stored in drawers, boxes, folders and envelopes, I decided to give them a permanent home in one place.  Many of these items have been saved for too many months to count; I've hoarded them thinking they'll surely be perfect for some not-yet-thought-of idea.  Although they are all glued down to the journal pages, it will be easy enough to scan the pages, or if I'm feeling particularly feisty I can tear pieces and pages out of the book.  Now that's power.

[Left:  Image from one of my grandma's sewing books.  Right:  Page from "Our Insect Friends and Foes", copyright 1899.]

[Collage of images from vintage sewing books, processed photo envelopes, vintage wrapping paper, pieces of paper from a package mailed to me long ago, ephemera from Tokyo and a Japanese postage stamp.]

[Collage of Japanese ephemera, a clip from "Our Insect Friends and Foes" and wood veneer sample.]

[Collage of ephemera from Cuba, Argentina, and Japan - including a Tokyo subway ticket - and vintage magazine ads.]

[Collage of vintage and contemporary giftwrap, processed photo envelope, Argentina postage stamp, clips from "Our Insect Friends and Foes" and stamps from a letter sent from New Zealand.]

[Collage of vintage Bingo sheets, air mail stamps, vintage French perfume label, Vintage Valentine, postage stamp & ribbon.]

[Collage of Pantone swatches and ephemera from a photo album documenting a family's 1974 trip to Russia, something I picked up in an antique store in Alexandria, Virginia.]

[Collage of Pantone swatches, Russian photo album ephemera and clips from greeting cards.]

[Pantone!]

Comments

[alex]

I absolutely love this idea!!! Thanks for sharing it.

[Hashi]

I LOVE this idea of just gluing it all down. Why did I never think of that?

[stef]

love ~ thanks for sharing! ox

[Paris Parfait]

So lovely! Great to have all the goodness in one place to admire. xo

[Kristen Fischer]

i like this idea a lot! i just took old concert tickets, postcards and notes off a bulletin board and am not sure what the heck to do with them.

you are always an inspiration!!!

[Mod Podge Amy]

Pretty pretty! I love art journals.

[doorways traveler]

fabulous.

[kira]

Very cool! I'm glad to see you working in a journal...I remember you mentioning wanting to get back to it -- this is defiantly a step in the right direction!

[Melissa]

What a great idea! I might just have to do the same :)

[Liz]

Beautiful Book!

[Thea]

brilliant idea- putting it in one place and the freedom of using it in the futire if you like.

last week I made a scrapboook for Trey to keep all his art work. I am going to pull out the mod podge and set him to making a book of his random little art pieces.

xoxoxo

[Zoe]

Love it! Ive done exactly this with a book full of postcards, ticket stubs and clippings I want to keep hold of. It's all a very mixed up collection indeed.

Nice work :))

[shannon]

great idea. love the images!

[Anna]

wow...what a great idea ... now I have something to do with that extra (four or five) blank journals I have -- and I can get rid of the piles of things that I can't seem to let go of!!

[kelly K]

YUM! Love it!!!

[twitter.com/SerendipityVint]

Lovely! You've inspired me to update my travel journal instead of stuffing maps and tickets into an envelope!