Huge Chunky Junk Journal w/Antique deals Cover, Stained, Distressed, Shabby Looking Journal, 2 Signatures, Original & Copied Ephemera, Laces,

This huge and fabulous chunky junk journal was made with an antique book cover from 1894. It is titled "Great Men and Famous Women".. The journal measures approximately 9" x 12" and stands open on the right edge almost 4".

The cover has some vintage crochet work underneath a copy of a vintage photo of a cute Victorian girl in her velvet dress. There is a fluffy, lace bow in the upper left corner.

The journal has two signatures which were sewn into a hidden binding, The spine was covered on the outside with cotton fabric and vintage and antique laces. The insides of both the front and back covers were covered with 1870 German Bible book pages. The front inside has a long pocket made from a collaged masterboard I created. Inside it is a large, folded, distressed "document" packet made with three pieces ( a Certificate of Ownership, an 1820 script copy, and a digi print from My Porch Prints) that were tacked with thread on the top to hold them together. They were folded and tied with string. The inside back cover has a pocket made with half of a kraft glassine bag that is decorated with a handmade "cabinet card".

There are 36 pages--72 sides--in the journal. Almost everything in the book has been coffee stained. The pages are made from stained copy paper, brown blueprint paper, sheet music, blank ledger paper, a book page, a newspaper repro page, and some lined paper.

The ephemera included in this book are mostly copies that have been carefully hand distressed and inked around the edges so that they look old. There are a few pieces of original ephemera in the journal, too.

Some features of the book are:

-large pocket made with a bag from Serenite Maison in Leiper's Fork, TN, and decorated with layers of laces
-inside above bag is an old envelope used to make a 9 page booklet
=two metal ribbon crimps holding charms--one a key and one a 4 leaf clover
-bulb pin with a tiny bronzed heart charm
-rusted safety pin with pink sari ties
-two pages with copies of old photos all over the pages
-long metal paper fastener with a "tablet" of distressed papers (Photo 3)
-brown "blueprint" paper that has a waxy feel
-rusty owl paperclips
-vintage laces and trims of all kinds
-little embroidered flower clusters cut from a curtain
-stamping with number and date stamps
-small book pages from the early 1800s (original)
-two full page lace pockets
-antique script copied onto acetate
-original German book pages for you to use
-tall, narrow glassine bag w/tag
-roses stenciling and Tim Holtz "splotches" stenciling
-some sewing of pockets
-a decorated old sewing envelope
-a decorated paperclip
-a page with layered scraps of paper sewn to the edge to form multiple tuck spots
-a piece of a masterboard turned into a pocket -- different than the one inside the front cover
-a large piece of fabric with little roses that is sewn across the top and flips up
-tall, narrow kraft bag pocket with tag
-bulldog deals clip
-rose fabric ruffle sewn along edge of a page
-sheet music cover "tablet" with 7 distressed pieces of paper (Photo 8)
-a 1950 envelope turned into a flip out pocket (Photo 8)
-an old receipt copy on tracing paper and attached with two tiny brads
-a 1953 envelope flip out pocket
-a large collaged pocket with 1936 postcard, copy of vintage photo, and 1870 German Bible page
-a sheet music heart with a pocket holding two small copies of vintage photos
-a pocket made from a book page with texture paste stenciled on it
-a 3" x 9" hardcovered, collaged journal with 10 pgs. (20 sides)
-flip up picture of a woman with a stained vellum envelope underneath--original postcard in envelope (Photo 9)
-an original illustrated plate (titled "Mary Stuart and Rizzio" by Georg Conrader) from the antique book


This journal has a few other surprises that weren't mentioned above. It is crammed full and pretty heavy.