#collaged notebooks

[truebluepublishingco]

My Bookish Tendencies

I fell in love with reading in my early 20s. I was an awkward, shy, lost little soul, and I found it comforting to lose myself in a good book.

That love was only heightened when I discovered I could relate to certain characters and that their thoughts and feelings could resonate so deeply with my own.

The way a book could bring such clarity and understanding to an issue or feeling I had struggled with for years opened up a whole new world for me.

I finally felt like I wasn't alone (or a complete basket case), and I wanted to share that with others. So, I enrolled in a writing course geared towards writing for children and teenagers.

I also began journaling, thanks to the book The Artist's Way, which helped me begin to unload a lot of junk, gunk, and negativity. (That process would be a long one, and it was given a huge boost by The Secret and the introduction to the Law of Attraction.)

My love of children's books truly blossomed after I had my daughter. Read-alouds were some of my favorite times spent with her, and we continued through picture books to classic novels. She would play, draw, or craft as I chipped away at a book, chapter by chapter.

Classic novels instilled so many wonderful values within me. I will be forever grateful for our homeschooling and the opportunity it gave me to share those stories with my daughter.

I got stuck on the self-help book wagon for many years, but fast forward to today and you'll probably find me with a light-hearted rom-com or second-chance romance book...ugh, I'm such a sucker for those!

Not only do I love to read books, but I also love buying old books. I discovered junk journals several years back and had gotten into transforming these old books into new treasures.

I love everything about these journals, and taking old, throw-away items and giving them a new life feels so rewarding. The mix of papers, ephemera, fabrics, pictures, lace, ribbon, and everything in between makes it all so limitless, and that grungy, vintage, junk look and feel is so cool.

With that, I got into using The Graphics Fairy for their extensive collection of vintage images. Although they have a ton of free-to-use items, I tried their premium membership, which offers higher-quality graphics, designed printables, and crafting tutorials.

I'm particularly inspired by their weekly themed bundles, which I've started using to create collaged covers for notebooks through Canva.

And that is what has led me here, to True Blue Publishing Co.

I want to start sharing my designs and creating notebooks and ephemera booklets through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing program.

I can't wait to show you what I've made!

[beatrizjournal]

New spreads on music, art and room inspiration. 🕯️📎

A new video showing all of these and more will be up next week. I am very excited to catch up with you guys again!

[belovedapollo]

recent pages, some mountain art and the paper scraps I cut out from various things 🌿 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[steven-myself]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Scrapbook - FACTORY Fanzine

[outsassing-nero]

golden hour journaling from my oslo travel/journal vlog :)!

[yaminohimee]

Before the wave incident

[mwdesiign]

Holiday Spreads ⋆⁺₊❅.

✸ Saved some wrapping paper to try something new in my journal and love how it turned out. .𖥔 ݁ ˖⋆ ˚❆

[fenimores-book-nook]

Some Aromantic and Asexual collages I just made. :) 💚💜

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[voidcallingsketch]

I used to journal in collage. I should get back into it. It is very meditative, and such an effective way to express emotions beyond just words.

[akkifuar]

Запоздалый разворот на май в моем гримуаре-ежедневнике-любимом блокноте~ И пусть мне вечно снится май. ♡

[mimi-journals]

[leuchtturm; reading journal]

A spread for my January recap and February stats/tbr! 🍒🤩

[motel-22]

birthday sentimentality

[theartsytrip]

[yaminohimee]

Process and result.

[lee100pad]

I got a yellow spring for fastening documents and I decided to make a homemade notebook.