HANDMADE Sketchbook or Journal SWAP!!!

When you say completely handmade, do you mean the paper too? I can make the covers and pick out the paper that goes inside. But making the paper that goes inside will be a little difficult. Especially since I no longer have the space to make paper.

Oh no the paper doesnt have to be handmade unless you want too.. I just stressed the word handmade so that no one would send anything that they have just bought at a store or something. :]

this sounds so fun! I've already got a bunch of ideas, can't wait to see who my partner is!

Forgive my dumb question: when you mean sketchbook is that with the kind of paper (inside) that you can sketch on, draw on? Please clarify this for me. Thanks, Barbara

No its not a dumb question, MMmm well youre welcome to use any paper that you'd like to use, it can be plain white paper, colored paper, watercolor paper, even lined paper. Anything is good as long as its something that can be written on or drawn on, as opposed to some sort of glossy paper or paper that bleeds when you write on it. Hope that helps. :]

Thanks for putting this together. The book is to be blank pages.

I like to take my books places, so if it's not too much trouble for my swap partner, no beads please. I hate to see you lovely work fall to pieces every time I pull it out of my bag.

i just started working on mine! what a great inspiration. now i'm thinking of making tons more for gifts, etc. thanks for this swap and the crafty motivation!

How do people usually bind these? I've read a little online but I don't want to make one and it be weird. Do people use rings or wire or what usually?

Hi! I found this swap from the swapbot blog (featured swap of the week last week! congrats revolutionoise!) On the blog they had some links to binding techniques. I've always used wax thread and sewn my books together in different patterns, and sometimes adding beads to the thread. But there are loooots of different ways to bind! Rings and wire can be just as beautiful!

WOW this swap got featured for the weekly featured swap! so awesome :] :]

AWWWWWW MAN!!! I would SO love to do a swap like this but there is no way I can get it done in a week. My schedule is way too full through next weekend. IF you do this swap again please PM me or get my attention somehow. I really want to try this!

SAME as above...i need a little more than a week...love it tho!!

This sounds like it'll be awesome to make and recieve! I really am excited to join this swap! Thanks for creating this swap :D

Same as the comments above. I'd love to do this swap but there's no way I can do it this fast =( So, if you do it again can you PM me too? What a wonderful idea though!

I am with the other girl's on this,my question is for these kind of swap's should be held over for at least two week's,to get the lady's a chance to get the stuff they want to do for the swap,mine will be extended over for the lady's to give them the chance to create theire idea's for the hand made thing's but for any chance it can't i would love to join this again.

I'm having to un-join. I just don't think my skills are up to par to make a good enough journal and I don't want someone to get a not awesome one. Maybe next time!

I dont think it would take more than a week. It's just decorating 2 Pgs. Pretty much. For binding you might use wood glue or gorilla glue on the spine after clamping the pages together with binder clips, let dry, then glue the spine again. Now use a heavy cardstock to bind it together. Look at a coloring book for a good example. just an idea, it might save some time :)

I am working on the person name that I have for , the sketch book and jounral, it will be mailed out by the weekend I am sorry for the delay but I have a frozen shoulder so I am doing the best I can to get this out and out to thename I have I am doing theraphy three times a week the excerize i gotta do is ten times each three times a day for yous who know what it means to have a frozen shoulder you will understand why its taking me longer to get it done please for give me I did pray to god about it and for your understanding in this thank you Melinda

Godsangel80 --> You have me as a partner. I understand. Please take your time. I don't want you to strain your injury. I can certainly wait.

I just mailed the sketch book out this morning it takes about four to five days to recieve I hope i made it right my firsttime dong this kind of stuff it was fun making it thou

godsangel80 - I sent you a PM that I still haven't received it and I haven't heard back. Please reply.

Still nothing...