Well Dearhearts..

This is my last video..

it is a little book making project..

a way to use up all those ..

 

antique photo album pages..

and to use some holiday bits and pieces 

that you love and don't know what to do with!! 

Enjoy!!

and I send you all my best and kindest..

Holiday wishes!

xox

Caterina

My Paris Travel Journal

If you saw my video..

then you know that this is what my new travel journal looked like

when we finished filming..

and if you did not see my YT video,

just scroll down to the last post to view it...

Antique Travel Journal, Caterina Giglio, photo by Don Digison

I was not pleased with the green striped ribbon..

which I thought was black..

but on closer inspection was green..

and so I decided to settle for white and 

I have stitched it all together so that it is easy to secure..

and while there will be lots of color going on 

inside of the journal,

I wanted to keep the front and embellishments

black and white...

I finished the mylar pocket

and added a sticker..

and I began to stuff it with antique ephemera ..

a map of Paris..

I also added a parchment envelope near the back of the journal

above...

which you can see through the window of the old album pages..

the pages will eventually be covered in paper and glued together

once we return home and print photos...

and I added tracing paper as a page to the inside front and back..

and I love being able to see the embossed album cover

through the tissue paper..

don't you?

and I did manage to find a little charm or two to enhance the dangling strings

of waxed linen..

our last stop will be Nassau..

so it seemed fitting..

My art journal pages are late..

gentle reader,

but I know you understand how you just become

so engrossed in a project and you want to see it end..

methinks that will take some time with this one..

Ciao, Ciao!!

Inside the Antique Travel Journal

I love a chubby journal..

and my tiny antique journal is simply 

overflowing with tickets, 

and memorabilia

   

the pockets are stuffed...

and may have to be reinforced...

but overall, it took a lot of abuse and held up well....

There are several pieces that I won't be showing you..

alas, since I always  journal write 

Grey Etchings on Glass, mixed media, Caterina Giglio

and create a diary of our travels...

but you can see that the antique photo album

worked out well...

We adored France as you know..

and were fortunate to visit the 

Giverny Museum of Impressionisms

which is just down the street from 

Monet's Garden

Rainy cool and wet weather... watercolor, Caterina Giglio

it was stunning to see Degas's work up close

as well as Monet's...

well, as close as they will let me... LOL

and since it was May day, 

Mr. La Dolce Vita, bought me a

bouquet of Lily of the Valley..

which I immediately pressed ... of course..

and I still have photos from London to 

share with you...

especially the London Eye, which I must brag

that I endured quite well..

I suppose it is always a jolly fine day for enjoying 

Fish and Chips...

and in case you missed

the post

that explains how I transformed this 

crumbling antique photo album into  

a modern travel journal

you can go

to this link..

Journal pages will be served next..

so please stay tuned..

ciao, ciao!