I participated in a book swap recently and created this garden journal for a partner.
It was a challenge to make it since I wanted it to be sturdy as well as pleasant to the touch. Also, I wanted it to be helpful to the recipient and to contain all the information that she may needed in order to organize and have fun while gardening.
I bound it with metal rings through the spine to make the journal easy to open, since it has plenty of pages to write down the information about plants, seeds, notes, to do lists, etc. Also, I included pockets and calendars to make it more complete.
Here are some more images of the book:
This first page included some painted flowers on fabric, lace, butterfly and a heart that I made with plaster.
This picture shows a pocket with a small journaling pad on one side and the plot organizer in the other. There are 4 different pages with grids, according to the season.
This page features another pocket with an embossed tag inside. There are also stamped butterflies and a flower.
Here are more pockets, vellum envelopes stamped with different garden related stamps. After that, there are pages to include the Seed information, Plant information, etc.
In these pages, she can record when and what is happening in the garden.
This page shows one of the calendars included. There is one page for each month of the year. The other side shows another pocket with another tag. Also, a cut birdcage with a little bird inside. Cute isn’t it?
More pockets, bird, butterflies around it. I like this page since she can write down the results from her gardening. Some plants grow, some don’t. It’s good to know!
This page is for Notes and of course, more pockets. There are other pages included that I didn’t photograph, but I really like how this journal looks and feel.
The spine is reinforced with heavy fabric and the front cover has metal pieces of the alphabet that spell the word Garden. I really hope the recipient of this journal likes it and use it for her garden adventures.
I was very inspired creating the journal, so much that afterwards I decided to embellish the pages more with beautiful graphics and to offer it to my customers as a digital file download. I also included a very easy to follow tutorial on how to bind the pages, not the same as the one I used here but easy enough for anybody to try it and make a journal for yourself or as a gift for somebody else. These are how the digital pages look:
If you would like to get the digital download, click here. If you have a question or a comment, please let me know here or you can also write to my email glenda@enchantart.com
If you would like to purchase a garden journal, I can create one for you, just let me know with some time in advance since each is one is unique and made tailored to your needs.
Have a wonderful day!
Glenda
Tags: Garden Journal, handmade garden journal, Make your Own journal
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