making journals with onion skin paper

[ypsilanti]

A few of my correspondents have asked that I post photos of the notebooks I've been making. Here are two I finished this evening.

Both are about 5.5" X 8.5", with 200 pages of onion skin paper. The striped one is cloth-covered and will be my next journal. The one with scribbles and nibs is paper-covered and it will be a gift (my first go at paper-covered covers; this paper was too cool to pass up). I'm still trying to find the sweet spot with this Coptic stitch. There's some play in this type of binding; there just is. In my efforts to minimize the wigglies, I tend to stitch them too tightly. Just need to keep making notebooks, I guess, until I get it right! I've included a photo of the onions stamped in gold ink inside the front cover.

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[VertOlive]

The onions are just the best!

[Bogon07]

The onions are just the best!

Nice work & those gold onion stamps are a great personalisation.

[ypsilanti]

Thank you! I was thrilled to find the onion stamp. More proof that one can find *anything* on the interweb.

[earthdawn]

Fantastic work !

[ypsilanti]

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Honestly I was a bit nervous about showing my work, novice that I am. I shouldn't have been nervous at all, though, the geeks here are such nice people.

[AndyT]

They look superb - very nicely done!

[Nomdeplume]

Love these! Did you get a copy shop or publishing place to cut the paper?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Beautiful!

[ypsilanti]

Love these! Did you get a copy shop or publishing place to cut the paper?

I bought reams of onion skin from The Paper Mill Store and simply folded sheets in half. If you get on their emailing list, you'll occasionally get a free shipping offer. Good deal.