old quilts new life: day planner

{  I   L O V E   M Y   N E W   P L A N N E R   C O V E R ...  }

and planning has never been so pretty.

... ALMOST AS MUCH AS I LOVE PLANNING !

Every year I look forward to the day when the upcoming new year's planner will be released on the store shelves. I love planning. I love lists, notes, and agendas. All sizes. All shapes. But the past few years I have noticed that I have been purchasing a planner that is smaller than years' past. I like the size that I can toss into my backpack or totebag or purse easily. I think it might be 8" x 5" or something close to that. Big enough I can SEE what I am writing in it but small enough it fits in my bag.

And you wanna know the best part? It is refillable - like these.

Every year I can just pop out the old one and place the new one in it's place.

N O  W   H O W   I S   T H A T   F O R   P L A N N I N G ?

old quilts new life: art journal cover love

{  I   L O V E   T E X T I L E S   A N D   I   L O V E   M Y   A R T   J O U R N A L }

There is something about pretty. Something that makes you want to have more pretty. For as much as I used my art journal, I wanted to love it every time I picked it up - and not just the inside, but the outside as well. And so this ART JOURNAL COVER was born. I did not buy one thing for this project. I used bits and pieces of {pretty} from all around the studio...

...each castoff speaking to who I am. A piece of quilt, so worn and threadbare, and yet I do not have the heart to toss it away. Broken bits of favorite jewelry, beyond repair. Pieces of yarn, the reward after a long day in the dye kitchen. Scrapbook trinkets, plucked from a box marked  - Rummage Sale. Spools of thread, ready to unravel, little left to offer. Damaged silken petals, still beautiful in their color and sheen. Leather leftovers, stained and painted...

...and I love it.

I love each and every piece of "trash". Each morsel, another reminder of the things I use, the goods I surround myself with, create with - the things I love.

{  D O   Y O U   L O V E   I T   A S   W E L L ?  }

old quilts new life: quilt block notebook covers

I   L O V E   Q U I L T S     A N D     I   L O V E    N O T E B 0 0 K S ,   S O   T H E S E . . .

M A K E   M E   S M I L E !

* VINTAGE QUILT BLOCKS

* SILKY FLOWERS

*MINIATURE NOTEBOOKS

*VINTAGE SEAM BINDING

*REFILLABLE

T H I S   I S   D E F I N I T E L Y   T R U E   L O V E !

{available now in etsy shoppe & in this shoppe too}

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old quilts new life: travel size art journals

{L O V I N G  T H E S E  H A N D-D Y E D  S I G N A T U R E  S P I N E  C O V E R S}

...read more HERE. Coming Soon - NEW EXTRA CHUNKY TRAVEL ART JOURNALS, WITH OVER 380 PAGES for doodling, painting, sketching, collages and memorabilia...because 192 pages just wasn't enough!

old quilts new life: shabby art journals

A match made in Heaven - vintage quilt fabric and vintage book paper. The make a sweet ART JOURNAL. Available now in my Etsy Shoppe

old quilts new life: business card pouch

old quilts new life: wrapover notebook cover

These little beauties are special...

...these were made to accomodate a mini notebook that you can buy

almost anywhere. When you have filled your yummy fabric journal with

lists, and notes and journaling - just pop it out and add in another!

old quilts new life: colorful art journals

 It seems I can't get enough of these beautiful vintage quilts. I love the

way they look as repurposed covers for a journal. Dyed binding, fabric

flowers, wool leaves and waxed Irish linen thread add charm to each

unique book. There is something very lovely about holding a book that

feels chunky, soft and well loved. See more of these repurposed journals

here.

old quilts new life: quilt block tote bags

There is nothing like repurposing a favorite find. You fall in love over

and over again - each time you  make something wonderful with it...

These sweet little beauties were created using $2 cotton tote bags

from Michael's Craft Store. Quilt blocks, flowers and ties were all cut

from a favorite old quilt. I added a small embellishment to the back and

an inside pocket - also cut from the quilt.