Alice in Wonderland Journal featured in Made It

One of my wire bound journals is featured in this week's 'Journals' gallery in Made It's community newsletter.

A handmade wire bound journal, created from the remains of a timeworn book.
The covers and internal pages have been combined with fresh pages, honoring the soul of the original book.

Truly one-of-a-kind.

Details of the original book:
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll - a new version of the classic tale by Archie Oliver
Date of publication: 2004

30 new pages (smooth white 120gsm) have been added to the book, and 30 of the original pages remain, many containing illustrations as shown in the photos (page numbers are approximate).

Dimensions: 19.5cm high, 11.5cm wide, and 1.5cm thick (approximately)

Can be used as a journal, notebook, sketch-book or for mixed media.

This wire bound journal is handmade from an original book and both the original and new pages have been manually trimmed.
As such, there may be slight imperfections to the original covers and pages (scuffs or dings, spots, or perhaps remnants of a previous owner). This adds to the charm of each one-of-a-kind book.

Thanks for stopping by
Sarah

Made It 'New Sellers'

I was chuffed to see I have been featured in this week's 'New Sellers' gallery in Made It's community newsletter.

This is the wire bound journal that has been featured:

 

And here is the link to my shop Madeit.com.au/sarahndipity.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Sarah

Beatrix Potter books added to MadeIt.com.au

I have just listed some new wire bound books on MadeIt.com.au.

They are the little Beatrix Potter books we all grew up with.  There are two listings, one set of books were printed in 1985 (white covers) and the others in 1995 (black covers, these have new colour reproductions of the original watercolours).

                  

Each book has 30 original pages (most have the whole book) and 55 new white pages (pages are approximate).

There are many titles available, please see the individual listings for details.

      

      

Thanks for stopping by
Sarah

Now selling on Madeit.com.au

I have taken a giant leap (for me) into selling my handmade items online.  I have been selling at a local market for over 10 years, but this is new territory for me.  Actually this whole on-line blog and selling thing is all new, and I am learning as I go.

The link to my store is www.madeit.com.au/sarahndipity.

I have started with a few wire bound journals, and plan to add more when I get the time.  Later I may add my handmade cards, but this is a start.

This is my spiel:

Handmade wire bound journals, created from the remains of timeworn books.  The covers and internal pages have been combined with fresh pages, honoring the soul of the original book.
Each journal is truly one-of-a-kind.
I hope my handmade items provide a pleasant surprise for yourself or the lucky recipient.

I deconstruct old hardcover books by removing the front and back covers, spine and internal pages.  I keep about 20-40 of the original pages and add 30-60 new pages.  The books are then bound again using wire.
 
I would love you to have a look, and welcome your thoughts on my setup so far.  It is amazing how long it takes to get the logistics, like store information and postage, worked out (for a newbie like me anyway).
 
Thanks for stopping by
Sarah