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How we treat old books.

Junk Journal Penpals

Published by Stella Jones · 29 July at 11:45 · 

A lot of us, self included, use old books for our junk journals. We remove the covers to use again and recycle the contents or throw away the contents in some cases. This bothers me a bit. Does it bother you? I am showing you here a book that I own and treasure. It is a 1909 edition of The Strand Magazine omnibus. A compendium produced once a year for fans of that magazine. It is a wonderful old book and no way would I ever consider destroying it. It could well be valuable but I don't intend to sell it either.
You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strand_Magazine

I just want to say, we should be careful about what we use for our junk journalling. I'm sure you agree. Comments welcome...

What we do to prepare the ingredients of a pretty junk journal.

We raid the attic for old lace. If there isn't any there, we search the thrift shops...

Sometimes (often actually), our Penpals are generous and send us some of their surplus.

Then we wash the lace and dry it in the sun or on the radiator or in the tumble drier.
Sometimes we dye the lace in tea first and other times we spray it after washing with Tim Holtz or similar spray ink.