Alchemy & Arabesque Junk Journal by Stephanie Manuel!

[@debrobinson5365]

Stephanie, Your journal is delightful! I loved that it tells a story and indeed provides knowledge as well as pleasure. Your touches of origami and Turkish paper folding are so intriguing. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me. I will be exploring more of your work. It's fascinating ❤

[@thegraphicsfairy]

Thank you so much!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much for your support. I really appreciate that you noticed all these details and will be exploring my work.

[@jenniferwatson7118]

Fantastic!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you!

[@SharonHoerth]

This is such a fascinating journal! I especially love the card with the string and box! 🥰

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Sharon! I love your work and they have been great sources of inspiration for me when I started creating journals.

[@quiltcj]

Such a beautiful and elegant journal. Thank you for the detailed explanation of the contents and for the insight into your creative process.

[@thegraphicsfairy]

You are so welcome!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much! Happy to hear that you also enjoyed the little notes that I shared about Arabic Book Arts

[@jeannainnc8390]

Stephanie, not only was your build super interesting and beautiful but I loved learning tiny bit of arabic culture. Thank you so much for sharing your creation and your knowledge.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much Jeanna! I'm happy that you enjoyed exploring the Arabic book art with me!

[@trinketz9374]

So beautiful Stephanie!! Absolutely creative and stunning presentation!!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much Savera!

[@leslycrescentmoonjournals]

Another beautiful Job Stephanie!!! So interactive and I love the way your journals have a story.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Lesly! I always enjoy telling a story through my journals as an invitation to travel.

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

This is absolutely exquisite, Stephanie. Every page was an absolute treat. I would love to learn how to do the Persian map folding technique for the binding, and also, and especially, how to make that incredible unfolding box! I gasped when you pulled on the string! Thank you for sharing your incredible work. What a treasure it is.

[@thegraphicsfairy]

Thank you so much!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much! I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources and adding my own ideas. I will continue to share my creations on my Instagram.

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

@@smilingsunlight Unfortunately I’m not on Instagram so I shall miss out.

[@smilingsunlight]

@@ShoshiPlatypus I'm also sharing on Facebook and on my KZbin channel

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

@@smilingsunlight Thanks so much for your prompt reply - I'm on KZbin so that's fine! I'll keep an eye out for you!! Such brilliant work.

[@boundtobevintage5321]

Such a fascinating and beautiful journal! I agree with others that I would love to see a tutorial video on making the drawstring box.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you! I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources. I share more on my Instagram account.

[@rankinstudios5342]

Fantastical Journal! Love the story and history of Arabic symbols.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much!

[@ecstevenson5004]

You have created a beautiful, impressive journal! Thank you so much for sharing it

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@victoriabergesen6775]

You have so many clever ideas! I would love to know how to make the little box, the infinity folding papers and how you bind the book together.

[@CJWright-auntiemoon]

Me, too! I tried to leave this same question on the Graphics Fairy website, but it's missing now. These are such important parts of the video that it's a shame not to have some direction on how it's done. It's a beautiful journal with lots of magical parts. I've searched for the pull string box without any luck. I think I've figured it out and seems simpler than it looks.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Victoria, I really appreciate it! I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources. I share more on my Instagram account.

[@smilingsunlight]

@@CJWright-auntiemoon Thank you so much! Love to hear that you saw magic in that journal! I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources. I share more on my Instagram account.

[@DorothyJanetoo]

Stephanie! This is so FUN and informative but above it all, delightfully lovely! The first page with the hidden origami secret pocket is wonderful. The layered collage it amazing. I love layering. Your sweet voice narrates your creation so prettily. Thanks so much for sharing your talent!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much Dodi! Your lovely words really touch me.

[@delanamason715]

I love this journal. The page that turns into a box is my favorite! How did you do that? Super cool and creative. Thank you for sharing

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much! I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources and adding my own ideas. I will continue to share my creations on my Instagram.

[@hawgdad]

What an intricately fascinating journal. LOVE IT!

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much! Intricate indeed, love hearing from you!

[@janej6253]

Absolutely Fabulous! Flows beautifully! 💙

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Jane!

[@barbaracabrera207]

Beautiful job!!! I'd love to see how you did the folded piece on cover!! I love the little notes. It's AMAZING to me when I find ancient images & writings I can include in my journals. How difficult they did them all free hand. No computers back then!!! There's great stuff in Public Domain we can use free. And I love them. I like to put a description on them. When I use pieces of an old book or newspaper, etc., I stamp the corner with the date and country it came from. So that information is retained with the piece. And I usually cut out the picture notes to include so the descriptions are not lost. I love to research anything I'm working on. I think its very interesting!! Thx for sharing this wonderful journal and your clever ideas!!! Austin TX USA

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Barbara! It's wonderful to take notes of these precious discoveries indeed. I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources. I share more on my Instagram account.

[@BeAgainBooks]

Wow Stephanie! Your journal is really exceptional, honestly. This is a wonderful theme and you’ve done a wonderful job of developing your concept. I love the little notes and explanations. My favorite part is a the layering. Really lovely.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much Kathleen, I really appreciate it! It's been fun to see the layering coming together as I put the pages together.

[@Jeannes1234]

This was the most educational journal flip thru that I have ever seen. All the information is so fascinating. Did you say you learned how to remove the backgrounds from images and altered images, etc on the Graphics Fairy site? I never knew they had that.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you so much for your lovely words, I really appreciate it. I did learned to remove backgrounds on the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership website. The Digital Tutorial is "remove a white background"

[@58orchards]

This is truly a fantastic journal how did you do that wonderful box? It really is so different to most journals. Thank you.

[@smilingsunlight]

Thank you very much, love to hear that you enjoyed my journal. I adapted several paper engineering techniques to create these interactive elements inspired by different sources. I share more on my Instagram account.