Hand Made Sketchbook | Travelers Notebook | Ideas for Nature Journals

[@Made_by_Reb]

These are SO BEAUTIFUL. What a great use of a tired book. Love the binding method, so clever!

[@samashleyart]

Thankyou so, so much Reb 🙏🏻 I absolutely love making handmade sketchbooks. There's a lot of creative freedom in the making of them. 💗🌻🤗xxx

[@jukerdanz]

Sam these are just gorgeous! The books are terrific and the way you prep your pages, the different techniques to draw, paint and print - it is all really inspirational. I loved the surprise pidgeon 😊❤ Please bring on the tutorial 😊

[@samashleyart]

🙏Thankyou Julie 🥰. I really love making handmade sketchbooks - and exploring the possibilities of doing so on a budget is always a bonus 🤣. I was planning a series of workshops in my head this morning on my daily bush walk. Coming from a teaching background is certainly going to be helpful. I will post all the details on my Substack when I have something ready. (Its all very exciting) 🥰💗Sam🌻xxx

[@metamorphic8]

Just minutes in & I’m in awe of you Sam! 🤩

[@samashleyart]

💗Aaah Yemaya, Thankyou 🙏🏻 so lovely to see you here. Happy full moon 🌕 🧡🌻xxx

[@zoetoussaint5060]

This video gave me the little push I needed to get off my screen and into my sketchbook! cheers for that

[@samashleyart]

👏🏻Yay!!! Well done, so glad you are sketching now (& maybe reading this later? 🤣). 🥰🙏💗Sam🌻xxx

[@oficinacaracolinho]

These are great Sam, you could do a lesson on how you make your journals/sketchbooks 🤗 that would be lovely! Handame things are so much meaningful ❤

[@samashleyart]

🙏🏻 Thankyou so much Teresa 🥰 I am planning to teach a Zoom workshop in the next school holidays (I have a series of workshops in mind actually). I will post all the details etc. on my Substack (& in the Discord) closer to the time 💗xxx

[@stuffireveal]

Preparing old book for a new journal is very cool idea! Omg thank youu i will make one!❤❤❤

[@samashleyart]

😍Yay! that is great to hear. Have fun making your new journal 🥰 and thankyou - there are always so many books being thrown away these days it seems. Its great to be able to re-purpose some of them💗🌻xxx

[@jessicarushton96]

Thanks for sharing this! I just needed to watch and hear exactly what your shared. Loved your handmade journals and now I feel inspired to make my own 🤩🤩

[@samashleyart]

Hi Jess, Thankyou so much 🙏. That is so exciting - I would love to see your handmade journal when you have made it. I just had a look at your Instagram and subscribed. Your paintings are beautiful. 🥰I love your recent quarry painting💗🌻xxx

[@grimreaper1505]

this is absolutely genius! i love this idea, thank you for sharing ❤

[@samashleyart]

🙏 Thankyou. I am really happy that you like it. Hope you make a journal too💗🌻xxx

[@pennysmith3803]

Just beautiful ❤

[@samashleyart]

🙏🏻Thankyou so much Penny 💗🌻xxx

[@OrlaStevens]

Wow, these are amazing!! Such a great idea to upcycle old books 💙

[@samashleyart]

🙏 Thankyou Orla. I love using old books - they are both budget & environmentally friendly (or at least not wasted / thrown out) 🥰. They are also really personal - each one unique, with multiple layers of stories & adventure. I'd love to know if you make one - hope you do. Enjoy, 🩷Sam🌻xxx

[@OrlaStevens]

@@samashleyart if you ever run/sell an online workshop on how to make them, I'd love to join!

[@samashleyart]

@@OrlaStevens 🙏That would be lovely Orla - I am planning on hosting a Zoom workshop in the Australian school holidays (most likely Christmas holidays as my school teaching job is about to get very busy). I will make sure to let you know - (apologies for late reply - I didn't actually see your 2nd message until today). 💗🌻xxx

[@sketchbookscheming]

Very inspiring!

[@samashleyart]

🙏Thankyou Marcy. They really are a lot of fun to make - and more meaningful than a store bought one, I think. Will you make one too? 💗 Sam🌻xxx

[@sketchbookscheming]

@@samashleyart I'm tempted -- I've only ever used purchased 8x8-inch ones. I like the idea of the inserts, though, and of having different types of paper.

[@Wildsobermama26]

Great video!

[@samashleyart]

🙏Thankyou Nic - I love your KZbin user name 🤩 💗Sam🌻xxx

[@louisealchin7435]

Oh what a fantastic idea! They all look gorgeous Sam. What do you look for when selecting a pre loved book? Thick paper? Hardback?

[@samashleyart]

Hi Louise 🥰Thankyou. Good questions. There are definitely certain things I do look for when choosing pre loved books. I am planning on doing a Zoom workshop for my free Substack subscribers in the NSW School Holiday break and will go through everything in that. I will post details about the workshop, materials required / Luma link etc. in the 'Studio Diaries' Substack a little closer to the time. samashleyart.substack.com/ Post Zoom workshop we can have a more informal Q&A in the 'Studio Diaries' Discord - in the workshop channel. Hope you can make it 🙏🏻💗Sam🌻xxx

[@louisealchin7435]

@@samashleyartoh wonderful! Roster pending, I’ll be there 😊

[@samashleyart]

@@louisealchin7435 🤩Yay! I will try and give you plenty of notice so you can come 💗🥰🌻xxx

[@claricek2653]

So cool😮could you do a tutorial on how to make the band😊

[@claricek2653]

The elastic band journal

[@samashleyart]

Hi Clarice, Thankyou so much 🙏. Yes, I will do that - actually, I have been thinking about doing a Zoom workshop soon for my Free Substack subscribers. We also have a Discord with a workshop / stage channel where I do things like that. I will put something up on KZbin, but I can't say exactly when at this stage. 💗Sam🌻xxx

[@janinafisher101]

I get books free at our local "Reuse" Centre, and I have collected a few to use for art journals, and I paint over the pages. But I love your idea of highlighting some of the words on the pages, or using some of the illustrations to include in your journal, and also letting some of what is beneath show through the paint. This was a very inspiring video. What tool do you use to get the little grommets in the books? That is an interesting way to do it, though I was thinking you could also just stretch the elastic over the spine of the book as well. Thank you!

[@samashleyart]

🙏Thankyou Janina, such a beautiful comment 🥰. I love the idea of just choosing random words on the page that appeal to you (honestly, the book could be about literally anything and there will always be a few words that stand out - and can be taken out of the original context of the book). Its a great thing to do when you only have a couple of minutes - use a watercolour pencil to outline the word so when you are ready to gesso, you already have the word/s chosen. It always surprises me how the words reflect something I seem to be thinking of anyway (serendipity at its best). Its a form of 'Black out poetry' I suppose. To get the grommets (eyelets) in, I use an 'Eyelet Tool set' from the sewing shop (or supermarket). I also use an awl and a hammer. I don't have the packet any more so I cant tell you the brand I'm afraid. They come in different sizes (get slightly bigger than you think). I am planning on doing a free Zoom 'Handmade Journals' workshop in the near future for my Substack subscribers - maybe I can include this too (or maybe I need a few workshops 🤣)? Happy art journal making my friend 🩷Sam🌻xxx

[@hippofaitdestrucs]

🌳🍁🍃

[@samashleyart]

🩷🙏🌻xxx

[@eprohoda]

‘sup?~ that is stunning job.

[@samashleyart]

🙏 Thankyou 🥰 They are lots of fun to make 🩷 xxx