In high school I learned a little bit about bookbinding and made several journals for myself. Originally meant to be sketchbooks; somewhere between sophomore year of high school and college they turned into scrapbooks of clippings from magazines for both home decor and style. I recently uncovered these scrapbooks and started to add into them again. It's amazing how little my style has changed over the last decade and how much these little books have preserved of my younger self. I thought it would be fun to share them with you as I begin to use them again myself.
My style scrapbook is a lot thinner than the home decor book, you can tell where my priorities lie, but it is nearly crammed full of magazine clippings from 2002 on. The cover of this scrapbook is hued in some of my all time favorite colors: tomato red, mint green, peach, and yellow. To this day that's a reflection of my personality.
So many of the looks in this book have been styles I've tried to replicate through the years, with thick braids, classic lines, vintage florals, and a feminine silhouette. I've known far longer than I ever realized what my "look" should be, but I'm just now getting the hang of it. It's fun adding newer clippings alongside the old ones and seeing how they compliment and contrast one another.
There is no specific design or layout with these, no artistic flourishes, just images of inspiration haphazardly glued onto dusty pages. Do any of you keep scrapbooks like this? I'd love to see some. Big kiss, bekuh
I usually incorporate magazine clippings into my scrapbooks but recently started playing with the idea of preserving some collaged pages inside a big binder with page protectors, thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHere's my scrapbooks:
http://kelseyelizabetha.blogspot.ca/search/label/scrapbooking
Your books are so neat. I've never really been a scrapbooker, although I've liked the idea...it never seems to happen.
ReplyDeleteBut, I may try this sometime.
A friend of mine used to put styles on her college closet door for inspiration in the morning.
I agree with you on the style thing happening now. Mine has been a long time coming, but I get these spurts of new ideas and outfits every so often. I love feeling stylish.
-Kirsten
mylifetintedpink.blogspot.com
this is such a great idea! i love it!
ReplyDeleteit's pinterest in a book! you were doing pinterest before even the internet was cool! LOOK AT YOU!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! :) I need to do a home design one. That would be fun.
ReplyDeleteBekuh this is so fun! I love finding old school creatively made things that I made years ago! It's funny how much (and how little) we change over time!
ReplyDeleteI'm normally not much for "paper craft"...but you have inspired me!
I just love the first scrapbook! I think we have similar taste and expectation about our future houses. Wood is the most important thing. And of course I would add fresh flowers everywhere.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to uncover! I have long had one of these kind of scrapbooks on my mind. Now I just have to finish school so I actually have the time to do it!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I used to spend hours cutting up magazines and things and pasting inspiration down onto notebook pages. I really miss it. For some reason I just stopped doing it. I love pinterest and all that, but it's definitely not the same. This really made me want to start up again.
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty. I have a bunch of notebooks for sketching, collage, art and to-do lists but nothing like this. I must print out some of my Pinterest photos and layer them like this. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteAw I love these! That's great that you still have them. The covers are pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have two great books on bookbinding that I've had since high school. I've always loved creating mini books. I have one somewhere on interior design and have been wanting to make a style one. Also one on just colors in general.
Bekuh, I love the idea! Cara-Mia, would you happen to remember the title or author of your bookbinding books? I'm actually in high school right now and this was really inspiring. :)
DeleteThose covers are so pretty. I love the first scrapbook!
ReplyDeleteLike the person above mentioned I also have a book on bookbinding and I've always wanted to give it a try. This might just make me.
This is super inspiring! I definitely want to start my own home and style scrapbooks now.
ReplyDeleteobsessed! i wanna give this a try. ; ) it's amazing what stays with us through the years.
ReplyDeleteoh these are so cute, i've actually been doing something like this over the past year!! i have 4; fashion, future home stuff, crafts/diys, and WEDDING haha i love them, although i don't put stuff in the as often as i'd like too..and mine don't have cute covers so i'll need to get one that haha but yours are reallllly cute!!
ReplyDeleteI love this! You inspire me to get more creative :)
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