Inside an Artist Journal

My artist journals are made from a variety of new and vintage dead stock paper. Inside each book, you'll find pages from vintage books, ledgers, graph notebooks, school dittos, stationery, office supplies, coloring books -- and tons of other pretty paper. Every page is a different pattern, and they all coordinate together into a one of a kind notebook.

Often customers will tell me that they don't want to write in my journals because they see them as "too special." I always tell them that I've been making these journals for almost a decade now and they are really designed to be used. "I'll make more!" is often what I'll say. But really, the paper inside is getting another chance to be used before it is recycled -- and that's a pretty nice feeling, too. 

You can use them as journals -- filled with your thoughts, photos and artwork. I've had customers use them as guest books, memory books and dream journals. Or you can use them as everyday journals -- I put my grocery lists and to-dos in these journals and it's makes these mundane tasks way more fun.

Here's a peek inside a typical Phantom Limb journal.