I'm making a journal

I have been watching lots of Youtube videos from people who make junk journals and this is something I like the idea of.  I am not sure what I would use them for, but creating something like this appeals.  Then I saw a small journal kit  (Lilac Haze) from Janie's Originals  and decided to buy it.  It arrived quickly and I waited for a few weeks without getting on with it (not sure why).  Eventually, I did get it out of the box and make it.  The original has a soft material spine and I decided I wanted a hard spine, so deviated a little from the instructions to create one.  The front is shown above.  In reality it is a brighter lilac than the photo would suggest.

Here's the back.  It has three signatures, sewn into the spine using three hole pamphlet stitch.

The pages are kraft card and recycled cartridge paper.  The most difficult bit was cutting the papers to fit (it took a while and they are nowhere near perfect.  However, I decided I can live with them as they are).  The third signature was the trickiest to sew in, but I got there in the end.

The kit gives you everything you need, including beads and ribbons to add spine dangles.  I haven't quite decided what I am going to do with them yet.  It also gives you some tags in the same patterned paper as the covers. The extras you need are glue, fabric glue, an awl/pokey tool and a craft knife/pair of scissors/paper cutter.

It was a very enjoyable project and I think I will be making some more of these, perhaps a little bigger, more of an A5 size.