The Twirly Swirly Journals

Tuesday 9:00 - 4:30 $140  
  Ingrid Dijkers July 30    


Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Process and Project - Book cover will be completed and a few to several pages will be made. Will leave class with confidence to finish book at home.

               
 

 

“The Twirly Swirly Journals”, as the name implies, these journals are full of just about anything you can imagine that swirls and twirls. Elegant, a little bit girly, but above all, unusual and slightly quirky, this series of Journals will get your head spinning with more and more ideas of how you can add a new dimension to your journaling. We’ll start with a basic pre-made hard bound book construction, collage the cover, bind it with a simple binding method, work with lots of fun twirls and swirls by adding fold out pages, quotes, text and other fun oddities using provided collage sheets. I’ll be bringing lots of swirly rubber stamps, templates and stencils to work with and to top it all off we’ll add a plethora of beads, trinkets and baubles that dangle from the spine to finish off this delightful journal.

Kit fee of $5 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

  • premade book cover
  • waxed linen for bookbinding
  • imagery

Students should bring:

  • 2 sheets of Canson Mi-Teintes (19” X 25”) drawing paper in your choice of color (available at Michael’s, Dick Blick, Hobby Lobby) cut to size (see on-line page prep tutorial)
  • Several sheets of softly patterned scrap book paper to match
  • Beads and bauble to coordinate
  • Beading needle and quilting thread
  • Scissors (cuticle scissors also, if you have)
  • Elmer’s Glue
  • Various paint colors (craft paint jars are fine)
  • Inexpensive 1" natural bristle brush (as found at home improvement centers)
  • Bone Folder
  • Pencil and white eraser
  • Several sheets of Bristol paper if you would like to trace my stencils for later use
  • Imagery will be provided and additional imagery will be available for purchase, but feel free to bring your own.

Optional – if you have or we can share:

  • Awl
  • Heat gun
  • Your usual favorite journaling supplies such as - Markers, Gel Pens, watercolor pencils,

Questions? Email Ingrid at Ingrid@IngridDijkers.com
Website: ingriddijkers.com