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Handmade Vintage Onion Skin Journals w/ Paper Bag Collage Covers and Wrap Closures

Taylor R

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TRadMarkCreations ·

Chicago, Illinois

Ships from Illinois

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Highlights

  • Made by TRadMarkCreations
  • Ships from Illinois! Shorter shipping distances are kinder to the planet

  • Materials: paper, thread, ephemera, card stock, vintage paper, ledger paper, French ephemera, french paper, journal, onion skin, onion skin paper

  • Width: 4.4 inches
    Height: 6.4 inches
    Depth: .3 inches

These journals have been made with the base of a brown paper bag that have been collaged with various vintage ephemera. This has given them semi-firm cover, but not a hard cover surface. Due to the materials, the covers have an uneven texture that may include warping or wrinkling since the base of paper bags has folds and layers. While imperfect, I think these qualities add to the charm and uniqueness of these journals. Plus the materials are recycled! Each journal has a wrap closure (coffee-dyed muslin or recycled sari silk ribbon). Paper included is Southworth brand 9lb onion skin with cockle finish. It has a lovely crinkle texture and is very good with fountain pen ink (personal choice), gel ink, and pencils. If you’ve never worked with vintage onion skin paper, know that your writing may show some ghosting but it is very unlikely to bleed through. Spines are reinforced/decorated with vintage British bus tickets.

Specifications:
All journals include two paper signatures sewn together with thick cotton thread. There are 60 single pages (120 double-sided).

*photo 5 shows journal Blue A’s ribbon that has very faint reddish pink staining from when it was harvested. It’s very minimal, but I tried to capture it as best I could.

Sizes vary (roughly measured)
- Large Warm/Cool (6.3” x 5.5”)
- Blue A (6.3” x 4.5”)
- Blue B (6.3” x 4.3”)
- Green A/B (6.3” x 4.3”)

As a disclaimer, there may be some handmade qualities present (imperfect edging, etc).

If you want to see more of my process you can visit:
https://www.instagram.com/tradmarkcreations/

This will be shipped with USPS First Class Mail or Select Ground if your package exceeds First Class weight criteria. International orders will ship the standard rate. I will combine shipping on multiple items in an order and refund the difference. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

I am not responsible for any loss of mail/merchandise during shipping.

Please let me know if you need any other details. I am a teacher so I won't be able to reply immediately, but I will get back to you as soon as I can :)

  • Order today to get by Oct 5-8
  • Returns & exchanges not accepted
  • Cost to ship: $5.83
  • Ships from: Oak Park, IL

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TRadMarkCreations
Taylor R
TRadMarkCreations ·

Chicago, Illinois

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