FAVORITE ART JOURNAL SPREADS: RINGED JOURNALS
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This post is part of my Favorite Art Journaling Spreads Series.
Making and filling ringed journals are one of my favorite journaling types! I love the flexibility of them, the ability to have pages of all sizes, and in any order you want, changing them as you go. I can also add some unconventional things as pages (read on to see).
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I use antique books, or journals with designs I love as the covers, and then use basic binder rings – which are great because you can buy them in several sizes so your journal can me thin or thick.
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Above are some peeks of a journal project I am working on now. But I always love to use one of the 1800’s ladies as a first page. Below are some photos from pages in various #reverb journals from over the years.
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Below you can see I used a pretty soap wrapper on the left, and a drink coaster on the right.
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Below, in the next two photos, you can see how I used part of shopping bags to create the pages.
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Below is my first ringed journal. I made it using both old and new papers collaged on the covers.
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Here is another peek of the journal project I am currently working on.
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And more #reverb journal spreads, both before and after I added journaling to the pages.
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A Birdseye view – you can see how much you can put into a ringed journal! And you can just get bigger rings if you want to add more, or smaller rings if you want to take pages out.
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Envelopes also make for great pages!
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Below I used a clear pocket sleeve on the left, and a glassine on the right for pages.
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Here is another journal I made, this one is to collect quotes I stumble upon that I love.
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Sometimes I also attach ribbons, tags, charms, and other sweet things to the rings on the outside of the journal, as seen in one example below.
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Below are some peeks into some ringed journal spreads from over the years that I had posted on Instagram, some are spreads in the works:
You can see all the posts in this series on the main Favorite Art Journal Spreads post page. I think next month I will be working on my Moleskine journals to share!
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