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[May. 23rd, 2013|05:53 am]
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No pages today, though my current journal is almost finished and I hope to be able to share it soon. I stumbled across this this morning, though, and I had to share it with you. It's all in Italian, but it's such an awesome little book!
[Note... I have selected jr__nal from the dropdown menu, but my post button says "Post to" a completely different comm >.>] |
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| Life expectancy of the written word |
[Apr. 30th, 2013|11:27 pm]
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Do you write on acid-free, archival quality paper only? What kinds of pens do you use - archival or just whatever pens? Furthermore, might any of you know how long regular ballpoint pen ink lasts if it's not subjected to light? (For those who care, there is a post in this thread with a list of permanent ballpoint ink pens a little way down: http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-32734.html posted by ballpointpenart.)
I'm afraid I've written all of my diaries thus far on paper whose quality I know nothing of. I've also used lots of ballpoint pens and... eh, I feel like I should copy the last few diaries (where my life started to get more interesting) for preservation! I've been trying to find information on how long non-acid-free non-archival quality paper lasts, but basically - it all depends on the manufacturing (which is a question mark) and how you keep it, so no help there.
To make things more difficult, I have a dozen blank books that I have made, all of them with paper without any information about said paper's life expectancy. And a couple of really lovely bought ones without any information, not even the name of the manufacturer, not to mention four gorgeous blank journals from India with handmade paper. And now I feel like I should take out the pages from these 20 or so journals and rebind them all. Sigh. Damn it.
My journals don't need to last 500 years but I would like at least 100 years. I want to read them when I'm old, and then hide them in an airtight, long-lasting box somewhere for someone to find them long after I'm gone. 100 years isn't even long enough for that, really.
I hope I did the tags right! X-posted to embodiment. |
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| Refills question |
[Apr. 10th, 2013|08:50 pm]
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I hope it's ok to ask this here, if not, mods please feel free to delete it.
I have a refillable journal cover, and I can't find any refills for it anymore. If anyone could please point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful, I don't know which online shops are best. I would also prefer sites that are European or have affordable shipping to Europe!
The journal inside measures 16.5cm x 12 cm, and it's about 2 cm thick. In inches, I believe that's about 6.5 x 4.7, and 0.8 . It's close to A5, but not quite. I assume that if it's slightly smaller it would still fit in the cover.
Thanks! x-posted to  embodiment, apologies if you see it twice. |
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| Journal pages through the ages - crossposted to embodiment. |
[Apr. 3rd, 2013|11:34 am]
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Hello folks!
It's about four months overdue, but this is a post I've wanted to make for a while. I went back home for Christmas, and was able to get my hands on my journal collection. I took a ton of photos and wanted to share them with you.
As always, this post is image-heavy :) Admittedly, I don't have a lot of things to say about these pictures and debated not posting them at all... but I thought you might like a little peek at some of my earlier volumes.
I've almost finished my second journal of the year, and I'll try to share pics of it soon. For now, I hope you aren't too bored or disappointed with today's offering... My work computer hates LJ's new editor, so I'll link to my previous entry when I get home >_< I hope nothing is too screwed up...
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[Mar. 25th, 2013|09:57 pm]
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Recently I started journalling again. I hadn't kept up to a paper journal for about a year, but in February I bought this gorgeous journal from Asda for £1.57! And it's led to me writing a lot again. I thought I'd share some photos. ( Read more...Collapse ) |
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[Mar. 23rd, 2013|07:42 pm]
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I have been working on and off in this accordion sketchbook for two years now, and just finished one side. It isn't one continuous drawing but I tried to carry themes throughout, and make the transitions as harmonious as possible. When closed, the sketchbook measures 5x8 inches. When open, the sheet extends for 10 feet 8 inches. All drawings in blue ballpoint pen.
A bunch more pictures at my journal--->http://akikotree.livejournal.com/50616.html |
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| Starting fresh |
[Mar. 5th, 2013|12:42 pm]
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I recently decided to finally use my recycled-field-guide, i had been safing it forever but the pages are starting to get a little warped and i figured i may as well just use it.
aint it pretty?
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