recycling history

these are old books with gorgeous covers and spines that i had bound with blank paper, so now they are journals .

i did not give birth to the idea of doing this, the fabulously talented Tara Carmichael did, but she loves me enough to be OK with me doing it too.

i LOVE the idea of writing in my journal that is wrapped in an old book cover, kind of surrounded by history.   i can make up stories about who owned these books before and what their lives were like and really get carried away in make belief land. :O

i also like the recycled aspect  , i buy the old books at Kafda bookshop down the road from me and feel good about supporting their cause and rescuing old tired books from being thrown out.

some are just so pretty !

i am going to place some at The Showroom, in Main Road , Sea Point to sell, so if you are gagging to have one, you can find one there .