Before I start a new book I like to prep it's pages and cover, but I wanted to keep the next book really simple and plain. So all I did was this:
I painted the original black cover white with several layers of gesso. After that I had a book with white pages and a white cover and I had no choice but to call it the White Book. (My book names are always so obvious, haha.) I put its name on the cover with a blak paint marker and that was that. The book was ready for use. No fancy colours, no nothing.
My intention with this book was to work with its simplicity and to give myself the challenge of working with white backgrounds. I filled the first spreads in the last few days before my vacation. Here's how they turned out.
I don't know if you can tell, but life was really hectic in those days. I had so little time to play with my journal that I kept everything really simple. Especially the third spread which is just a couple of postcards and writing.
During my vacation I did a lot of thinking about my journaling and writing and how one affects the other and that will take this book into a different direction in the coming year, but that's something I want to talk about next week. Let me tell you though that since that last spread I actually have not worked in this book again yet. There's a reason for that, but that's part of a post I want to write next week when I talk about my plans and ideas for next year. So again I ask you to bear with me. ;-)
For now I hope you enjoy this peek into the new journal and wish you all a wonderful and artsy Wednesday.