Here's a handmade Rushton journal scrapbook I made!! Video and photos after my tiktok vid for you to see more details of the journal...
I recently became smitten by journals or scrapbooks handmade in Japan
filled with vintage and modern ephemera items. So I decided to make a
Rushton journal version!! Below is exactly what I made! I've been taking some time to create and fill the scrapbook journal along the way. Now, I felt it was decent enough to share!
First, I started off with some fabric I already owned with lovely vintage Rushton plushies! I had some left from other projects I had been working on. Than, I added some pom pom trim and satin ribbon. I was able to also utilize a pink fabric that I had with the baby duck and added some polka dot ruffle trim as well. It was truly fun trying to create the journal using a clear file journal I found at my local Goody/Daiso. I had hand sewn the fabric and trim. Inside also has a pink floral fabric I got from the Goody store ages ago.
I decided to put this lovely Mary Rushton ornament my dear friend Heather made for me on the inside of the front cover. I found some dividers and journal paper along with files that have pockets to fill my journal with and hold many of the ephemera I already had in my collection. I put this lovely vintage Santa wrapping paper as a start. The wrapping paper reminds me of the Rushton Santa and the same or similar style of that period 1950s.
Inside, I added some baggies with stickers of some adorable Rushton plushies, cards from other sellers who have gifted a card or photo of their collection. Even Valentine's stickers I got from another collector friend Alam in Mexico!
I also found a journal page that can hold my Fuji Instax polaroid photos!! These were photos I took some years back of my collection! I love that I can always have these memories of them! I even had a photo of a doll I no longer have! Haha!
This page, I put a vintage music note card of the song, "Man on the Moon" that was gifted to me from a seller! Seeing this card always made me think of Rushtons and just that dream time from long ago!
I also printed out some items to include, like Melanie's with her Rushton friends. My vintage Santa ad card that you can find very easily these days. Even some stickers and business cards by other collectors!
Last, a page I included with some cute animal stickers, my key charm necklace and caramel candy dice box. It's still a work in progress and I hope to add more as time goes on. One of the things I love about scrapbooks and journals, you can add to them!
I am truly happy with the way it turned out and all the adorable pieces I've kept over the years. Definitely one way for me to keep a memory of that time frame of my collection.
I hope you found this inspiring for your collection?!
Thank you for much for reading! ~ ggsdolls
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