Journal Embroidery: Drink Tea, Read Books, Be Happy

After my very first page of journal embroidery, I kind of made the rookie mistake of poking my holes with two pages stuck together...and I hadn't realized that until I had already done the entire outline of the tea cup. Good thing I love the cup! Haha, so I decided to not waste the page and do the tea cup in different colors and add a new quote. I think it turned out quite lovely! 

This quote pretty much describes my life, so I think that's why I love it so much. Give me a cup of tea and a good big and I'll be set for the rest of the day. I'm still having a bit of trouble with embroidering cursive letters, but I'm working on it! I think the problem is I don't make the letters big enough, so the stitches are too close and the floss gets too crowded. I will definitely have to keep that in mind for next time. 

I love filling my journal with things that represent me. Books and tea really are all I need to be happy :) And maybe some chocolate thrown in as well....

Journal Embroider: Make Magic Happen

I am so obsessed with my latest page from my embroidery journal! I knew I wanted to do a camera, but I had absolutely no idea how I wanted the camera to look or what quote I wanted to go with it. So, I googled cameras and found this lovely little guide on Pinterest of different types of cameras. I decided to go with the Diana camera and I think it turned out perfectly!

As for the quote, I simply looked up camera quotes on Pinterest (seriously, Pinterest is a life savor) and found a cute print with a camera and the quote "Make Magic Happen." And I got to use the french knot again! Haha, that's becoming my absolute favorite stitch on these embroideries. 

Another page, another success. Now off to think up more ideas on what to do for my next page...

Journal Embroidery: What Would Jane Austen Do?

More journal embroidery! I have become so obsessed with doing some embroidery in my Jane Austen journal that that's all I pretty much did yesterday. I sat down in front of my computer, turned on Friday Night Lights (the TV show) on Netflix, and worked on my embroidery. I saw this phrase embroidered onto fabric in Dear Moonbeams etsy shop and thought it was the perfect quote for my journal. How could I be using a Jane Austen journal and not do something about Jane Austen? 

Overall, I loved how this page turned out. I was able to practice my letters, which I struggled with on my first journal page. For this one, I also learned how to do the french knot, which I had to use for the j and the question mark. It's actually really easy to do and I love how the knots look in the piece as a whole. 

Needless to say, journal embroidery is so much fun and I'm pretty sure it's my new favorite hobby. I can't wait to fill up my notebook with even more fun pages of pictures and quotes :)

Journal Embroidery: Tea for Two

I am so in love with the journal embroidery Meredith from One Sheepish Girl does on her blog. Embroidery is something I've always wanted to try out, but never actually sat down and tried. So, I decided to try it out and start my very own embroidery journal! 

One of the first pages Meredith did was of a tea cup, so I decided to try something similar out. It wasn't too hard to figure out, but paper is so sensitive! I had to be super careful pulling the floss through each hole to make sure that I would not rip the page. Also, silly me didn't think that having two holes super close to each other wouldn't work out because the holes would just end up forming into each other. So this page was definitely a learning experience, but I loved how it turned out! 

The words were probably the hardest part of the page to embroider, but I can only get better from here. I've got so many ideas that I would love to fill this journal with and I can't wait!