... Homemade Journal ... 2016

[TMLee]

2 hours ago, mhguda said:

Hey TM, good to see you're still at it, and pretty prolific. I find the Mint psychedelic especially nice...

 

😁

Hi there mhguda, yeah COVID has been very damaging.

slowly trying to get out of languishing...

 

yeah the mint one kinda grows on you ...

 

 

[TMLee]

This is JOURNAL 283 JPN BOOKCLOTH - GREY BLUE

 

A6 size

 

the bookcloth looks unique.

like woven betwen blue and black threads

 

 

 

Mango stitches and flyleaves ...

 

 

 

Writing paper is cannibalized from

KOKUYO 100TH RECORD BOOK - CENTURY EDITION , 100g, 5mm grid.

7 Signatures , 4 Folios each, total 112 writing pages

 

 

 

[TMLee]

This is JOURNAL 284 JPN BOOKCLOTH - LINEN BLUE

 

A6 size

 

Its a bright blue bookcloth made to look like linen, complete with all the textures.

 

 

 

Mango stitches

 

 

 

Writing paper is cannibalized from

KOKUYO 100TH RECORD BOOK - CENTURY EDITION , 100g, 5mm grid.

7 Signatures , 4 Folios each, total 112 writing pages

 

 

 

 

[TMLee]

My tiny haul from JPN 2023 Dec.

I visited Ozu Washi in Tokyo .

A very old shop since 1653 !!!!!!!!

These are the variants of tombows.

I didnt know they have other color variants other than black backgrd and red backgrd.

The colors here on my monitor dont look accurate, but trust me they are beautiful.

From left to Right:

Olive drab , Bright Persimmon , Teal (my fave) and black

all the tombow motifs are embossed (raised) and lacquered 👍.

 

I hope to start (resume) crafting soon.

 

Its been a long hiatus.

 

 

I have explained before that Tombows are a familiar Japanese motif because of the meaning it symbolises. Tombows (dragonflies) symbolise change - becos they go thru a very dramatic metamorphosis.

Dramatic change --- and we all hope , a change for the better, good changes.

 

You all are very dear to me , even though we are virtual friends, I dont even know what you look like ! 😄

I guess its my way of saying I need a hug. 😌

 

 

[TMLee]

The Teal (turquoise) variant.

I think I like this one the most out of the lot.

 

 

This is the Olive Drab variant ...

The black tombow is also embossed

[TMLee]

These are chika , a familiar Japanese bird motif.

I remembered I had this in a printed kind of washi (I forget what is the correct term)

These both are lacquered embossed, the one on the left seems to be in a colour very like glow in the dark kind of color.

[TMLee]

This two they say are handmade, but I am not sure how and in what manner.

They cost just a little more.

Striped .

I wonder how to use these on covers?

(the vertical stripes seem to restrict the way they can be used)

Maybe I shld do something radical?

[TMLee]

This one is stunning...

also embossed and lacquered ...

the flowers are larger sized

I was thinking only A5 large journals are suitable, but then again, just experiment, think out of the box.

[TMLee]

And i FINALLY found that Fugu (pufferfish) chopstik rest ,

(one can never have enough pen rests , and unusual ones at that )

someone told me to buy one is just ....... so ...... lonely !

 

Pictured here with my Rosetta Magellan FP fitted with a reground Archt's nib #6 size JOWO Steel nib.

 

 

 

 

[kazoolaw]

So good to see your post, and the beautiful papers.

Happy New Year.

[mhguda]

7 hours ago, TMLee said:

My tiny haul from JPN 2023 Dec.

I visited Ozu Washi in Tokyo .

A very old shop since 1653 !!!!!!!!

These are the variants of tombows.

I didnt know they have other color variants other than black backgrd and red backgrd.

The colors here on my monitor dont look accurate, but trust me they are beautiful.

From left to Right:

Olive drab , Bright Persimmon , Teal (my fave) and black

all the tombow motifs are embossed (raised) and lacquered 👍.

 

I hope to start (resume) crafting soon.

 

Its been a long hiatus.

 

 

I have explained before that Tombows are a familiar Japanese motif because of the meaning it symbolises. Tombows (dragonflies) symbolise change - becos they go thru a very dramatic metamorphosis.

Dramatic change --- and we all hope , a change for the better, good changes.

 

You all are very dear to me , even though we are virtual friends, I dont even know what you look like ! 😄

I guess its my way of saying I need a hug. 😌

 

 

Here is a virtual hug. I have missed you here, and look forward to resuming our exchanges when you start crafting again.

I actually have imposed a moratorium on notebook buying, but I am going to break it to get some of these beauties from you.

Sight unseen, please make me a set of 4, small ones, with covers from these new ones. You choose. You know my paper preference, but if you cannot get that, I'll be happy with whatever you provide. How's that for a virtual hug?

[TMLee]

13 hours ago, kazoolaw said:

So good to see your post, and the beautiful papers.

Happy New Year.

Thank you . They are beautiful indeed.

and Happy New Year to you too. 😊

[inkstainedruth]

17 hours ago, TMLee said:

And i FINALLY found that Fugu (pufferfish) chopstik rest ,

(one can never have enough pen rests , and unusual ones at that )

someone told me to buy one is just ....... so ...... lonely !

 

Pictured here with my Rosetta Magellan FP fitted with a reground Archt's nib #6 size JOWO Steel nib.

 

 

 

 

Love the chopstick rests.  A few years ago, I had been trying to find nice ones like those (not as pen rests -- just because it would be nice to have chopstick rests for when we do takeout) only they were not to be had ANYWHERE that I could find (I pretty much hit every Oriental grocery in the greater Pittsburgh area -- even the place I got my husband a really nice large wok for Christmas one year let me down ).  

And of course, that was pre-COVID....  And pre-"supply chain issues".... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[TMLee]

11 hours ago, mhguda said:

Here is a virtual hug. I have missed you here, and look forward to resuming our exchanges when you start crafting again.

I actually have imposed a moratorium on notebook buying, but I am going to break it to get some of these beauties from you.

Sight unseen, please make me a set of 4, small ones, with covers from these new ones. You choose. You know my paper preference, but if you cannot get that, I'll be happy with whatever you provide. How's that for a virtual hug?

thank you so much mhguda , you've always been so encouraging to me all this while.
 and i can imagine a mountain of notebooks in your study! 

well, theres always room for one more journal…. especially those uncommon ones.

thank you, thats a big hug .

a very good hug …

 

 

found this image on Pinterest years ago.

and i was mistaken, its the cactus which needed a hug.

(plants , including cactus, need tender loving care)

i had thot the porcupine needed a hug.

i guess it works both ways … 😄

and whaddyah know, i just realized someone thanked me with a gift (late last nite) of a small cactus , you know, the tiny potted ones that you put at a window sill…. 
what a coincidence ! 

😄

 

 

 

 

[TMLee]

2 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Love the chopstick rests.  A few years ago, I had been trying to find nice ones like those (not as pen rests -- just because it would be nice to have chopstick rests for when we do takeout) only they were not to be had ANYWHERE that I could find (I pretty much hit every Oriental grocery in the greater Pittsburgh area -- even the place I got my husband a really nice large wok for Christmas one year let me down ).  

And of course, that was pre-COVID....  And pre-"supply chain issues".... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

thank you , yes they are cute.

they had flounders too, flatfish, soles, maybe i shld have bought them. 
i rmber seeing another variant too, an upright 3D version. 
and i think i also saw a blobfish one, really ugly beautiful ! 
this was at the (old) Tsukiji Outer market.

i havent been to the new Toyosu market yet. Hopefully sometime in the future. 
really crowded with tourists.

its like entire planet gathered there ! 🤭

someone also suggested why not shop online?

may be worth a try. 🙂
 

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks!  I may give looking online a shot.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mhguda]

Great story TM, and yes, what do you know - cactus grow everywhere here, I even have some in my back yard... including a beautiful one, that blooms, with great white flowers, in the night and very early morning, that I've actually planted. We call those dama di anochi, which means lady of the night... Hopefully it posts well and you can see what they look like. The plant itself has thorns and is a cactus so advisable to love from a slight distance... but this grew from a small cutting a neighbor gave me many years ago.

[TMLee]

13 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks!  I may give looking online a shot.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Chopsticks-Stylish-Figurine-Interior-Sleeping/dp/B09Z7H8KW5/ref=sr_1_40?crid=1GC5414JMTQ79&keywords=Porcelain%2Bchopstick%2Brests&qid=1704167394&sprefix=porcelain%2Bchopstick%2Brests%2Caps%2C288&sr=8-40&th=1

 

😄

[TMLee]

10 minutes ago, mhguda said:

Great story TM, and yes, what do you know - cactus grow everywhere here, I even have some in my back yard... including a beautiful one, that blooms, with great white flowers, in the night and very early morning, that I've actually planted. We call those dama di anochi, which means lady of the night... Hopefully it posts well and you can see what they look like. The plant itself has thorns and is a cactus so advisable to love from a slight distance... but this grew from a small cutting a neighbor gave me many years ago.

yes , i know this one.

Lady of the Night or Queen of the Night? 
it only blooms at the stroke of midnight.

and when i was young, we actually stayed up to check and indeed, it was full bloom but only at around midnight ! 
and the scent was overpowerimg, very sweet and filled the entire house.

remarkable flower.

really amazing !

 

[inkstainedruth]

12 minutes ago, TMLee said:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Chopsticks-Stylish-Figurine-Interior-Sleeping/dp/B09Z7H8KW5/ref=sr_1_40?crid=1GC5414JMTQ79&keywords=Porcelain%2Bchopstick%2Brests&qid=1704167394&sprefix=porcelain%2Bchopstick%2Brests%2Caps%2C288&sr=8-40&th=1

 

😄

Some of those on the link are really cute (especially the cat ones).  But they are also listed as being "Out of Stock" or "Currently Unavailable".... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth