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202nd out of 232 books
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368 voters
The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful
by
Gwen Diehn
�Diehn opens up a new dimension—the artist’s vision of visual memories. Consider this a superscript above all other entries.”—Booklist. �Encourages those who hesitate to start in on the pristine pages of a nicely bound blank book.... Lively and interesting illustrations make this a good selection for public library collections.”—Library Journal.
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
August 1st 2003
by Lark Books
(first published October 28th 2002)
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Dec 08, 2010
Laura
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The Aesthetic Page: I came to THE DECORATED PAGE as a text-centric journal-keeper who rarely added anything else, and that would be nothing much more than gluing in a comic strip, artifact or article relative to the content of an entry. I was leery of a book with this title: what mattered was the text, so why decorate extraneously for decoration sake? Then I read what Gwen Diehn had to say (and show) and I immediately went out and bought a small inexpensive watercolor set, water color pencils an...more
An old (now) but still very good primer on journals and journaling. Gwen Diehn includes all the basics you'll need to know to start keeping your own journal: there's plenty of information on the materials needed, including what will make your work archival; tips on modifying a book and cover to suit your needs, as well as on preparing backgrounds; then suggestions on design and layout. Diehn also takes the reader step by step through 10 sample pages tackling different issues with varied techniqu...more
In The Decorated Page — an inspiring and amply illustrated forerunner to her most recent work, The Decorated Journal — author and artist Gwen Diehn effortlessly motivates the flowing of creative juices with regards visual journaling (complementing descriptive text with visual art), beautifying and personalizing journals, scrapbooks, and albums as a form of artistic expression.
Diehn’s The Decorated Page, attests that she is not only adroit at binding and embellishing beautiful books, also finds h...more
Diehn’s The Decorated Page, attests that she is not only adroit at binding and embellishing beautiful books, also finds h...more
I liked this book a lot! The pictures drew me in, making me wish I had a fraction of the various journalists' talents. Did the book inspire me? Yes! But this is so far removed from my text-only journaling attempts that I'm suffering from a combination of "I don't know where to start" and "I'm going to ruin it if I try it." Even if you never try these ideas and techniques, looking at the book is a joy in itself.
At anytime, I have 3 journals going. My goal is to chronicle not only events for future reference but create a beautiful and accurate history of what my life is like as I see it through my eyes and experiences. This is a good but pricey resource I would recommend, but only if you have a coupon or can get it used. I can say it's defiitely improved my journals.
As an inveterate diarist and journaller with a collection of books on the topic, thus is is my favourite art journalling book. The techniques and ideas are suitable for the inexperienced artist and don't require exotic equipment or material. The book itself is beautifully produced with plenty of inspiring examples for the beginning and advanced art journaller alike.
I love journals. I do a lot of this kind of journaling with my kids (and when I was growing up) for homeschool and family vacations. We fill them with drawings, observations, photos, leaves & flowers... we've even glued in dirt!
This book has lots of ideas for enhancing the aesthetics of your journals. It suggests art techniques and supplies for home and the road, and has layout ideas as well. I love looking at the sample pages from artists' real journals.
This book has lots of ideas for enhancing the aesthetics of your journals. It suggests art techniques and supplies for home and the road, and has layout ideas as well. I love looking at the sample pages from artists' real journals.
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LOVE this book - it's a great resource volume, perfect for inspirations, and seems geared so as not to be too overwhelming for the beginner yet still meaty enough for the advanced journaller. And it's a gorgeous book to hold - well designed and full of eye candy. I'll be adding this one to my library.
Another keeper on my scrapbooking shelf. This one covers a wide range of media and gives plenty of inspiration as well as advice. A bit tricky to find but worth it.
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This is a terrific book, with lots of ideas for doing journals et. al. I've checked it out a few times!! I copied a few ideas from it in my journal for future use.
I liked it, but not a lot. It had a few very good ideas in there but most of it looked boring to me and there weren't as many pictures as I expected.
A beautiful book full of different ideas for designing and completing different styles of journal pages.
this book is for the very advanced scrapbook/journal creator in my opinion.
One of my favorite books for art ideas and journal doodling!
Mostly eye-candy, but I find it inspirational.
Great book for techniques
Loved this!
Good ideas for journals of all sorts, plus techniques and tools.
This is a book that will probably inspire people who are new to illustrated journaling, but there wasn't anything particularly new for me here. THe thing I did like about it is that the author advocates plain and simple art supplies. So many journaling and scrapbooking "how-to" books seem to depend upon a lot of expensive and hard to find materials. This one doesn't.
I loved this book. It inspired me to make more of my journal and do all the arty things I always wanted but was affraid to start.
If you like book art, journalling, altered art and being creative then this is an excellent book to inspire.
If you like book art, journalling, altered art and being creative then this is an excellent book to inspire.
Reading this book has inspired me to keep my journals in a whole new way by posting photos, drawing sketches and such, not just by writing everything down as usual. This certainly makes my fond memories come to life. Absolutely love it.
Mar 30, 2008
Tammy Powley
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Recommends it for:
paper artists, bookart lovers
Shelves:
craft-books
If you like bookart, such as altred-books, art journals, even scrapbooks, then you'll love this beautiful book. It's got some how-to as well as a little bookart history as well.
Jul 29, 2009
Beth
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Dipped into this but saving digging into it for later. I think I'll loan it to Grace for awhile...she'd like it.
Nice book but not my style.
Journal book style.
Journal book style.
a truly beautiful book about journaling
Great, informative, inspirational.
good suggestions
May 24, 2013
Aria
marked it as to-read
May 24, 2013
Salma
marked it as to-read
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