Lets Talk About .... Midoris!

Hello Hello and welcome. Please sit and sip away at your hot beverage and let me INSPIRE you with projects and ideas!

Last year I got into the Midori Traveler's Notebooks. They have been around for ages, I have just been oblivious. Midori is a brand name for a planner system from Japan, but like many things people have worked out how to make their own. The original Midori is very easy to construct which is what I did after buying a LARGE piece of leather.

Making the booklets or inserts was rather simple too. The best part being that it is all very customisable for your personal needs and requirements. 

Then I found that people liked my book kits which needed to be resized to fit the dimensions of the traveler's notebook. So I bring you the next step in PRETTY Planners!



The book kits will be resized to be able to be printed off on A4 paper and turned into inserts. This one is available on the webstore for purchase and I will be making a few from time to time.

The Digital Pack is also available for download, without the ephemera. However the ephemera can be purchased separately as a download.

Down the Rabbit hole Layout

I released my first independent collection in May titled Down the Rabbit Hole which is my take on the immortal Alice in Wonderland.

Today I want to show you a layout I have done with the collection.

To see the reveal of the collection head over to my youtube channel.

To print the digital paper out to a layout size I went to my local copy shop which is officeworks here in Australia and chose the paper weight I wanted which was 200 gsm. A nice heavy weight that can handle having texture paste and glue being thrown at it.

I really do love how the colors in this collection came out and I look forward to using it for future projects

Down the Rabbit Hole Book

Hello crafters, so nice to see you today. I have a treat for you.

I made up one of the Down the Rabbit Hole book Kits and I just have to share it with you. As you made be aware I am an avid photographer, taking photos throughout my day as positivity markers. This is all part of managing my depression, which is very important to me.

Over this weekend I printed out the Down the Rabbit Hole book kit on my inkjet Epson printer and set to work on putting it together. I was contemplating doing a coptic stitch binding and all that goes will it but decided to just do a simple string binding.

Here is the making of the book in its various stages.

It was great timing too because my current photo journal is almost full and I was in need of a new book. I have a full shelf of completed books now which is wonderful, because I can grab one and sit and have a cup of Chai tea and flip through it and remember happy times.

I would really love to see what you create with this book kit so feel free to share a link to your project in the comments below.

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Travel Keepsake Booklet

Hello everyone, well those that read my blog. 

As I mentioned in a previous post, I released a collection that was a recycle from The Gentleman Collection that was released last year. This collection, called 1920, has no graphics in the paper design and features only the backgrounds, with their grungy goodiness.

I decided to have a play with the collection to see what I could do with it, and pulled out my stamps, embossing powders and heat gun. I had SO much FUN! I ended up sharing little sneak peaks throughout the day on instagram. 

Well here it is!

I had a Graphic 45 Kraft envelope booklet in my stash, that I could not figure out what to do with, until now. I turned it in to a travel album where you would slide the photos from a trip in to the envelopes.  

The great thing about having the papers as only the background textures, is you can use what ever stamps you have to add to the papers. 

I printed out the 1920 Cardmakers set on to A4 190gsm paper on my very modest Epson inkjet printer. The prints came out so well, really happy with that. 

New ventures, NEIS, Webstore

Hi creative people. 

Back in February I started a Small Business Management course as part of Australia's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS).  I am no stranger to the NEIS program and believe it is truly a great course, when delivered properly, which is was this time. 

Over the past 6 or more weeks I have been nutting out what I want to do with my talents and skills. The outcome of all my hard work and ideas is my webstore with my digital content made available to all you crafty and creative people on the wonderful web. 

I will release a new collection every month which will consist of 12x12 inch papers, 8.5x11inch (letter) papers, small format or card making size papers, book kits and journal planners.  Currently my previous collection  Correspondence, Gentlemen Collection and Forgotten Meadows, are available on the web store.

 

I would also LOVE to see what you make with my digital papers, so if you do purchase anything and make some amazing project send me an email at kjw@kerryjeanwatson.com with photos and it could very well be featured on my facebook page. Which you should head over to and "Like" as well as select "Get Notifications" to follow new releases and projects.

Weekly Planners printables

Hi Crafters

Over on my etsy store you can now purchase two new weekly planners. They are $1.50 each and can be printed as many times as you wish. For personal, non-commercial use only. No selling or sharing permitted.
Copyright 2014 Kerry-Jean Watson

Etsy Store: new items

Hello creative people 

This week saw the launch of my paper collections as digital downloads on my Etsy store. 

There will be many more to come so make sure you check out the store and bookmark it for future visits.