Keys to Friendship

I've titled this journal "Keys to Friendship". Friendship is simple, easy and useful. Friendship is long lasting and serves a purpose. Friendship is a channel to deposit your emotions and cherish your memories.

Friends come and go in life, but it's the memories we don't want to lose. This Copitic stitch journal contains over 100 writing surfaces to capture special moments of time with you and your friends.

Five pieces of handmade paper hold each signature together. The handmade paper is created with recycled office paper and a blue napkin from my wedding. Each piece of handmade paper is ironed in the drying process to give the paper a smooth feel and a writable surface.

Think of the many occassions you have accumulated a token  from an event such as a ticket, or a flyer, or you recieve a special occasion card. You tuck it away in a box or a drawer or worse yet, you toss it away because there isn't a special place to store it. This friend journal contains a unique folder-like envelop to tuck those special memories inside, yet offers quick access to produce a singular smile.

As I create each journal, I form a special connection with my art work (in a very NON-creepy sense). Every journal is distintive and each ingredient from the paper choice to the trinkets on the cover as personally selected to bring out the best in each creation. Each journal is crafted with care.

I'm very fond of this "Keys to Friendship" journal, and I think the new owner of this journal will be fond of it, too.