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Join us for a quick and easy journal-making class. All materials provided. Instruction provided by the Paletteers pf PVAC. Bring your favorite pages from those no longer loved books, scrapbook paper, sheet music, old letters, used envelopes, collected greeting cards, junk mail, cute clothes tags, tickets from travels, old postcards, and pictures and words from magazines. 10 spots are available for pre-registration on April 1 at 9am. Remaining seats are first-come, first-served.
Let’s Create a Junk Journal!
Junk journals originated from 19th century scrapbooking traditions where families preserved mementos like postcards, calling cards and letters into repurposed ledgers. During the 1940s resourceful crafters collected and reused scrap papers and turned them into places to store memorabilia during economic hardship.
Todays junk journals rely on “free” things like cereal boxes, junk mail envelopes, packaging, flyers, paper bags, and any other form of “junk” we throw away or recycle each day, turning them into something useful, beautiful and worth saving from landfills. They can even be highly decorated with fabric, lace and hardware.
Bring pages from those no longer loved books, scrapbook paper, sheet music, old letters, used envelopes, collected greeting cards, junk mail, cute clothes tags, tickets from travels, old postcards, and pictures and words from magazines and let’s make a simple personalized junk journal.
You will learn to construct and sew your papers together into a “signature.” Then we will decorate your pages with recycled envelopes and book pages into your own usable journal ready to be filled with your thoughts, memories and mementos.
This free class is hosted by the Paletteers of PVAC.
EVENT TYPE: | Class/Workshop |
Opening as the Palos Verdes Public Library & Art Gallery on June 3, 1930, the Mediterranean Revival architectural style building was designed by Architect Myron Hunt, a local resident. The five-level, 16,550-square-foot building is constructed of hollow-cast double-walled reinforced concrete covered by stucco with a red mission tile roof. The surrounding landscape was designed by well-known landscape architect, Frederick Olmsted, Jr in 1930.
In 1962, an addition was completed on the south side of the building, and in 1997 the stone patio on the east side of the building was remodeled to provide improved handicapped access. Library furnishings include reproductions of original hand-carved walnut Italian Renaissance tables, chairs, and couches from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vanderlip. The Library completed a DOLLAR renovation of the interior restoring it to its original.
The library has been designated as a Historic Landmark and it is listed on the California Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.