JJJ5 LE JEUDI DU JUNK JOURNAL

Une double dose de Junk Journaling pour rattraper mon retard. De retour de vacances, je trie et je photographie mes petits trésors trouvés chez un librairie du Mans. Sur le sol une boîte remplie de vieux papiers attira mon attention, il s'agissait de quittances de banques émises dans les années 20 et 30 et j'ai pu ainsi choisir des entêtes de société liées au textile : manufacture de boutons, bonneterie, tissage, draps etc...

Visiting the old town of Le Mans, we found a book store selling also old papers and I found in a box a treasure of old bank papers

(from the twenties, thirties)

from many fabric/wool
buttons  manufactures.

I bought some, perfect to add to my Journal too, I can already show them to you here :

Fabric / Buttons / Woollen factories, hosiery.

And if you're lucky to visit your uncle fan of old stamps and papers, it's even better!

Let see this box full of envelops and "vintage" tax papers...

On the back of electricity bills funny adds to encourage you to use electricity and gaz at home to clean and cook!

Plongée quasi archéologique dans un carton rempli d'enveloppes et de vieux papiers acheté en brocante par Nicolas. Trois années de courrier (début des années 80), où je vais pouvoir trouver quelques trésors en enveloppes, timbres, sceaux et autres étiquettes. De vieilles factures d'EDF avec au dos des publicités ventant le mérite d'utiliser l'électricité et le gaz pour faire votre ménage et votre cuisine.

Que pensez-vous de ces deux cartes du début de l'informatique ?

ou de ce magnifique entête d'un magasin de meubles "au Mont St Michel"

What do you think of those old cards memories of the beginnings of computing

or of this beautiful paper from a furniture store named about the "Mont St Michel"?

In the box, three years of mail (early 1980) from a stamp expert in Paris

Which means lot of stamps, wax sealed envelops.

They will become nice pockets

in my JJ

Holidays can give nice opportunities to collect new tickets, papers, bags, or packaging for the Junk Journal.

Here is a checklist to remind me of some ideas I can use (list I'm going to complete) :

brown papers from delivery, gift paper

pages for school notebook

tracing paper, graph paper, tag

placemat, dailies, cooking paper, pastry bag, baguette paper, menu, tea bag

maps : town, metro, roads,

design office drawing

music paper, 

envelope, writing paper, bill, add, ticket, 

printed sewing patterns (tissu paper)

GIFTED GORGEOUSNESS 04/24

 

It's always nice to make gifts, nice too to receive some

and use them in our stitching projects.

It's great and fun to show all this and the perfect place is

on Jo's blog Serendipitous Stitching on the 15th of each month

for the Gifted Gorgeousness post.

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Cadeaux donnés ou reçus, toutes les occasions sont bonnes

pour partager nos coups de coeur et participer au "Gifted Gorgeousness"

de Jo - Serendipitous Stitching.

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2024/04/gifted-gorgeousness-april-link-up-post.html

Back to birthday cards...   in early May Pierre will be one year old!

I wanted to make a card looking like the one I made for Capucine some years ago with some toys and a garland on a U shape card.

Easy to make...  

With March Wipocalypse and the FFG, you have already heard about my two big finishes in crochet, two gifts for DD2 and DD3

I needed a new project in crochet and I bought some wool to make squares, then I'll show them to DD1 and try to find a pattern for a summer top or dress for Capucine

FULLY FINISHED GALLERY 04/24

 

It is not the 10th of this month and Rachel from "Ten Hour Stitcher" has welcomed stitching friends and their Fully Finished achievements.

https://tenhourstitcher.blogspot.com/2024/04/link-up-for-fully-finished-gallery-sal.html

I'm joining them as we are back at home and I'm late with my blog updates!

I'm starting with FFG, then GG and some pictures of our week in Cabourg will come soon!

I have two big finished crocheted pieces since last month, I already showed them in my Wipocalypse post but can't miss a formal presentation for the FFG!

Crocheted cushion :

I have made a cushion in an old pillowcase to fit the right size of my crocheted panel.

then a cover on which I'll sewed the 9 squares panel

Here are more details about the "cats squares" as I have added more charms.

This one is a tiny mouse showing her love to her favorite friend.

I sewed a butterfly too

and found the perfect place to use this "CAT PERSON" charm

DD2 came for Easter lunch and got her gift, she loved it!

DD3 wasn't wearing her sweater but she sent me a picture

Très contente d'avoir deux beaux projets terminés à vous partager ce mois-ci. Tout d'abord le coussin aux chats réalisé pour Anne-Solène, après avoir confectionné un coussin aux bonnes dimensions et une housse dans deux anciennes taies d'oreiller, j'ai cousu dessus le montage des neuf carrés crochetés.

Ensuite, le pull aux hexagones pour Eve-Amélie. J'ai vraiment pris beaucoup de plaisir à faire ces deux ouvrages et compte bien recommencer bientôt à crocheter.

I had so much fun with those two gifts that I can't imagine having no crochet project.

DD1 regularly send me pictures of nice crocheted top and dress for girls so I think she'd love to find a pattern for Capucine.

As I couldn't imagine living for holidays without something in my hands during travel hours, I already bought two kind of wool with gradient colors to begin small squares for an unknown clothing.

24 HEURES !!!

Un dernier tour de piste ?

Avant de rejoindre les plages normandes, visite du circuit des 24 heures.

La ligne droite des Hunaudières.

Visite du circuit

Musée des 24 Heures

Safety car                           Papy car

La gagnante de l'édition 2023 

We are leaving tomorrow morning for Cabourg.

I thought I got wifi in the rent but apparently there isn't so I'll be on a detox cure week and you'll have to wait the second half of April for my FFG, GG, JJJ updates and kite reports.

Nous prenons la route de la Normandie demain matin et rejoindrons les plages de Cabourg.

Sans connexion wifi apparemment pendant une semaine... snif... detox obligatoire et report des articles pour le FFG et GG, ainsi que les jeudis du junk journal après notre retour. Pas d'images de cerf-volant non plus, la deuxième moitié d'avril sera dense sur le blog.