Some paint did get on the inside front and back pages. I just ran a brush along the edges of the paper, while holding the covers away so I didn’t slop gold paint on the covers. It took longer to find the gold paint than to actually paint the paper. Then I decided to paint the edges of the paper gold. Once I gathered the supplies from around the house, this took 2 minutes to set up and paint! So super fast and easy. The paint has a shimmery sheen and it really dresses up the Moleskine. I’m a contributor to their online design magazine, Paint and Pattern, so I use a lot of their products and love how every project turns out, even when I’m trying something for the first time. The paint is Peacock Fancy Stencil Creme, a paint made for stenciling by Royal Design Studio. As you can see here for this journal cover, I used only a small part of the Starry Night stencil. I’ve used big wall stencils to paint patterns on small Christmas ornaments. Maybe you have a wall stencil sitting around after painting a wall, and you’re not sure what to do with it now? You can use a small part of the stencil, creatively positioned, on anything, really. TIP: If you have big wall stencils, you don’t have to paint them only on big things! So the Starry Moroccan Night stencil from Royal Design Studio was perfect for its cover. I’m filling this journal with notes for a trip to Morocco in November. I happened to be at a Barnes & Noble buying this “ Marrakech Select” book and saw the blue Moleskine, and the blue made me think of Moroccan tiles, and it looked good with the Marrakech book. If the journal has a smooth cover, it’s easier to paint.
You can do this is to any kind of a journal book. Now a travel journal doesn’t have to be a Moleskine. An easy, fast and fulfilling project. So here it is … a stenciled Moleskine travel journal: Sometimes you want the “fast food” equivalent of a DIY. It’s not like we can buy more of it at a store. Does it really count as a blog-worthy DIY? Then I thought, maybe fast and easy is exactly what should be shared. I almost didn’t post this because it’s so fast and easy.
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