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A Commonplace Book
A Commonplace Book | Alec Guinness
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When Sir Alec Guinness died in August 2000 at the age of 86, he left behind two exercise books filled with entries in his small, beautiful handwriting, together with a typed-up Introduction that suggests he planned to have the books published or broadcast in some way. Together they make up this commonplace book.
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monalyisha
monalyisha
A Commonplace Book | Alec Guinness
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Book journal‘s coming along. ✌🏻📖🔮 The wisteria vines, inspired by “Practical Magic”, were both a pleasure & a challenge.

TheBookgeekFrau 😍 8y
Christine11 Looks great! 😊 8y
cobwebmoth Gorgeous! 8y
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Velvetsun Love it. Wish I could make my journal look so pretty. 8y
monalyisha @Velvetsun I‘m great with children‘s crafts, which is comes in handy working in a children‘s library (give me glue sticks, construction paper, & googly eyes & I can make a “masterpiece”), but I don‘t draw well - so this is a very tentative attempt at broadening my artistic horizons! I bet you could do it! 8y
quietlycuriouskate It's looking good! ❤ 8y
Paula3 Gorgeous!! 8y
Redwritinghood Looks good! 8y
monalyisha Thanks @C.Perone @Christine11 @cobwebmoth @River_Voice @Paula3 @Redwritinghood ! 8y
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monalyisha
monalyisha
A Commonplace Book | Alec Guinness
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I started working on a thing today. 🤗 Mostly it just involved me swearing a lot while desperately trying not to smudge things, & making gratuitous use of a gum eraser. 🤷‍♀️

Special shout-out to @NHLibrarian for referring me to the tradition of commonplace books!

Crowcrumbs Love it! 8y
Tamra Beautiful 8y
Louise I love the natural and wild look of the leaves! 🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃 8y
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monalyisha @Louise Why, thank you! Wild I can get down with. It‘s the straight lines of the bookshelves on the next page that are giving me grief. 😅 #coloroutsidethelines 8y
monalyisha Thanks @crowcrumbs & @Tamra! 8y
Kamisha So pretty! 8y
monalyisha Thanks @Kamisha! 8y
Librariana I've read/heard some things about commonplace books over on the 'gram and I'd love to give them a try! 8y
LibrarianToujours Nice! Glad I could point them out, doing reference is my hidden super power 🤓 8y
Leigh_Medeiros 😍👌🏼 8y
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