{"id":2941,"date":"2018-02-14T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2018-02-16T10:19:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:19:24","slug":"cat-journals-the-perfect-gift-for-cat-loving-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/cat-journals-the-perfect-gift-for-cat-loving-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Journals! The Perfect Gift for Cat-Loving Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg\" alt=\"Handpainted Cat Journals handbound by bookbinder Ruth Bleakley - 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3-450x630.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-handbound-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-3-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh my goodness. I feel as though I&#8217;ve achieved some kind of next-level journal making thanks to\u00c2\u00a0my <a href=\"https:\/\/glowforge.us\/OBAYLIZW\">Glowforge laser cutter<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(appropriately\u00c2\u00a0timed for Transfiguration Sunday). In fact, my hilarious friend Ellen summed it up nicely for me:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2939 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The-Glowforge-finally-helped-me-remove-all-obstacles-\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsocietal-acceptance-reason-and-moderation\u00e2\u20ac\u201d-between-me-and-my-dream-of-ALL-CAT-ART-ALL-THE-TIM-1-1.png\" alt=\"The Glowforge finally helped me remove all obstacles \u00e2\u20ac\u201dsocietal acceptance, reason and moderation\u00e2\u20ac\u201d between me and my dream of ALL CAT ART ALL THE TIME\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/>Guess what, friends? it&#8217;s time for ALL CAT ART, ALL THE TIME!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with the amazing laser cutter, which you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/daisy-journal-with-hand-painted-lasercut-covers\/\">read about<\/a> in some of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/handmade-watercolor-sketchbooks-with-laser-engraved-covers\/\">previous posts<\/a> &#8211; using the powers of the super-hot plasma, I engraved these adorable cats from a royalty-free clipart disk from 1995 onto <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2EIrZ3A\">acid-free 100% recycled book board<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-255753297\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-255753297\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/255753297?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;transparent=0&amp;title=1&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"506.25\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/255753297?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;transparent=0&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ruthbleakley.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/cat-journals-the-perfect-gift-for-cat-loving-writers\\\/#arve-vimeo-255753297\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/255753297?dnt=1&app_id=122963&transparent=0&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>THEN I went in with\u00c2\u00a0vibrant pink, orange, purple and blue\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ClNhPj\">Windsor-Newton drawing ink<\/a>, one of my absolute favorite things to illustrate with and added in some gorgeous and rich color, building it in layers similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/daisy-journal-with-hand-painted-lasercut-covers\/\">handpainted daisy journal<\/a> I made the other week. I did the lambent eyes with (surprisingly?) some <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ErySHh\">moonlight gelly roll pens<\/a> for that delightfully luminous look and finally sealed everything with a light coating of spray polyurethane finish to seal in the artwork.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Handpainted Cat Journals made by bookbinder Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-106x300.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-768x2168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-354x1000.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handpainted-Cat-Journals-made-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-213x600.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy the following photos of my cat journal making process, I know I&#8217;m absolutely in love with the rich colors and *almost* don&#8217;t want to sell them (one is going to my sister to be added to the Ruth Bleakley Archival Vault of Bookbinding) &#8211; but I made each cat journal as a series of four, knowing they would surely be popular &#8211; you can check and see if there are any left for sale in my Etsy shop:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/579934206\/pink-cat-journal-lay-flat-journal\"><strong>Pink and Orange Cat Journal for Sale Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/593746785\/purple-cat-journal-lay-flat-journal\"><strong>Purple Cat Journal For Sale Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Making-a-Pink-Cat-Journal-process-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Making a Pink Cat Journal process by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Making-a-Pink-Cat-Journal-process-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Making-a-Pink-Cat-Journal-process-by-Ruth-Bleakley-768x2438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Making-a-Pink-Cat-Journal-process-by-Ruth-Bleakley-315x1000.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Making-a-Pink-Cat-Journal-process-by-Ruth-Bleakley-189x600.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pink-and-Orange-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-Coptic-Stitch.jpg\" alt=\"Pink and Orange Cat Journal handmade by Ruth Bleakley are perfect gifts for cat lovers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pink-and-Orange-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-Coptic-Stitch.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pink-and-Orange-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-Coptic-Stitch-768x2438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pink-and-Orange-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-Coptic-Stitch-315x1000.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pink-and-Orange-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-Coptic-Stitch-189x600.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-450x321.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-600x429.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 6\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6-450x630.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-6-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 7\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7-300x214.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-1-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-1-450x603.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-1-448x600.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal progress photos handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-3-450x603.jpg 450w, 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https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7-450x630.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-7-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal progress photos handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 8\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8-450x630.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-8-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal progress photos handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 4\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4-450x554.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-4-488x600.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5.jpg\" alt=\"Orange and Pink Cat Journal progress photos handmade by book artist Ruth Bleakley - 5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orange-and-Pink-Cat-Journal-progress-photos-handmade-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-5-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And on to the glorious purple cat journal &#8211; I realized that I may have been subliminally influenced by my cat Pinky&#8217;s Fancy Feast cans, because the fancy feast cat looks an awful lot like this one&#8230;hmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Fancy Feast\" width=\"794\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1.png 794w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1-450x299.png 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-14-at-12.04.22-PM-1-600x399.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handbound-cat-journal-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Hand painted cat journal by book artist Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handbound-cat-journal-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handbound-cat-journal-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-768x2438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handbound-cat-journal-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-315x1000.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handbound-cat-journal-by-book-artist-Ruth-Bleakley-189x600.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade gift for Cat Lovers Purple Cat Journal handbound by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley-97x300.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley-768x2371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley-324x1000.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Handmade-gift-for-Cat-Lovers-Purple-Cat-Journal-handbound-by-Ruth-Bleakley-194x600.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Cat Journal handmade by bookbinder Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-768x2438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-315x1000.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-handmade-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-189x600.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Cat Journal hand-painted by bookbinder Ruth Bleakley - 6\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Purple-Cat-Journal-hand-painted-by-bookbinder-Ruth-Bleakley-6-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ruth-and-Pinky-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth-and-Pinky\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ruth-and-Pinky-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ruth-and-Pinky-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ruth-and-Pinky-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ruth-and-Pinky-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I think this photo of me and my 14-year-old cat Pinky pretty much sums things up:<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to the 25 folks who signed up for my <a href=\"http:\/\/ruthbleakley.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=f9f331bf2723dd3b239d9af29&amp;id=3e87933fa1\">email newsletter<\/a> this past weekend! I can&#8217;t tell you what a great feeling it is as an artist to know that people are interested in your work. Thank you for reading my blog! Pinterest pins are always appreciated too, I think most of my traffic comes from Pinterest! \ud83d\ude42 My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ruthbleakley\/handmade-books-journals\/\">Handmade Books + Journals Pinterest board<\/a> has over 10,000 followers!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em> (Interested in buying a Glowforge? <a href=\"https:\/\/glowforge.us\/OBAYLIZW\">Use this referral link<\/a> and we can both get $100 off &#8211; I&#8217;ll get a coupon for their supply store and you&#8217;ll get a $100 Glowforge discount)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>this post contains affiliate links<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my goodness. I feel as though I&#8217;ve achieved some kind of next-level journal making thanks to\u00c2\u00a0my Glowforge laser cutter\u00c2\u00a0(appropriately\u00c2\u00a0timed for Transfiguration Sunday). In fact, my hilarious friend Ellen summed it up nicely for me: Guess what, friends? it&#8217;s time for ALL CAT ART, ALL THE TIME! Let&#8217;s begin with the amazing laser cutter, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,99,1],"tags":[331,321,170],"class_list":["post-2941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-madeit","category-uncategorized","tag-cat-journal","tag-coptic-journal","tag-coptic-stitch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2957,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions\/2957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}