"Secret Journal" Revisited

An on-line group that I belong to has a weekly T.O.D. (topic of discussion) and this week it is Hinges. I thought that sounded interesting however, I wondered how they could be incorporated into a book one way or another. I then remembered that several years ago my sister and I did a collaboration between the two of us that had a hinged cover and hinged lock closure.

I decided to dig out the book and have another look. Now that I look at it again, I realise this was a wonderful project. We had always corresponded via snail mail and both of us loved the anticipation of receiving something in the mail. We decided to start keeping our correspondence in journal format and actually have filled several journals to date. I still think this is my all time favorite one though.
The cover is constructed out of old wooden yard sticks and wooden orange crates (Oranje Boven!). The size of this journal is 8" X 11 1/2". It's 3" thick ... bursting full with all sorts of secrets. In fact many of the cryptic messages are only visible with an ultraviolet light ... it's deliciously secret indeed.