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Saturday, August 7, 2010
SHOW & TELL : PSEUDO-ADVENTURES IN BOOKBINDING!
hello, kids! wanna see some stuff i made one time??
YES, GOOD!! LET'S SNEAKY-PEEK!
For some reason I have a much much much easier time working hard on a project as long as the end result is intended as a gift for a person I like lots. It sort of gives me an excuse to make.
Soooo, with this in mind, I recently decided to make a gifty little set of blank book-babies for my singularly all-star champ of an older sister..
I printed all the patterened papers myself, using kits from A Print A Day's digital shop Parasol Co. as well as designs from Reprodepot Pattern Book : Folk (which, btdubs, is a *sick* resource.. it's endlessly useful and inspirational)
YES, GOOD!! LET'S SNEAKY-PEEK!
LITTLE-KNOWN BUT COMPLETE &TOTAL FACT :
- BOOKBINDING is officially my newest &totes most favorite pastime in all of the land!!
#1 hobby-style supreme!!
..I haven't even been doing it a year, so obviously I still have a ton more to learn before I can be crowned King of all the Books and open my own technicolored bookbinding dojo.. or whatever..
..but even as a beginner I'm completely infatuated with the whole process.. it can take a long time but it is just so satisfying when it's finished.
..but even as a beginner I'm completely infatuated with the whole process.. it can take a long time but it is just so satisfying when it's finished.
check it :
Soooo, with this in mind, I recently decided to make a gifty little set of blank book-babies for my singularly all-star champ of an older sister..
The books are small, a little less than 4 inches square, so I made a slipcase-style home for the little guys (now they'll never get lost!). The slipcase was also a chance (read : excuse) for me to flex my box-making skills(nerd nerd nerd)
The inside pages of each book were made with a lightweight paper that coordinated with the cover pattern. The paper was cut into strips and accordion folded before being glued into the covers, which were made beforehand. Making the covers first gives the glue time to dry while you bind the bookblock. yay!
(sidenote : making accordion fold books is so so fast and so so easy, which leaves you more time to do things like.. say, build a slipcase. I always feel like I'm cheating a bit when I make this type of book because of how quick it is, but that's insane.)
I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. They're pretty adorable and the size is just right : Small enough to bring along in your bag, big enough to actually be able to write/draw/glue things into.
I can't wait to see what my sister fills them with! I have a plan to make a whole bunch of these and document a month in each one.
best sib-sis I ever had!
Monday, December 28, 2009
MADE : POST X-MA$ PRESENT
So I know the gift-giving holidays are over but earlier today my fingers were itching for a big project...
I ended up making this Organizational Box Set, which I'm going to give to a dear deer auntie of mine..
first I made six notepads (4"x5", using scrap paper for pages, bits of a cereal box for a sturdy backing, black cardstock for a cover, and a label I printed out), one for each day of the week..
next I built a little box for it to live in
and voila! a gift is made!
The intention is that each notepad can be used for the day's shopping or to-do lists and thrown in a purse &later be returned to the book-box-thing.
I like it a lot.
Anyone else made anything cool lately?
I ended up making this Organizational Box Set, which I'm going to give to a dear deer auntie of mine..
first I made six notepads (4"x5", using scrap paper for pages, bits of a cereal box for a sturdy backing, black cardstock for a cover, and a label I printed out), one for each day of the week..
next I built a little box for it to live in
(more of the cereal box cut to size and covered with patterened paper.. plus eyelets and a little ribbon for ties) which unties to reveal..
two pockets (more printed cardstock) for to put the daily notepads inside!
BUT it didn't stop there! Next, using 2 more sheets of cardstock, I constructed A BOX to hold the notepad holder in (ha) !
The intention is that each notepad can be used for the day's shopping or to-do lists and thrown in a purse &later be returned to the book-box-thing.
I like it a lot.
Anyone else made anything cool lately?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
TUTORIAL : MAKE AN ORGANIZATION/PROCRASTINATION FOLDER! **FREE DOWNLOAD**
As promised, I'm back with a tutorial for the Organization/Procrastination Minifolder that I made a few weeks ago.
- a printer!
- white or cream colored cardstock
- white or cream colored text paper
- ruler
- bone folder (not necessary, but makes folding so so much easier)
- chipboard or cereal box
- stapler
- double sided tape or gluestick
here's what to do :
1. download the pdf file for the mini folder ( here )
2. print onto heavy cardstock, cut out, set aside ( DO NOT fold in half! )
3. download the pdf file for the organization list and the procrastination list ( here )
4. print desired amount ( i printed about 13 copies for 26 of each list ) onto text weight paper, cut out, set aside
5. measure the lists, and cut 2 pieces of chipboard or cereal box to be slightly shorter, set aside
you'll want to make a spine for the mini folder so that it closes properly having the lists inside.
the width of the spine will vary depending on how thick your list stacks are, but a 1/4" spine worked for mine.
( if you printed more or less lists than I did, you can find the width of your spine by putting the two stacks together and then measuring how tall the pile is. that will be your spine width. You can alter this next step to fit your exact spine by inserting your own measurements )
to make a 1/4" spine :
6. lay the mini folder out and measure it longways to find the center
7. with a pencil, lightly make two marks on the ends of the folder : one 1/8" to the left of the center, one 1/8" to the right.
8. fold at the points you've marked, burnishing with a bone folder if you have one.
now your mini folder has a spine! great!
9. assemble each list onto your cut piece of chipboard/box and staple together at the top
10. tape or glue the backs of the chipboard/box to either side of the folder
ta da!
keep in your purse or on your desk and do some work! (or not!)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
things i invented - pt.2 - FREE DOWNLOAD!
why hello there, how have you been these past moments? great, good, yes, me too...
this post is a pseudo tutorial... pseudo because i made the project in a mad frenzy without a thought as to how i was doing what i was doing. i will try my best to reenact the process in words.
my sister Tisa is my best friend. (wedding note : she is also the world's all time best maid of honor EVER) ...we are very famous to one another. she is 3 years older than me and teaches science to tiny ones. here is a picture of the two of us painted by the famous Rembrandt at the mall :
this is a picture of Theresa sniffin around on a flower, she does that kinda stuff :
she's really nice and always tells me i am doing a good job, so today i wanted to make her A Thing in appreciation. and you can make the same thing i did! if you want to!
so!
first i downloaded a template for a tabbed pocket folder from my favorite paper distributor's website (Neenah Paper)
this post is a pseudo tutorial... pseudo because i made the project in a mad frenzy without a thought as to how i was doing what i was doing. i will try my best to reenact the process in words.
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my sister Tisa is my best friend. (wedding note : she is also the world's all time best maid of honor EVER) ...we are very famous to one another. she is 3 years older than me and teaches science to tiny ones. here is a picture of the two of us painted by the famous Rembrandt at the mall :
this is a picture of Theresa sniffin around on a flower, she does that kinda stuff :
she's really nice and always tells me i am doing a good job, so today i wanted to make her A Thing in appreciation. and you can make the same thing i did! if you want to!
so!
first i downloaded a template for a tabbed pocket folder from my favorite paper distributor's website (Neenah Paper)
(psst.. download the template, and a bunch of others, here)
then, using some drawlins i had layin around the computer i whipped up 2 different to do lists to print out
(downloadable pdf files at the end of the post! score!)
(downloadable pdf files at the end of the post! score!)
i printed each to do list 4 to a page, trimmed them, and then layered the two in a stack to make a note pad. for a sturdy backing i cut an old cereal box to size and then stapled the whole affair together.
next i assembled the folder (which by the way, has to be sized to fit an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper because it is apparently intended for big old fancy paper that not all of us have...). the folder is pretty easy to make. you know, fold on the dashed lines, cut on the solid lines. tape or glue pocket flaps into place, voila! and then you get to decorate!
LASTLY, using double sided tape i attached the note pad to the side of the folder without the pocket, decorated a little more, and then dissolved into a heaving mass of corner rounders and decorative scissors. sort of.
and this is what i ended up with:
(this is the front.)
(this is what you see when you open it.)
(here you can see how i have decorated the pocket &also utilized the tab function.)
(the to do list note pad!)
(to do list #1 - knitgirl)
(to do list #2 - notgirl)
(this is what it looks like from the back. you can see the tab!)
next i assembled the folder (which by the way, has to be sized to fit an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper because it is apparently intended for big old fancy paper that not all of us have...). the folder is pretty easy to make. you know, fold on the dashed lines, cut on the solid lines. tape or glue pocket flaps into place, voila! and then you get to decorate!
LASTLY, using double sided tape i attached the note pad to the side of the folder without the pocket, decorated a little more, and then dissolved into a heaving mass of corner rounders and decorative scissors. sort of.
and this is what i ended up with:
(this is the front.)
(this is what you see when you open it.)
(here you can see how i have decorated the pocket &also utilized the tab function.)
(the to do list note pad!)
(to do list #1 - knitgirl)
(to do list #2 - notgirl)
(this is what it looks like from the back. you can see the tab!)and thus concludes my project sharing for the day... this thingy was pretty fun to make, and is really quite useful. it ends up being small enough that you can tuck it in your purse or whatevz and you know, actually use it... i am finding myself obsessed with making folders suddenly... (in fact, i'm working on some even as i write this)
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