Tutorial: Brown Bag Art Journal. To follow up on my previous post, here is my version of a very popular DIY art journal.I love this project, it is so easy and you can make a ton of blanks and have them ready for your next vacation, party, or special event. Each page has a pocket to hold more of your treasures, pictures or tags. Lets get started, shall we? Supplies: (Base)2 lunch sized lunch bagsa hole punchscissorsglue stickA pipe cleaner or ribbon Embellishments galore. Use anything, collage,paints, fabrics, fibers, stickers, Go for it! Step 1. Fold the bottom flap of your lunch bag down and crease. Step 2 Fold your bags (horizontally) down the middle. See, it is already looking like a little book, right? Step 3.Using your hole punch, punch two holes down the back (folded side) of your bag.
After both bags are hole punched, sandwich them (stack) and fold so that you have one book. Step 4. Grab your ribbon or pipe cleaner and thread through both holes to bind the book together. Here are a couple of examples of my inside pages. Tutorial: Brown Bag Art Journal. Journaling-your-past. Guest blogger - Sasha from The Guilded Bee: Here's another DIY project from our sweet friend, Sasha - from the The Gilded Bee. Be sure to check out her awesome shop full of handmade packaging lovelies. Thanks for being here with us Sasha! I'm delighted to share my book tutorial with you today: Supplies you’ll need to make this project: • One—8.5 x 5.5 sheet of cardstock • One---1/2 x 3 inch piece of cardstock or paper • Two---2 5/8 x 3 1/8 inch pieces of cardboard, chipboard or matboard (not corrugated) • Hot glue gun and glue sticks • 25---3 x 5 inch ruled or blank index cards • Two---3 x 5 inch sheets cardstock • 2 rubber bands • Pencil • ¼ inch wide Ribbon: One-6 inch piece, plus two-1 inch pieces To make the page block: * 1.
. * 2. . * 3. . * 4. . * 5. . * 6. To make the cover: * 1. Make a little mark at the center of each side of your paper (4.25 inches on center). On each side of those center marks, draw three lines paralleling each other (6 lines total): 5/16”, 5/8”, 13/16” inch from the center mark. * 3. . * 4. . * 5. . * 6. . * 8. . * 9. . * 10. Paper Art. Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked about. These intricate paper designs grace museums and exauhibitions throughout the world and is becoming yet another exciting medium of expression for many designers. Some of the artists featured here use simple materials, such as A4 printing papeel, while others resort to unexpected materials, such as actual books, as their prime materials.
In this article, we’ll take a look at 13 remarkable artists and showcase their truly amazing pieces of paper art. Peter Callesen Visit website Jen Stark Visit website Simon Schubert Visit website Brian Dettmer: Book Sculptures Visit website Sher Christopher Visit website Elsa Mora Visit website Yulia Brodskaya Visit Website Su Blackwell Visit website Richard Sweeney Visit website Jolis Paons Visit website Bovey Lee Visit website Bert Simons Visit website Ingrid Siliakus Visit website. How to Make Book Earrings (with pictures) Vintage book travel-tech organizer. As you may have figured out from my My Life Scoop posts, I’m a bit of a nut for tech accessories, especially pocket-sized ones.
I can’t get over how awesomely small our entertainment devices are becoming; it makes traveling with them so much easier. But one issue I keep running into is how to neatly organize everything, especially the power cords and connector cables that accompany my favorite devices. Rather than spend another plane trip rummaging through my catch-all carry-on bag searching for my headphones, bumping my head on the seat in front of me every time, I decided to make a small tech-accessory organizer using elastic ribbon and an old vintage book cover.
This project can be sized up or down and customized in many different ways — the best approach is to gather all the tiny tech things you travel with and see how much there is. After that, it’s just a bit of snipping, sewing and gluing, and you’re on your way to a clean, organized carry-on. Enjoy! — Kate Materials Instructions. Guest blogger - Sasha from The Guilded Bee: Mini book tutorial in Crafts for home stationery and paper for birthdays, anniversaries or dinners. Mini Origami Books Tutorial. Posted on Jul 25, 2011 in Advanced Origami , Diagrams , Easy Origami , Free Downloads , I make , Modular Origami , Origami , Paper Craft , Stationary , Tutorials | 29 comments A few people have requested a tutorial on the mini origami book that I posted about a few months ago.
The original post is from this webpage: Tweety Atelier You can also see that she has different way of doing the cover, and adding a strap to keep the book closed. To view the tutorial, click on the first image, it should enlarge. You can use the arrows on the left and right of the image to navigate. I used 6×6 inch paper to start with. 1 piece of 6×6 inch colour paper for the cover, 4 peices of white for the pages. Fold one of the white squares in half. Cut the square in half using the last crease… Align one of the half’s onto the other squares, and cut the whole lot at once… or you could do one by one. A bunch of halfs!
Fold a half in half again Fold it again And twice more, so it looks liek a spikey number 3, or a W. An easy way to make cute notebooks! Today I didn't feel like doing anything but I gave myself a kick in the proverbial and made a little notebook. Very simple and a lot of fun. You can get pretty creative with what papers you use but I wanted mine to be fairly minimalistic. (Let's not talk about the mess I made in the spare room while making this little number shall we? Really, I don't know how I do it... this is not a messy thing to do and yet I make it that way... >. < ) Click below for the how to. Things you will need (and a running commentary on what I used) : 1 x cereal box (or similar weight card)A selection of paper for the inside (you can do whatever you want)1 x sharp craft knife (sharp is good.. dull knives are the worst!) Flatten out cereal box (skip this step if you have flat card) Measure and mark the size you want your notebook to be.
Glue something nice on the printed side of the cereal cardboard (unless you want the cereal box look). Cut the inside pieces to size. Sew along the score line. And you're done! Notebook Artworks. Moleskine notebooks are a favorite among many artists, designers and writers. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and with many different kinds of paper. The elastic closure and pocket in the back of each one adds to their utility. The popularity of Moleskines among the art community ensures that there are thousands of great examples of Moleskine art out there. Flickr alone has a huge pool of Moleskine artists. One group, Moleskine: One Page at a Time, has nearly 4,000 members and more than 36,000 images in their pool. Below are 75 fantastic Moleskine artworks, all collected from Flickr.
Fine Art and Illustration A lot of traditional artists opt for Moleskines, due to their variety of paper types and their durability. Moleskine 2 by Andy Gosling: A heart and the letter “A”, created from interwoven arteries. Moleskine book 5, page 72 by Steve Loya. Moleskine Sketches by Jimbradshaw. Moleskine book 1, pages 61 and 62 by Steve Loya. Moleskine “A cat in my head” by Framboisine Berry. Writing in your Journal. How to Think of What to Draw: 22 steps (with pictures) Edit Article Edited by Dvortygirl, Laptop123, Nicole Willson, Random and 41 others Have you been inspired to draw, including getting inspiration from famous artists, or are just doing it for fun?
Drawing can often be fun, but sometimes it can be hard to think of ideas for what to draw. Well, don't worry about that -- there are many, many different ideas - just read this article to find out what they are. Ad Steps 1Doodle. 21Look back through old sketchbooks for ideas. Tips Don't be afraid to try something new or make something up as you go. Warnings While there's nothing wrong with drawing from a photograph to practice, keep in mind that you may not be able to publish the result if you don't hold the copyright or have permission. Journaling your Past. ©2005 - 2007 by aisling d'art I'm probably best-known for my personal journaling workshops and online art journals. And, I want to share some of my journaling tips with you in this free ebook about journaling your own history. Journaling Your Past is a free 26-page ebook, and it's like taking one of my popular workshops at home.
You'll learn how to create a rich and rewarding journal of your personal and family history easily, in just 15 minutes a day. Whether you'd like to record your life story for future generations, or introduce your family to the fascinating study of genealogy and family history, this is a great way to start. This workbook includes class notes, reproduceable worksheets, and tips on how to teach this class yourself.
It's also ideal for homeschoolers, Scouts or church groups, or for family evenings at home. This ebook is a PDF that you can read with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program. YOU ARE HERE: home > journals > free 'journaling your past' ebook. Journaling your Past. First Page Creativity. New journals are exciting–the possibility, the fresh approach, the hope you will be as filled with opportunity as the journal is filled with pages. And then that clutch of fear: the. first. page. Suddenly the possibility, joy, newness, excitement is filled with panic. Your inner perfectionist starts up on full volume. “Well, once you ruin the first page, the whole journal is ruined,” or, “Sure, go ahead and make a fool of yourself on page one.”
It goes downhill from there. No worries. 1. 2. Raw Art arrows 3. 4. 5. See five more (and different) things you can do with that first page. —Quinn McDonald is a writer and certified creativity coach. Like this: Like Loading...