Chain or Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Tutorial. Here’s another method of binding your book with an open spine…a chain stitch or also called coptic stitch binding. This is a great method for when you have book covers that are individual boards instead of completely wrapped around the entire journal. You are basically binding all the signatures and covers together with a connected stitch that holds everything together tightly, but with super flexibility. The pages will open up completely flat and that’s a big reason why this method is so popular. I’m sure you might have seen lots of books on Etsy bound in this way.
There are variations to the chain stitch (as with everything) but this is how I go about binding with this technique… From a materials standpoint, you’ll need your cover boards and paper signatures to go inside. The first thing I do is to cover my cover boards with the decorative paper. Then I stuck them on the boards, cutting the corners at a diagonal so that it’ll fold over nicely without too much bulk on the corners. Lift Bridge Cards and Crafts. Michigan's Deb Charlesworth of Lift Bridge Cards and Crafts is an excellent stamper and bookbinder. I've known Deb for quite a while via blogland and always learn something new from her posts. (Deb's husband, by the way, loves to quill! How about that - a partner who is also into paper-y things?) Deb enjoys designing useful, blank books and recently shared pictures of this aqua beauty.
It would be the perfect place to record memories from a seaside vacation or honeymoon. Because of the many pockets, CDs of trip photos could be included, along with printed pics, ticket stubs, and other mementos. The stamped foam core board cover has a special niche for shells and a even a little fish charm. Deb stitched the binding with waxed linen thread over ribbon. Because she is an engineer by profession, you can be sure everything Deb does is well-organized. She's also on Etsy. Page corner bookmarks | I Could Make That - StumbleUpon.
This project comes to you at the request of Twitterer @GCcapitalM. I used to believe that a person could never have too many books, or too many bookmarks. Then I moved into an apartment slightly larger than some people’s closets (and much smaller than many people’s garages) and all these beliefs got turned on their naïeve little heads. But what a person can always look for more of is really cool unique bookmarks. Placeholders special enough for the books that are special enough to remain in your culled-out-of-spacial-necessity collection. Page corner bookmarks are cute, practical and deeply under-represented in the world.* They’re easy to make, easy to customize, and will set you apart from all those same-same flat rectangular bookmarks.
Corner bookmarks are where it’s at. If you like this tutorial, here are a couple others that might be up your alley. For the monster-loving adults in the room, try some googly-eyed paper monster wine charms. What you’ll need: Putting it all together: Cootie Catcher Place Card - DIY Wedding Wednesday. Happy DIY Wedding Wednesday! Hopefully your in the mood to get crafty for your wedding. It’s always a great idea to have little facts about the bride and groom included in the wedding but you have to find a creative and fun way to do it so guests stay interested. Oh remember the days of the playground when cootie catchers where flashed around to find fortunes like “Do you like bob?” Or “Who do you like?” Let’s get started! You will need to start with a square shaped paper that is slightly thinker than regular paper. Step 1: Fold your square in half vertically. Step 2: Reopen. Step 3: Reopen. Step 4: Reopen. Step 5: Fold each corner over towards the centre using the vertical and horizontal folds as guidelines.
Step 6: Do notreopen folds. Step 7: This is what your square should look like now. Step 8: How to open your cootie catcher Fold square up horizontally. Step 9: Now slip your fingers (index finger and thumb) on both sides, in to the flaps on where the arrows are pointing above. DIY Wedding Programs from Burlap and Vintage Patterned Paper. Posted on June 21, 2011 by Christina Jennifer from Memento Designs made these gorgeous DIY wedding programs for her garden wedding (they would also be perfect for a rustic wedding or a vintage wedding) and she’s agreed to share the project details with IW readers.
The project does involve sewing, but if you are not the sewing type – don’t fret! Simply assemble the programs and find a seamstress in your area to stitch them up for you! Materials for DIY Wedding Programs decorative card stock(Jennifer found her MJ Designs cardstock at Michaels.)card stockin solid colorburlapsewing machinescissorsMS wordprintersewing machinethread Instructions for DIY Wedding Programs The main elements for these DIY programs are burlap and decorative card stock. Jennifer designed her programs in MS word. Jennifer cut each sheet directly down the center margin with her paper cutter. Want more DIY wedding programs?
Also, check out Memento Designs for beautiful wedding stationery. Vintage Hanky Gift Tutorial. For me, when a gift (or online purchase) comes in a special packaging, I leap inside :) As excited as I am to see what's inside, I need to take a picture before I open it... it's part of the gift I want to remember :) VeraVague (1st package) is a total pro at making an amazing impression, she wrapped the dress I bought with paper and twine & included a few flashcards and an awesome custom tag as her dress card :) Elsie send me this pretty floral dress (2nd photo) and handwrote a sweet note.. love :) And when I opened my my reward dress envelope (3rd), it was wrapped so nicely in tissue and yarn with a cute tag :) Last year I had a collection of Vintage Hankies for sale in my etsy... instead of selling a plain old hanky, I wanted to give it a purpose with this simple tag & sentiment (Indie Business Tip!) :) It became an adorable gift, increased the value and was much easier to photograph!
Vintage Hanky Tutorial 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Creative Wedding Guest Books | ohamanda.com - StumbleUpon. Welcome to ohAmanda! See more of my wedding & birthday party posts. It’s kinda my hobby to find fun party ideas! My sister-in-law is getting married in August. So this week we went wedding dress shopping (fun!) 1. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 2.
Source: clarkwalkerblog.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 3. Source: stylemepretty.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 4. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 5. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest I think I love this car and balloons better. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest But this one? Source: pearlseventsblog.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 6. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 7. Source: etsy.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 9. Source: greenweddingshoes.com via ohAmanda {impress your kids} on Pinterest 10. So, what do you think? POPCORN box WITH score lines.pdf -- Acrobat.com. Paper Flower Key Holder / Mark Montano.
Kiss the groom » Blog Archive » Handmade Paper… 1. Select the pieces of paper to be recycled. You can even mix different types to create your own unique paper. 2. Rip the paper into small bits, and place into the blender. (about half full). 3. 4. 5. Place the mold into the pulp and then level it out while it is submerged. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Christmas Ornament Round Up. Karren Doll Tolliver, who previously shared photos of Munich store windows that had been decorated with huge quilled trees, sent along another nifty find.
This time it's large and lovely quilled snowflakes she spotted at a Christmas market in Bamberg, outside a little shop called Mohren Haus. Karren tells me they were made in two sizes - seven and ten inches in diameter - and appeared to be rolled and glittered poster board. Here's a pretty folded star tutorial from the Norwegian blog, Home by linn. The step-by-step pictures are excellent, plus there's a translate button at the top of the page. So far this holiday season I've tried these ball ornaments using origami paper I had on hand... they are quite easy to make, light as a feather, and definitely livened up our gray skies while I snapped the picture. A tutorial for the top and bottom baubles can be found here and the middle one, here.
Lastly, I had some fun making this pine cone mobile/ornament. DIY: Gift Card Holder. Prepping for holiday giving! It would be most durable on cardstock if you plan to make a few of these. 2. Place template on cute paper & cut out. Position your template to show off the best design elements. 3. Look at the photos below for reference. 4. You're done! Do you like the embossing on the pink one? How to Fold an Eight Pointed Transforming Ninja Star. When I was making my ninja ornament, my husband said I should fold an origami ninja star to go along with the ninja.
I had no idea what he was talking about, so he showed me how to fold one. I ran with the idea and made his ninja star into a book page-ninja star-transforming-wreath-ornament. If you read my blog regularly, you will see that I just fused five ideas from my previous blog posts together. Below are the links to my previous blog post. Mini WreathBook PageNinjaStarsOrnament I love this "ninja" star because it slides in and out to make this cool octagon.
Crafting MacGyver: Circular Logic - StumbleUpon. Paper Flowers - Anyone Can Do That | FindInspirations.com - StumbleUpon. Japanese Kusudama, this tutorial is featured on Craftuts Anyone can do that, I assure you. The proof: I can, just take a quick look at my result below. And, believe me, I am neither meticulous nor particularly patient. You could even say I’m the opposite. Below you can see my very first attempt to create paper flowers. What you will need to make your own Kusudama paper ball? 1. 3. 4. (optionally) I prefer torn paper instead of cut. You have to start with a single petal. Now you have to glue your 5 petals into a flower. Apply the glue to only one side of each petal, except for the last one, in this case cover both sides with glue. Your first flower is done. Don’t glue every petal right after you make it. When all 12 flowers are finished you have to glue them together.
When two halves of Kusudama Flower Ball are ready you have to glue them together. Letterfu - Letter-writing without envelopes, cutting or glue - StumbleUpon. Page corner bookmark for kids in Ideas for kids crafts. Rolled paper flowers {tutorial} |&jones design company - StumbleUpon. Welcome to flower week – five days of simple and delightful flower projects. I could probably do three weeks of flowers because there are so many different ways to create them, but I’ve limited it to five of my current favorites. Before we get started, let me make a few disclaimers: 1. I find inspiration for projects all over the place {online, in shops, in magazines}, then figure out how to re-create them on my own. Each of these projects are my adaptation of something I’ve seen elsewhere. In other words, I do not take credit for ‘inventing’ these blossoms. 2. 3. Okay, so let’s begin.
Here’s what you’ll need: :: paper {either cover or text weight} :: florist wire :: scissors, pencil, glue gun STEP ONE: cut irregular circle This circle is approximately 8 inches, but you can do any size you wish. STEP TWO: cut spiral Start at the outside edge and cut in a spiral fashion to the center. I like a sort of bumpy shape so that the petals end up a bit irregular STEP THREE: roll your blossom. Drawing Tutorial: Male - StumbleUpon. Fabric envelope {tutorial} | jones design company. My cousin is graduating from law school this weekend and I am so proud of her. I really can’t imagine going through the amount of undivided studying that girl has done these past few years, but hip, hip, hooray … she is done {okay, not completely since there is still the Bar to study for, but at least she has earned her law degree!} I have been trying to come up with something memorable and special to give her as a congratulation gift but finally came to the conclusion that money is always the most appreciated gift for any student.
Rather than just giving a wad of cash, I created this fabric envelope as the wrapping for the money inside. If you have a grad to celebrate, this might be a great gift idea for you too. Here’s what you’ll need: :: fabric envelope template {download below} :: two pieces of fabric :: fusible webbing {I used heavyweight stiffness} :: scissors, pencil, iron, sewing machine, thread STEP ONE: print template, cut out and trace onto fusible webbing STEP FOUR: trim edges.