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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.
Chain or Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Tutorial
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.
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 | I Could Make That - StumbleUpon
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.
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!
DIY Wedding Programs from Burlap and Vintage Patterned Paper
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 Gift Tutorial
Welcome to ohAmanda! See more of my wedding & birthday party posts. It’s kinda my hobby to find fun party ideas!
Creative Wedding Guest Books | ohamanda.com - StumbleUpon
1 . Select the pieces of paper to be recycled. You can even mix different types to create your own unique paper. 2 .
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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.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.
How to Fold an Eight Pointed Transforming Ninja Star
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.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.