tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23891678871658566902024-03-14T07:03:58.414-07:00animum advertere libris2011 A year devoted to making, creating, finishing, and cataloging booksteresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-39464305155410463842014-06-21T13:03:00.002-07:002014-06-21T13:03:27.296-07:00Envelope BookAt the rate I'm going it will take me at least ten years to finally make all the book types on my list. This was one of the easier styles to actually produce, but a bit difficult to decorate. It was a matter of determining what was up and what was down - I didn't always figure it out as you may notice.<br />
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I made five of these, to commemorate a wonderful weekend with some dear friends where we talked about family and England, ate great food, and celebrated our love for Cornish Kitchenware. I had photos from the weekend and a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/teresue/britlove-cornishware/" target="_blank">Pinterest board of Cornishware</a> to work with. Inspired by the blue sea & sky of Cornwall, which is dotted with the sparkling white cob cottages, it's a color scheme that cries out for accents of yellow and red.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, I take Cornishware very seriously</td></tr>
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The book itself is a simple matter of gluing the flap of one envelope to the back of another, continue on in this manner until you are done and then fold accordion fashion. I used five envelopes, which given the amount of stuff I put in each envelope was about as many as would have worked. Matching the stripes meant I had to use an envelope with a deep triangular flap. If I were to make another in this style I would want to use a blunt flap envelope - much easier to decorate.<br />
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I considered punching and reinforcing the top flap so the book could be hung, but eventually decided against it and chose to close it with a simple tie of yellow and white string. Red was used as the accent on one side and yellow on the other using art and geometric punches. After that it was a simple matter of filling the envelopes with photos and the remaining art.<br />
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I will almost certainly make another envelope book at some point, perfect for a trip journal where you want to save bits and pieces of paper souvenirs (you have no idea how many foreign receipts I have stashed away), or any book with a lot of photos.<br />
<br />teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-78735106613315083142012-01-03T16:14:00.000-08:002012-01-03T16:14:33.553-08:00Still at it....The Montana BookI haven't given up! In fact, I have rolled over all my 2011 Year of the Book resolutions to 2012. I think I'm allowed to do that...by my rules at least. I have been working on pamphlet sets all along and will be posting some of them on Etsy as soon as I get a shop set up. I took the month of November off from blogging to do NaNoWriMo, which is, in short, writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. This was my first try and I am proud to say I completed at 51,022 words - all I have to do now is edit, no small job I assure you. Catching up begins with completion of one of my nearly finished books. As is almost always the case, I wasn't nearly as 'nearly' finished as I supposed I was.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used various sizes of board for the pages and bound them all with two large blue rings. Most of the pages were 8"x 8" but a few were 6"x 6" and the evelopes were 4" wide and cut down to 6" tall.</td></tr>
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Most of the Montana Book was completed during the two week trip I made in 2010. I had three goals at the time, one was to incorporate more actual artwork, another was to do most of the work on the road, and the other was to work in more vivid colors than is normal for me. I was only modestly successful at the first goal, fairly successful at the second, but quite successful at the third. Most of the 'finishing' work consisted of adding the envelopes holding my photos from the trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since I was traveling alone, I felt the need to be in contaact with someone - not for safety issues but because it is almost impossible to shut me up. After I returned home, my daughter printed off all my texts and I copied them onto these pages. The color enhanced photos on the back cover were done in Picnik.<br />
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</div>I have posted these mosaics on Flickr as well as the original scans in case anyone wishes to take a look at some of the text. I also have a Flickr set with all the photos from the trip <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39450859@N07/sets/72157623648251864/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/39450859@N07/sets/72157623648251864/</a><br />
Montana is still home to me, although I have been in Washington since I was in the fifth grade and I am blessed to have a whole bunch of wonderful relatives still there.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-7504704389842705942011-07-21T05:42:00.000-07:002011-07-21T05:42:56.357-07:00June Pocket BookI wouldn't want anyone to think I had fallen behind....yet. My June books were finished well within June, but couldn't be posted as they were gifts for people who do read this blog. It started with a friend mentioning she was several albums behind in documenting trips to England. I offered to make her a pocket book, similar to the one I used for my 2007 trip so she could get at least one book behind her by simply putting photos and paper bits in the pockets and adding a minimum of decoration.<br />
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As mentioned, I was not completely happy with the pocket book I had made before, so I decided to try and create my own. I used 12"x12" scrapbook paper - scored, folded, and punched - and rings for binding. In laying out the folds, which included doubling the edges for strength, I wrote the steps and directions on my sample page and kept it with my other book templates. While working on the first book, I decided to make similar books for both of her sisters for the gift exchange on our regular "All-England, All-Birthday, Whidbey Island Weekend".<br />
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My friend requested her book be in the Union Jack colors of red, white, and blue, so I alternated the colors and folded the pockets as deep as possible while still allowing enough height for the 5X7 photos. I dug into my stash of England 'stuff' and started her off by loading the pockets with stickers, postage stamps, postcards, tags, and other paper bits. <br />
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The second sister had mentioned that postcards I had given her were kind of scattered around in various places (she is not a collector, just the recipient of cards I just 'know' she needs). Amazingly I had a group of co-ordinated scrapbook papers that had the word 'postcard' printed in the design of one page so I used it as the cover. I made this book with a shallower pocket since she had no plans to do any decorating, this book was to be totally functional.<br />
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For the third sister I had no specific use in mind, but I knew she would put it to good use. Since she is a crafter, I gave her the deeper pockets in case she chose to decorate the book and I made it in soft feminine colors - which suit her.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first thing I learned making this book was how important working with the grain was. With all the creasing and folding, the only fold against the grain had to be the bottom edge, and I creased that rather gently by comparison. The second thing, which should have been self-evident, was that all measurements had to be PERFECT. This book allows for no trimming to even things up like blank books with signatures do. My new pocket book was less bulky than the diagonal fold page, so I was successful in that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have at least one more of these to make, also a gift, another travel journal. It will be taken along on the trip and serve as a repository for collected paper bits and notes during the holiday and then as soon as photos are ready, it will be done. This one I will get to decorate as well...looking forward to that.</div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-31140527852571066842011-06-23T10:46:00.000-07:002011-06-23T10:46:08.474-07:00England 2007 Journal Part IIWe are now about halfway through this book and it is starting to get pretty full...and that is the problem with this style, as nice as the pockets are, they really don't take as much as I am likely to want to save. But then, I guess that is my problem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty much more of the same. There is a story behind the photo of the performance artist in Winchester on my regular blog here <a href="http://animumadvertere.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-winchester.html">http://animumadvertere.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-winchester.html</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took vintage postcards with me, most made into tags, and wrote on the backs. I also purchased new postcards and wrote on them. After I got home, I did prune back some of the paper, largely by only saving relevant parts or front pages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I must make a confession here, I never did find anything suitable to put in the nifty pocket I attached to the inside back cover. I am confidant something will come to me - it has only been four years after all.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course, the back cover had to have my beloved Tower Bridge, a wonderful rubber stamp by Claudine Hellmuth.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I think I have covered most of the various things I put in the pockets, but here are a few examples:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the top: one of the vintage postcards made into a tag and embellished with a postage stamp; a rubbing from the church shown on the reverse of the postcard I glued it to; the bill from a hotel with a humorous exchange as we drove into the town; a cartoon I had saved before the trip.</td></tr>
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Some sample jottings: <br />
Poetic...<em>The Quiet, the absolute peace and quiet atop Dartmoor, a sheep bleating across the valley, a crow passing by, and occasionally a gust of wind ruffles the gorse.</em><br />
Amusing...<em>After I left the shop I sat on the rockery in front and watched the world go by. Then I visited the PO and bought some stamps, then sat on the rockery again for a while. A sweet old lady who had passed me coming and going stopped and asked me "Are you hatching something dear? And isn't your bottom cold?"</em><br />
A B&B...<em>Period Living & Traditional Homes Finalist - Best Tea Shop 2004-2005. NO BIG SURPRISE THERE! So far, best pasty, best cream tea, best furnishings, best mattress, best full English breakfast and best host - that would be John - a real charmer.</em><br />
Food...<em>Tomato & fresh orange soup with a great hunk of granary bread & plenty of pure Dorset butter - and not one drop spilled on my white blouse.</em><br />
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My June book, which will be posted soon, is a version of a pocket book which I worked up myself considering the things I didn't like about this one. Like all such enterprises, I solved the problems with this book and wound up with some wholly new ones I hadn't anticipated.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-44986069336107966632011-06-20T14:19:00.000-07:002011-06-20T14:19:33.236-07:00England 2007 Journal, Part II learned to make this book at a workshop. The pages are folded 12x12" scrapbook papers and at that time I only had a reasonable amount of 12"x12" paper to work with (as opposed to the <strong><u>very</u></strong> unreasonable amount I now have) so the color scheme was determined pretty much by what I had the most of. Although I am very happy with the book in general, it turned out to be a bit thick, rather clunky. The book was made and much of what eventually went in the pockets was prepared before the trip. After we got home, I decorated the pages, copied over some of the jottings, and added some bits I had at home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pages had punched holes and were bound by some elastic ribbon I was lucky enough to find in the perfect colors. I had been saving a couple of pewter Tudor Rose buttons for just such a project. The bookplate is also metal.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I feel that I need to explain why the Journal is titled York 5x3, especially since we didn't go anywhere near York. Our first trip to England, and the Journal from that trip was entitled 'The Great York Expedition - and we did go to York. When we began planning the second trip, thinking we would go back to Yorkshire, I called it 'York 2'. Understand that I probably had a dozen Excel spreadsheets preparatory to making the trip and so I needed an umbrella title. Although we eventually didn't go to York on the second trip, the name stuck and we had started a tradition of sorts. So the third trip was lazily called 'York 3'. Then along came the fourth trip in 2000 - what a lark to be able to call it 'Y2K'. The fifth trip included my son-in-law so there were three of us and it became York '5X3'. Amazingly enough, the sixth and most recent trip actually included York and was largely centered around a group of old friends visiting all seven of the Betty's Tea Rooms in Yorkshire - so it was York4T...get it? I am already working on an itinerary for the hoped for next trip - goodness knows when or how - and it does not include York, but I simply have nothing clever yet in the way of a title.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Vintage postcard I decorated the inside cover with is by the photographer Fred Judge whose cards I collect. Like everything else I do, the pages and pockets of this book were highly decorated with postage stamps. I also used rubber stamping and some stickers. Beer mats made great additions to the pockets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took along blank pieces of paper already stamped and tagged, and wrote on them as we traveled. I tried to capture the little things that made us laugh or caught us by surprise, I wasn't worried about listing exactly where we went or what we did when. These pockets have another beer mat (I'm awfully fond of cider) and a small brown paper envelope with a pressed oak leaf from the Cotswolds.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>And here is a journaling hint for you. Since customs looks down on bringing any flora or fauna back into the country, I always take a thick paperback for reading. On the trip I tuck a few leaves, feathers and flowers into the pages and keep it closed tight with a heavy rubber band. By the time I get home and unpacked, everything is nicely pressed. No one has caught me yet.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More notes, one of my best photos, and a notecard. I used a teabag wrap as a pocket and managed to pull a price tag from one of my small purchases. I had a small clear envelope that I filled with several small coins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A playing card from a childrens game, the lid from clotted cream (don't knock it if you haven't tried it), a theatre ticket, and another plastic envelope with another oak leave and a car park ticket.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tags, notes, pressings, postage stamps, rubber stamps, stickers, a vintage photo, and more postcards.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is the first half of the book and I will finish in the next post.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-32956333204180651182011-06-16T14:38:00.000-07:002011-06-16T14:38:03.071-07:00Bookmarks - Series 1Every good book needs a good bookmark. In spite of the fact that I have a whole jar full of collected bookmarks of all sorts, I most often use an unloved antique postcard. One of the joys of buying used books is that one sometimes finds a previous owner's bookmark remains - I've found train tickets, theatre tickets and sales slips from foreign countries - which tells me that I am not the only one loath to part with those little paper mementos.<br />
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While I am playing around with my photos - editing and enhancing, rearranging, uploading to any site that will take them - I find some that simply do not crop well into anything other than a bookmark shape. And so I have been 'collecting' them and I have a flickr set devoted just to them: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39450859@N07/sets/72157623342914837/detail/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/39450859@N07/sets/72157623342914837/detail/</a><br />
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So I finally converted a bunch of them into photos and spent a couple of afternoons using up paper bits, punching holes, and carefully coloring the cut edges of both photos and papers.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRECxFDXJ3vZZ5XHtIuwpyLxfi-ZtGiy6ZahYXYdYLynl3-TLxkDAmUva7XeuSv9wmRWZRKsAVvWmqxEIObQBBvJvS9THKQy1zxzGr8ZSTNikoP-WE3O9gC3EONKMnYBIBa4LQhC-PQWjo/s1600/blogscan0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRECxFDXJ3vZZ5XHtIuwpyLxfi-ZtGiy6ZahYXYdYLynl3-TLxkDAmUva7XeuSv9wmRWZRKsAVvWmqxEIObQBBvJvS9THKQy1zxzGr8ZSTNikoP-WE3O9gC3EONKMnYBIBa4LQhC-PQWjo/s400/blogscan0034.jpg" t8="true" width="263" /></a></div>I made forty-four of them and have already given some of them away. Pretty sure I'll be making another batch before the year is out.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-48302186970648785772011-05-22T10:45:00.000-07:002011-05-22T10:45:27.882-07:00May Ribbon BookI have spent hours poring over my various books on books, sorting through the hundreds of variations on the scores of bindings, stitchings, and creative permutations. Eventually a few rise to the top as ones you are a little afraid of, as well as the ones that you just have to try. I am still avoiding the scary ones while trying to advance my education and skills. So this month I made two 'ribbon books'. The instructions came from <strong>The Handmade Book</strong> by Angela James.<br />
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The cover and finishing is quite simple, but there is new stitching to learn for binding the signatures together. I started with six signatures and sewed them together using a running stitch up and back down each signature. As you add the third signature you begin going back and using a 'kettle stitch' to bind the signatures together. Typically a proper book has stitching over two or three pieces of tape which are bound into the cover. In the ribbon book, you use ribbon instead of tape, make slits in the folds of your cover paper and pull the ribbon ends out through the slits, tying them on the outside. This keeps the book block safely attached to the cover.<br />
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For the first book I used lavender text weight paper with some darker sheets and some floral print sheets dropped in here and there. The ribbon was a heavyweight gauze and I used a stitch pattern for three ribbon ties. The only problem I had was that the book block didn't feel as snugly together as I would have liked.<br />
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Nevertheless, I was so pleased with this first one, I decided to make another one. This time I used a natural shade paper - text weight but on the heavy side and I used a woven cotton ribbon with only two ties. I have a friend who recently bought a very nifty little travel trailer and she asked me to keep a lookout for a book that would suit her for a travel journal. I wasn't far into this book when I realized it was perfect for her. So I finished this one with travel and nature quotes handwritten on a dozen pages, rubber stamped images in shadow shades on about every third page, and I pulled some of my best postage stamps of plants, animals and trees for another dozen pages. Finally, I finished the cover with a feather from my precious stash of bits smuggled back from England and used a stamp pad to darken all the edges - both cover and text block.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The feather came from the Tithe Barn in Lacock in the Cotswolds.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I can say with confidence that my friend was pleased with the book and I have an idea for another one with a slightly different theme for someone that was quite envious, so this probably won't be my last ribbon book.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-39961843377553759872011-05-02T10:18:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:51:52.525-07:0072 Booklets and CountingIn my rash of booklet making, I was able to almost completely use up a small stash of 8 1/2" x 11" art papers I had been saving for....who knows what. The magazine Somerset Studios publishes several free pages of art paper in each issue and of course, I have saved them all. Because I needed to cut around the credit printed on the back of each sheet, I wound up making a pair from each paper - one 5" tall and one 4" tall. I finished them with beads and my regular postage stamp on the back.<br />
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As an added bonus, by the time I had used up all the pages that worked for me, I was able to let go of the remaining 8-10 pages and that is one little stash gone. And just in case anybody is interested, you can easily make 45 booklets in the time it takes to watch four Premier League Soccer (football) games.<br />
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Although I have already moved on to my May books, there are about 3 weeks left in the Premier League season, so I will be making a few more booklets, including a couple of variations.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-7726729016118535802011-04-27T08:16:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:52:57.623-07:00And just a few more...Like most everyone, I seem to be especially susceptable to sales pitches at 3: in the morning. Although I readily admit to having a stock of 12"x12" printed paper that rivals most craft stores, only one batch came from one of those late night bouts of insomnia. This collection was quite large with text weight and embossed cover weight papers - even a few flocked pieces. There was zebra, leopard, snake, alligator, and ostrich skin as well as two shades of leather and a cowhide. All of the above came in shades of brown, black, and white as well as, quite amazingly, a bright pink set and a rather chartreuse set. Like most other things bought from one's TV in the middle of the night, the papers sat on my shelves, untouched, for at least two years.<br />
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So when I thought about making matched sets of booklets to use as gifts, they popped into mind. If I do say so myself, they were just perfect. So far, I have made six sets of three. Each set has a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, and a 3 x 4 1/2 three-hole bound booklet. They have a printed lining paper inside the cover and the large one has beads attached to the waxed linen binding thread. They all have appropriate postage stamps on the back cover.<br />
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I can easily finish three sets of three in the time it takes to watch two English Premier League Football (Soccer) games. Unless Liverpool is playing, then I spend too much time actually watching the game.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-31966524418302343032011-04-26T09:18:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:54:11.946-07:00More April BookletsAfter I made the small blank booklets it was time to make some larger ones. These were to be single signature using 8 pieces of 8x11 1/2 paper. Given that one of my goals is to use up materials I already have stashed, I have made it a general practice to use a decorative text weight or lighter page inside the cover paper. I am also putting a subject or color matched (hopefully both) postage stamp on the back of each booklet. For these four booklets I also dipped into my stash of paper bits, which included a couple of 'Cinderellas' - stamps that are not actual postage stamps but were made as advertising, or to commemorate something. I used the five hole booklet binding and waxed linen thread where the thread is tied on the outside and cut to about 1".<br />
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These went together very nicely and quite quickly so I plan on making quite a few more.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-5933448082499487872011-04-07T12:17:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:55:21.986-07:00April BookletsOn my 2007 trip to England, in Winchester, I bought a pad of paper placemats with maps of London, Paris, New York and Tokyo - lovely paper with pleasant green, blue and tan colors. I have used a couple sheets in the last four years, but going along with the goal of 'using up' I started this month with five booklets using the sheets as covers. I used blank white paper for a single signature pamplet with a three-hole binding. These were made for my book group, inveterate travelers all, just the right size for dropping in your purse and taking notes while traveling or dreaming about traveling. In keeping with what seems to be becoming a theme with me, I used postage stamps on the inside front page and low on the back cover.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlyaBT7ypVaTLhWnk7mgkYZZZLrz490EeSa3kWf2JqbQ2mW745egM3auLZbeqNoHo-s-8GztTHBcY51EqKXhYYq89mlcJhuUtOJJPxQx8bBwK66CtKE9-9jlQegHQv6m3uyyzYqyXdvUr/s1600/100_7392_CE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlyaBT7ypVaTLhWnk7mgkYZZZLrz490EeSa3kWf2JqbQ2mW745egM3auLZbeqNoHo-s-8GztTHBcY51EqKXhYYq89mlcJhuUtOJJPxQx8bBwK66CtKE9-9jlQegHQv6m3uyyzYqyXdvUr/s400/100_7392_CE.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>Of course, I kept the one showing the Tower Bridge for myself.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-86854872450372644442011-03-31T09:23:00.000-07:002011-03-31T09:23:06.071-07:00Starbucks ATC BookBack in 2002-2003 I participated in quite a few ATC (Artist Trading Card) swaps through an online site called Nervousness - now just a sad shadow of its former self. One of my favorite themes was 'coffee' facilitated by my daughter coming into possession of a bag full of Starbucks stickers. You will note that I changed cups from the original challenge photo, simply because the ATC's wouldn't fit in the smaller cup, I couldn't figure out how to hinge it, and having a transparent 'binding' seemed like a very good idea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put beans in the bottom (smells really good when you open it up)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I had a great poem I had saved relevant to coffee, and I can only assume Seattle, which I printed and stuck in the back of the cup. The ATC's were put in cut-down plastic sleeves and I bound them into an old promo booklet emptied of inside pages. I used linen thread, the perforations in the sleeves, and the original staple holes to bind the book. Then I glued the book to a straw, secured it with an empty sugar packet, and for good measure to keep the back page flat I glued in a Starbucks gift card.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two ATCs shown are mine, you may recognize the stickers. The rubber stamp was hand cut by my daughter. Altogether there are 7 ATCs in the book.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Here is the poem:<br />
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<strong>A New Lifestyle </strong><br />
People in this town drink too much<br />
coffee. They're jumpy all the time. You<br />
see them drinking out of their big plastic<br />
mugs while they're driving. They cut in<br />
front of you, they steal your parking places.<br />
Teenagers in the cemeteries knocking over<br />
tombstones are slurping café au lait.<br />
Recycling men hanging onto their trucks are<br />
sipping espresso. Dogcatchers running down<br />
the street with their nets are savoring<br />
their cups of mocha java. The holdup man<br />
entering a convenience store first pours<br />
himself a nice warm cup of coffee. Down<br />
the funeral parlor driveway a boy on a <br />
skateboard is spilling his. They're so<br />
serious about their coffee, it's all they <br />
can think about, nothing else matters.<br />
Everyone's wide awake but looks incredibly<br />
tired. <em> -James Tate</em><br />
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I have so many wonderful poems saved from my daily Writer's Almanac email, I hope I can find a way to use more of them.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-78477086755619354792011-03-29T14:27:00.000-07:002011-03-29T14:27:37.398-07:00What Was I Thinking?I was thinking books and pages and bindings and I should have been thinking engineering. This turned out so much harder than I imagined it would, but here is my progress report: 1) the hard drive book is still in my head 2) the camera book is still in my head 3) the pear has been cut, gessoed and badly hinged so I cannot go farther until I solve the hinge (I can't count a book that can't be safely handled!) 4) the Starbucks ATC book will be finished tomorrow, it has changed to a clear venti cup 5) the teapot lid is finished.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>So for now, let us talk about the teapot lid. I cut a pattern for the base of the lid and covered both sides with cut down teabag boxes while attaching it to the pottery with a linen framing tape hinge and inserting the end of the accordion book pages. At this point I realized that everything revolved around the hinge, and what I had was not going to be sufficient. For one thing, it wanted to pull off of the pottery, for another, it didn't want to close flat. Amazingly, I found some old book tape (I have no idea where it even came from) that matched the painted rim of the lid so I made a narrow tape hinge that works very well. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took the tag end of several tea bags and made a small tassel to attach to the handle. Not incidentally, all the bags and boxes used have an English connection: Yorkshire, Chelsea, Harrods, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the bottom and you can see the tassel and the tape hinge on the left side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is anybody's guess where this book begins, but when you open it this is what you see. I glued some tea bags into the lid and attached the end page with the quote with a bit of folded tape. Right now, it smells delightfully of tea when you open it, but I know that won't last.</td></tr>
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It sounds pretty simple as I describe the process - it was anything but. Each step had to be thought out carefully, looking ahead and anticipating the next step. With the exception of folding paper to make the pages, it was all a matter of drawing on past experiences and crossing my fingers. Thank God for gel medium!teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-21459631134668214282011-03-13T09:49:00.000-07:002011-03-13T09:49:06.431-07:00March Challenge<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you see what I see?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It’s the middle of March, and I’ve just lost an hour, but I’m setting myself a pretty high challenge for the March book(s).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When you look at this picture you see a Starbucks paper cup, a teapot lid, a paper mache pear, a cheap camera, and some computer hard drive parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I look at it, I see five books….well, I don’t actually <strong><em>see</em> </strong>them, but I have some good ideas……..let’s see how it works out. (This may be the month when I have to be very honest about my failures)</div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-45378419313587192432011-03-08T10:11:00.000-08:002011-03-08T10:11:22.058-08:00Cousin Convention Book<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I almost forgot about this book, it might actually be the first one I made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was done for what we call our Cousin Convention in 2001.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are seven of us left on my Mom’s side and thanks to the brilliant idea of my cousin-in-law Dick, we have been meeting every two years for a long weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has not only kept us all in touch, but has given the next generation a chance to get to know each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have met in <city><place>Seattle</place></city>, <city><place>Charleston</place></city>, and all over <state><place>Montana</place></state>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made one of these little booklets for each of my cousins – and for once, I thought to make one for myself.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the front and back covers - the booklet consists of a single sheet folded into five panels. The front includes a basic family tree and a scan of a postcard sent to my grandmother in 1949. As usual, I used postage stamps and rubber stamps and a quote, pretty standard items for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This two-fold includes grandparents wedding photo, scan from a baby book, another postcard scan (from 1919) and a photo of the old homestead with a yellow rose that has grown to cover yards of ground around the building remains.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left, a photo of Grandma and chickens at the 'new house' (this side of the Baldy) and pheasant feathers. The right page was personalized with family photos for each branch of the family - my Mom on the chair and four generations showing me on Grandma's lap.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I worked very hard to make everything on this book meaningful - all the postage stamps related to us in one way or another, pheasant is standard fare in Montana - but I must admit, the joss paper was a bit of a disconnect. </div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-20224720508420962052011-03-03T09:33:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:33:00.952-08:00ChucklesBooks that sound more interesting with the last letter left off:<br />
Of Mice and Me<br />
Far From the Madding Crow<br />
Dance to the Music of Tim<br />
The DaVinci Cod<br />
Three Men and a Boateresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-41083882842544757812011-02-23T14:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T14:00:52.123-08:00February - Flag BookAs my January books were all very conservative and traditional, I decided to go for color in February and chose a flag book. Flag books use an accordion binding with rows of pages (the flags) glued to both sides of the folded spine. When you open it as you would a regular book, with the pleats still fairly close together, the pages - or should I say rows of pages - turn as you would expect. As the pleats are pulled open some of the flags face the cover and some the back, depending on which side of the folds they were attached to. Then when you pull the book out flat you see only one side of each flag.<br />
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If this all sounds confusing, try putting one of these together. It is one of those things that sound simple, and in fact is simple, but when you are doing it there is a contant state of panic that you have glued something to the wrong side of something...and I only did that once. <br />
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I had some wonderfully colorful paper and rather thought I would start on the book without knowing for sure what would go in it. It doesn't make much sense to make one of these blank and I soon saw that the art or attachments really needed to be put on the flags before they were assembled. So, I fell back on my tried and true postage stamps. I pulled the page that had all the canceled stamps to match my colors - yes, I sort my stamps by color, doesn't everyone?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When barely opened, you can see it looks quite normal. I made a paper band to keep the book closed which simply slides off and on and covers the decoration on the front cover.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh361U5EKZH2idEUPlob39wl4W5-r12YTGMaAEBQnNziCp1KoyDJjFj1Aj_is1rAPS3VbHU1rTS__NvzDQirQjdqvh-tPVgGIZuVEwJuDmf_j7-KVNH4SSSRfQs5HIbAXNveJS8kWHEtUUH/s1600/100_7158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh361U5EKZH2idEUPlob39wl4W5-r12YTGMaAEBQnNziCp1KoyDJjFj1Aj_is1rAPS3VbHU1rTS__NvzDQirQjdqvh-tPVgGIZuVEwJuDmf_j7-KVNH4SSSRfQs5HIbAXNveJS8kWHEtUUH/s400/100_7158.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Partially opened you can see both sides of the flags. I used more of the paper from my old stampcollecting book for the endpapers - ones with matching colors of course. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here we are fully opened, with flags going in opposite directions. I used only stamps with faces on the sides which would show when opened. The other side of each flag had a stamp with a heraldic device of some sort, mostly lions.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I would like to do another flag book, but I am waiting for inspiration to strike. As I worked on the book I realized it was the sort of book that is <strong><u>absolutely perfect</u></strong> for a few applications, but not really appropriate for most. One of the best things about it is that is was finished on the 17th of February, so my goal of making a new book every month is so far intact.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-47339372404625926732011-02-11T12:17:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:17:05.713-08:00Leaves Book: Part TwoI have to laugh at the amount of leaves I pressed that year. It was lovely to have so many to choose from when I made this book, and I did use some in ATC's, but I must have pressed hundreds - really, several hundred - and I couldn't possibly have used more than fifty altogether at the time. I still have a drawer full of them, sadly fading, and probably destined to fade away to brittle bits. When that happens, I'll just go out collecting and press a couple hundred more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gold envelope for rubber stamped tag, maple leaves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pocket for tag, postage stamp, tassel, rubber stamps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This page was another clear envelope with additional transparent pocket and vintage photo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handmade paper with leaves embedded. Blackberry on the left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postage stamp, and the same leaves as in the envelope.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I edged this page and the next with latin names of my favorite trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postage stamp, rubber stamps, small envelope</td></tr>
</tbody></table>It was surprising how some of the prettiest leaves when pressed were quite unimpressive. The biggest surprise was how blackberry leaves kept a dainty red border. I found a laceleaf maple in glorious red and orange outside a Starbucks with very tiny leaves and I think I used every one of them in one project or another.<br />
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When I conceived this book, I went through all my materials and scraps to pull everything leaf-related. The process itself was great fun, but more importantly it reminded me what else I had waiting tucked away for other projects. It is often a joke among my friends how I continuously organize, sort, and arrange all my materials, but just going through them is an enormous inspiration - every bit as much as books and magazines.teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-77961273600105562202011-02-08T14:04:00.000-08:002011-02-11T11:46:01.565-08:00Leaves Book: Part One <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> About the same time I made the Copper Book for my daughter, I made a Leaves Book for myself. Having spent the fall pressing leaves I was well supplied. The book was made the same way as the Copper Book: hard covers with accordion spine and individual pages glued in.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tassel made from yarn, threads, beads, and a copper tag. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The covers were made with a handmade paper with natural bits in it and the back stamped with gingko rubber stamps. The pressed gingko leaf has lost its stem I am afraid. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postage stamps and maple leaves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A piece of handmade paper with a leaf embedded and two skeleton leaves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This page was a clear envelope with the largest leaf inside the envelope. I used clear embossing powder on the leaf and it has cracked a bit with use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This leaf was embossed with a very granular rusty powder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other two Canadian postage stamps, joss paper, plastic leaves and rubber stamped leaves.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are so many lovely quotations about leaves I was hard put to choose.</div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-852392852954139412011-02-07T12:19:00.000-08:002011-02-07T12:19:21.239-08:00One More for January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6gPnJxzXqRdmv4SOb7ouZjX2O5KGdn9TBYzMC2Y6CbKineCtCsvOeX4niTX2AP-ArEyVmWbGjotbx2Iz0jzUI2mbIefUoBLpNWoqWAI6TjbNst1vegQjPlz155muYlPPTESaKQD-CbU-/s1600/scanblog0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6gPnJxzXqRdmv4SOb7ouZjX2O5KGdn9TBYzMC2Y6CbKineCtCsvOeX4niTX2AP-ArEyVmWbGjotbx2Iz0jzUI2mbIefUoBLpNWoqWAI6TjbNst1vegQjPlz155muYlPPTESaKQD-CbU-/s400/scanblog0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My January book project has bled over into February a bit, but I feel that I have a handle on the stab binding technique even though I didn’t try any of the fancier binding stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure I will be making more books with this technique as I have a lot of papers that suit the Japanese style binding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are several errors on this book, which I could just conveniently forget to mention, but I think I remember saying something about confessing my mistakes honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I glued the paper onto the board pieces (I used mat board) I didn’t use quite enough glue and there are a few spots with slight bubbles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since this was the first time I made covers using two pieces on each side to form a hinge, I was quite nervous about getting both pieces placed correctly and while fussing about that I used the white side of the mat boards on one cover and the tan sides on the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now you can’t see both sides at the same time, so no one is likely to notice it, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I know</i></b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">One small thing I learned, since I used my Dremel tool to drill the holes, the hole where the drill bit comes out is cleaner than where it goes in so I will drill from the back in the future.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I sewed the binding so that the tie would be on the front and used some beads to decorate the thread ends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The insides of the covers are of solid purple card stock and the text block is a textured cream paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Japanese script decorating the front is from one of my ‘collage source’ books and I have absolutely no idea what it means…or even if it is right side up</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Since this is real book, I will sign it, something I forget to do too often.</span></div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-50358308602868611182011-02-03T08:44:00.000-08:002011-02-03T08:44:03.729-08:00A Few More<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Part of this year long project was to use up some of the papers and materials I've squirreled away for the last thirty-plus years. The good news is that I already have used some, the bad news is that it's just a drop in the bucket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Years ago I worked for a company that made diplomas, and at one point I was in purchasing. As a result, I brought home several 'books' of paper samples - colors and textures that made my mouth water. What is it about paper and yarn that does that to me...subject for another post I suspect. At any rate, I cut down some of these samples, sorted them in color families, and made a few more small stab books. I pulled the cover papers from my paper scrap bin. No amount of books or projects will ever make a dent in that bin, papers breed like rabbits.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look closely you can see the staples showing through in the fake stab book on top.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Traditionally they use a soft paper and each page is folded with the fold edge out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose to use pages from an old postage stamp album thinking they would allow for brief notes – something you could carry in your purse. In addition to the stamp graphics ( I chose pages with a minimum of stamp illustrations) I loved the printed color names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text block is bound with linen thread in addition to the cover binding for additional strength.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr-mJsU2r1J49nye-_D4CDnZnZPD0vrdzLbgUZ7cAU7S8_jwZL8YVwh19gc3VH2pmBOB9j7YOLPg0SnvAfJQ1IkADuezRRpuhAha-jSs0cRs5tiSkJK41WDNEJgCoFoAi5k2U8ib2XXSw/s1600/blogscan0031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr-mJsU2r1J49nye-_D4CDnZnZPD0vrdzLbgUZ7cAU7S8_jwZL8YVwh19gc3VH2pmBOB9j7YOLPg0SnvAfJQ1IkADuezRRpuhAha-jSs0cRs5tiSkJK41WDNEJgCoFoAi5k2U8ib2XXSw/s400/blogscan0031.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I bound it with washi paper, which is quite strong, using the linen thread again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a very good 2-part video on youtube demonstrating the stitching: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUD0iKBkCVo"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUD0iKBkCVo</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To match the pages I decorated the front simply with stamps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="307" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraNNx361V9rWOoN512TJX52NFOr6PnhLR5pwxT2gaIjXjlo9-P4_J83NkrYcP7bKGd6D5K3t6YokKD2iDMZoGNuBQpt3SwodoEQQ70WZlGtd_nQeB-vUhEjIakoBhhv1oT_0TUxHTGUn4/s320/bookscan0016.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All things considered, I am quite pleased with this first monthly project and since it comes together pretty quickly, I should make a few more before I start my February book.</span></div>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-77091499335331994292011-01-25T11:07:00.000-08:002011-02-03T08:45:45.399-08:00Copper Book: Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Most of the pages in the book are black scrapbook paper with a very soft finish. I made the book to a specific square size so I could use two envelopes I had, one black and one metallic copper. This gave me several places to put items that for whatever reason didn't fit on any of the regular pages.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The black envelope with postage stamps, bits of stamped handmade paper, and a mulberry paper with copper colored seed heads in it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage photo, vintage ticket stubs, vintage postcard, wax seal, postage stamps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feathers, postage stamps, top of wine bottle foil, and rubber stamping. The crows are stamped on a little booklet with vintage drawings of roosters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blank greeting card embellished with metallic rubber stamping and metalic pen. The inside is covered with bits of Japanese newsprint. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage photo in metallic photo corners on the copper envelope with small tassel attached.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage page, small envelope and tags, yarn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the items in pockets: Handcolored ATC, rubber stamping, collage materials. In the upper right is a small booklet shown at the top of the photo below.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postage stamps, rubber stamping, vintage postcard of Paris flower seller.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My daughter is back to being a dishwater blond again, but for now, she has the Copper Book to commemorate her redheaded years.</span>teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-40796576054506368032011-01-24T12:55:00.000-08:002011-01-24T12:55:03.887-08:00Copper Book: Part OneThe second type of book I learned to make had an accordion pleated spine with pages glued in and a ribbon binding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From this first one, I learned that you need more than one ribbon on the binding and that folding paper into an accordion (or concertina) isn’t as easy as it looks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now know the secret is to fold the long sheet in half, then fold each half in half, and so on. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My beautiful daughter had gone from an entire youth spent as a blond to a dishwater blond (my genetics) with red highlights (her Dad’s genetics).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decided to become a redhead, a startling auburn redhead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not get used to her with auburn locks, even though it was a lovely color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So in an effort to show her some support I dug out all my copper-to-sepia material, added lots of black, and made her a book.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover paper had copper metallic stripes and I used velvet flowers & leaves, vintage buttons, and a tassel made with ribbon, string, yarn, beads, feathers, and a copper garden tag.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postage Stamps, vintage devotional card, metallic covered eggshells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dictionary page, beads, rubber stamping, copper letters, copper sheet, clear disc (highlighting the word copper).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubber stamping, postage stamp, pressed leaves, skeleton leaf, hand lettering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubber stamping, postage stamps, collage elements, hand lettering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wire dress, joss paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage postcard, copper photo corners, hand lettering.</td></tr>
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</div>More coming soon...teresuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183322786771741172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389167887165856690.post-58738746229890350132011-01-18T11:57:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:57:02.120-08:00My First Book<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think the first book I ever made was a simple little book made from one piece of 8 ½ X 11 card stock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had collected a group of stamps showing Wild Roses and wanted a way to display them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Illustrations for this method are easily available in both books and online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This method created a perfectly sized book for postage stamps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made two of them and joined them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each stamp was given a page and a little decoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I covered board with some lovely black handmade paper with rose leaves (I was convinced they were wild rose leaves) and used a ribbon hinge and tie.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was so pleased with my little book of stamps, I also made one for my second cousin (think niece) to remind her what a beautiful young lady she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought of it again recently when I watched her walk down the aisle…radiantly beautiful. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.danielsmith.com/content--id-128"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.danielsmith.com/content--id-128</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.fimp.net/makeabook.html"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.fimp.net/makeabook.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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