I'm so excited to share this awesome project from creative Design Team member Paige with you! Check out her awesome mini album and instructions for binding your own book...
Supplies: All 24 Letterbox papers: Sincerely Paper (35005) – Letterbox, Respectfully Paper (35006) – Letterbox, Warm Wishes Paper (35007) – Letterbox, Dear Paper (35008) – Letterbox, Greetings Paper (35009) – Letterbox, Reply Paper (35010) – Letterbox, With Love Paper (35011) – Letterbox, Goodbye Paper (35012) – Letterbox, Many Thanks Paper (35013) – Letterbox, Sir Paper (35014) – Letterbox, Truly Yours Paper (35015) – Letterbox, Cheers Paper (35016) – Letterbox, Signature Paper (35017) – Letterbox, Hello Paper (35018) – Letterbox, See You Paper (35019) – Letterbox, Yours Ever Paper (35020) – Letterbox, Faithfully Paper (35021) – Letterbox, Adieu Paper (35022) – Letterbox, Post Script Paper (35023) – Letterbox, Signed Paper (35024) – Letterbox, Madam Paper (35025) – Letterbox, Compliments Paper (35026) – Letterbox, Kind Thoughts Paper (35027) – Letterbox, Response Paper (35028) – Letterbox, LetterHouse Letterbox (77229) – House, White Rockabye (42954) – Thickers, Character Italic 4 (89136) – Ribbon, 12 x 12 White Cardstock (71081) – AC Cardstock
Other: Plexiglas: Home Depot, Floss: DMC, Needle: Dritz, Paper cutter: Fiskars, Hand drill: Dewalt, Adhesive: Helmar, Sandpaper: Hardware supply, Paper piercer: Heidi Swapp, Die cut machine: Cuttlebug by Provo Craft, Label die (Labels One): Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Font: Goudy Old Style Regular
Paige says: "I took a bookbinding class in college and ever since then I’ve loved to make books by hand. You can use any kind of paper for the pages, including scrapbook paper. You can also make them for any purpose, so for my blog assignment which was to make an altered item based on a book, I thought, why not make a book to store my book reviews? Perhaps this will be the motivation I need to start reading books other than Harry Potter or Twilight! One particularly great thing about this type of binding (it's called Link Stitch) is that the book lays perfectly flat - so easy for writing in!"
Paige also included some helpful links for creating your own Book Reviews Book:
How to make a link stitch bookTemplate for book reviews labels
Link to her other handmade books
You're so talented... thanks for sharing, Paige!
Wow, I love this!
Posted by: Amber Scurlock | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 08:28 AM
Paige! That's fabulous!
Posted by: KathyT | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 08:44 AM
(Gorgeous + Genius!) Gor-genius!
Posted by: Amy H | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM
This is fabulous - not only a great way to store book reviews or other information, but a great way to keep a whole collection of papers to be admired forever! Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Becs Attwood | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Beautiful! I've been meaning to create a reading log for a while now. Thanks for the tips :)
Posted by: Lynn | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 03:09 PM
This is beautiful, thanks for giving us the info about securing our own albums!!
Posted by: Glyniss | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 03:27 PM
Soooooooo cute! I loved the first few pictures of the project, but when I scrolled down to see how small it was in her hand, I loved it even MORE. :)
Posted by: Barb | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 06:01 PM
This is so clever... thanks for sharing the "how to" as well
Posted by: Cathy | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 08:19 AM
That book binding is awesome, I'm saving this link and will definitively try this!
Posted by: Helene | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Paige...your idea is fantastic! What a rewarding project this must have been to create? I will definitely be book marking it!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Kim Watson | Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 08:25 AM
Paige....
you are amazing!
Posted by: amy tangerine | Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Awesome book Paige! I'm really impressed with your book making abilities!
Posted by: Dusti | Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 10:53 PM
interesting concept a book of book reviews.
Posted by: Electronic Cigarette | Friday, February 12, 2010 at 11:48 AM