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giveaway ends tonight

sarah — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:18:21 +0000

Things have been pretty busy around here because someone at my house had a birthday! I’ll have all kinds of details about that soon.

In honor of my 100th post I’m having a giveaway. Click here to enter the giveaway by leaving a comment. The winner will be sent a surprise package from the studio. You have until tonight to enter (technically you have until I log in Tuesday morning, wink wink).

Coming up this week:

+ a Tutorial Tuesday to organize your gadgets
+ a lucky someone will win a surprise package from Book Bound Bindery (that’s me!)
+ photos from our garden
+ a new artist spotlight

poppytalk’s spring and easter market

sarah — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:20:16 +0000

Guess who has a table at Poppytalk’s Spring and Easter Market?

That’s right! Me!

Poppytalk has a wonderful blog and hosts a themed market each month. For the next 30 days you can visit Book Bound Bindery there. Make sure you check out all the other vendors – it’s a great collection of handmade goods.

And seeing as this is my 100th post (hooray!) I think we need to celebrate. I want to send one of you a surprise package from the studio. And I promise it will not be full of paper scraps.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Go visit the Poppytalk Handmade Marketplace. (button is over there in my right sidebar —–>)

2. Leave a comment on this post by Monday, March 22nd about all the amazing things you saw/bought at the market.

Ready. Set. Go.

***UPDATE: giveaway is closed***

http://www.poppytalk.blogspot.com/

pocket pamphlet giveaway

sarah — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:02 +0000

It’s a giveaway! I have a set of 3 pocket pamphlets to giveaway to one lucky random winner.

The rules for entering:

*Leave a comment saying what you will use one of the pocket pamphlets for before Sunday, October 4. The winner will be announced here Monday morning, October 5.
*You can enter the drawing twice if you are a fan of Book Bound Bindery on Facebook or if you link to this giveaway from your site or Facebook page.

pamphlet stitch tutorial

sarah — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:03 +0000

Ready for a new project? This tutorial is for a 4″ by 6″ pocket pamphlet with four pages.

Named ‘pocket’ because it’s small enough to fit in your pocket or purse, not because it has pockets.

Named pamphlet because it is bound with the pamphlet stitch. The pamphlet stitch is good for sewing a few pages together – it won’t hold tons of pages together very well.

Use it for making a multi-page program or greeting card or letter.

SUPPLIES:

2 sheets of paper for the inside, 6″ by 8″
1 sheet of paper for the outside (I like to use a heavy weight paper), 6″ by 8″
ruler
needle and thread (I used linen thread but you could use yarn, twine, sewing thread, waxed linen thread, ribbon, dental floss, etc)
scissors
bone folder

STEP 1: Make the book block.

Stack the 3 sheets of paper together and fold in half. Crease with the bone folder.

STEP 2: Prepare the pages for sewing.

Using your ruler and your needle (I’m using a tiny awl), mark three sewing stations by poking a hole through all three sheets of paper. Station 1 is 3″ from the edge (dead center). Station 2 is 1/4″ from the top. Station 3 is 1/4″ from the bottom.

Please Note: I marked the sewing stations in red so the tutorial is easier to follow – you shouldn’t mark your paper.

STEP 3: Sew the pages together using the pamphlet stitch.

Start at Station 1. Go through the hole from the inside to the outside. Leave a couple of inches of thread here so you can tie off the loose ends once you have finished the stitch.

Next, sew through Station 2 from the outside to the inside.

Next, sew from the inside to the outside through Station 3.

Then, go back through Station 1 from the outside to the inside.

Pull tight and tie off.

STEP 4: Personalize (always!).

Make it your own. Add a name. Add a monogram. Give it a purpose. And then make another one!

Check back later tonight for the giveaway I promised yesterday. I made a set of 3 pocket pamphlets to give to a lucky random winner. All the details will post this evening.

the pocket pamphlet

sarah — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:30:37 +0000

I’m always digging up new ways to keep a journal. A while back I started making these small notebooks out of left over scraps from my big projects. My kiddos love them – they are the perfect size for their laps which is good for our car trips, church services, and quiet time. I always keep one in my purse so I can jot down notes (if I don’t write it down it’s as if I was never told!).

Pocket pamphlets make great cards, too. For our most recent wedding anniversary, I made a little pocket pamphlet, glued a photo of us on the front and filled the inside with a love note.

These books are handy, what can I say? And that’s why I want to share them with you. So, tomorrow’s Tutorial Tuesday will be instructions on how to make these handy little books. You can fill yours with a letter, or photos, or stash it in your purse, or give it to your kiddos.

Typically I will list the item from Tutorial Tuesday in my shop, but tomorrow I will be giving away this set of 3 pocket pamphlets! Hooray for giveaways!

lucky random winner!

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:59:03 +0000

Congratulations to Tammy who wins a hard back journal in aqua silk! More surprises for all you fans out there in the summer months ahead, so keep reading! And if you are not yet a fan, become one pronto!