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Hello! Today’s tutorial is from my amazing sister-in-law, Katie. She is the mastermind behind the easy autumn centerpieces, the burlap mat, and the embroidery hoop ornament. She is one of those that every thing she touches, she makes beautiful. Thanks to Katie for sharing this tutorial!
ps – click on any of the images to enlarge
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HOW TO MAKE A THANKSGIVING BUNTING
This is a “Give Thanks” bunting that will be perfect on your Thanksgiving mantle. It is a cinch to make and fairly inexpensive. You probably have most of the stuff already.
What you need:
Burlap (1/2 yard is plenty)
Large Brown Ric Rac (I got mine at Hobby Lobby)
3 Decorative Leaves (Mine are paper mache from Hobby Lobby. You could probably make your own)
Letter Stencils or stamps (I made a stencil with my Silhouette Machine)
Brown Acrylic Paint
Foam Brush
Scissors
Hot Glue
Ruler
Rotary Cutter and Mat (optional)
Paper plate and wax paper
Cut ten 5″x 7″ rectangles out of burlap.
Fold each rectangle in half “hotdog style.” Using either your rotary cutter or scissors cut diagonally from the bottom corner (folded side) to the opposite corner. Open it up and you should have a triangle. Do this for the rest of your rectangles.
For this next step, I made a stencil on my Silhouette machine using “Birch” font in 288pt. I cut out “GIVE THANKS” on one cardstock sheet. If you don’t have a Silhouette or Cricut, you can use letter stencils or stamps.
Place your triangles over your wax paper. Squirt some paint on to the paper plate. Gently dip your foam brush in the paint and dab the excess off. Carefully dab your paint brush over your stencil onto each triangle. One letter per triangle. Let dry.
Next, with your hot glue gun, squeeze a bead of glue on the top of one of your leaves. Press your ric rac onto it. Make sure to leave enough ric rac on the ends so you can hang it your bunting. Now continue with each of your lettered triangles. Put a leaf between “GIVE” and “THANKS” and at the end of “THANKS.”
Hang on your mantle and enjoy!
Just to sum things up:
+ Did you see my feature on ohdeedoh? I feel so honored.
+ Our family photos were a total success. Thanks, Kari! Can’t wait to see those cookie faces.
+ My studio is littered with paper scraps. I made a wedding guest book and all kinds of journals this week for the Open House. (If you want the official invite and haven’t received one, email me.)
+ Chris hung blinds and the tv. I feel so happy every time I see them.
+ I’m expecting an Emily McPhie painting in the mail next week. Very exciting!
Happy weekend!
We have our yearly family photo shoot coming up so outfits have been at the front of my mind for a while now. The honest truth is, I love that other people have really great style but I’m happy to just be in shorts and a t-shirt from Target (one of the reasons I’m not a perfect match for Texas). I don’t know about you, but I get sneezed on and slobbered on and all kinds of other stuff during the day. Do I need to be dressed up for that? Anyway, I know that I don’t want to be wearing that in our pics because then my posterity might know the truth (haha, just kidding). The point is: when I get dressed in “real” clothes, it takes some careful planning.
Now is a good time to introduce today’s contributor, Kari. She is the most kind and wonderful and happy person on the planet. And she is bursting with talent. Here is her advice (as a photographer and stylish woman and mother) on what to wear for your family photos.
Wonderful readers, please welcome Kari of Kari Hennefer Photography.
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The big question of “What to Wear!?” It can be exhausting to think about, so my advice is make it fun!! Try not to stress about making it perfect. There may be some guidelines, but really, it’s all about your style and what you feel good in. If it helps, here are 7 tips…
1. Picture your portraits up on your wall. What do you want to look at? Think about the colors of your home, and where you want to put your beautiful, printed pictures.
2. Think about what you are like…relaxed, outdoor and playful, formal and sleek, crazy and funky? The pictures that portray who you really are will often be the ones you connect most with.
3. Bold colors are good for both outdoor and studio (and bold colors especially look great with children). Pastels and neutrals are also beautiful and can bring focus to the face.
4. Avoid prints or logos that are distracting to the face, unless you’re going for a specific focus.
5. Texture it up! Belts, accent colors, hair bows, layers, and textured shirts are always interesting, and help give personality to your portraits.
6. In general, I recommend watches to be left off unless they are part of your “jewelry.”
7. As far as matching, choose 1 or 2 theme colors, and add accent colors to them for variety (sweaters, scarves, layers, hair bows, belts, shoes). Avoid all wearing the exact same shirt as it’s easy to kind of blend all together.
Most importantly, wear what you feel comfortable in and what displays you and your family. People who are happy and comfortable will be able to relax and show their personality! Have fun!
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Thank you, Kari! Lucky for you local Houstonites, Kari will be at the Book Bound Bindery Open House on November 4th booking sessions. More info on that coming.
blog: karihenneferphotography.blogspot.com
facebook: Kari Hennefer Photography
I like to ride my bike. Especially when I can be the caboose in our family bike train because I like to mosey. I’m the kind of biker that loses my balance because I’m watching the sky instead of where I am headed. My brother is a real biker. He goes fast. And looks official. My dad is a biker too. He rides in the mountains. Maybe some day I will bike like them, but for now I’m happy to scoot around the neighborhood with my family.
I’m happy to announce this year’s Book Bound Bindery Open House has been scheduled (aka I wrote it on my calendar with a sharpie)!
SAVE THE DATE: Friday, November 4th.
Come in the afternoon, 1- 3pm, or in the evening, 7-9 pm.
All Book Bound Bindery products will be available for purchase at the open house (although you don’t have to purchase anything to come — just come so we can chat)  Some new products to look forward to include:
> 3 new silhouette notebook covers
> 3 sets of limited edition journals
> Book Bound Bindery workshops
But of course, all your favorite products will be there too. Over the upcoming weeks, I will post sneak peeks of what you can come see at the Open House. Or you can look at the photos from the last Open House, here. This is your chance to come see my products in person. I have a few spots left for customs orders, too, if you have a special Christmas gift in mind.
Hello, hello! Remember how last week my tutorial photo session did not go as planned? Well, I planned ahead and pulled through this time.
All you need is a piece of paper. I’ll wait here while you go grab one (out of your printer). Seriously. It’s that easy.
Let me introduce you to the map fold (aka the pop-up fold). These make awesome invitations, or cards, or love notes, or lunch box notes, or any other kind of note you write. With a little personalization, it can be just about anything.
HOW TO MAKE A MAP FOLD (or POP-UP FOLD)
Supplies:
1 piece of paper (I used a piece of construction paper that is 9″ by 12″)
NOTE: The end product will be 1/4 the size of the paper you started with. So if you want something to fit in a 4″ by 6″ envelope, start with paper that is 8″ by 12″.
Step 1: Fold in half hot dog style. Unfold.
Step 2: Fold in half hamburger style.
Step 3: Take the top left corner and line it up with center fold. Crease.
Step 4: Do the same thing on the right side.
Step 5: Open it up and invert the center fold. Crease.
Step 6: Turn in the left corner (of the top layer), line it up with the center fold, crease. Do the same thing with the right corner. Flip it over repeat with the other side.
Step 7: Open it up. (This is the tricky part.) Start in the upper left-hand corner. Invert the diagonal fold. Then invert the diagonal fold on the right-hand corner. Use both hands to guide those folds in while you flatten it. Crease.
Step 8: Flip it over and carefully open. Repeat step 7. As you guide the folds this time, though, fold the entire piece of paper in on itself. You should end up with a house shape.
Yipee yahoo! You did it!
All closed up.
Wide open.
I gave one to the kiddos and they wrote a letter to Nana.
I took a second piece of 9″ by 12″ construction paper and glued in the map fold. You can trim down the green outer sheet to fit the width of the blue one, if you want to.
What are you going to make?
Check out that hair! This was too funny — I had to share. He loves to ride around in that little car thing. Hours of fun. Hope you have a very merry weekend with your family. We’ll be riding bikes, playing kickball, and laze-ing about if you need us.
We went to the fire station with some of our preschool friends.
One of the firemen got all dressed up in his fire gear. The guy on the right is timing him — 1 minute and 16 seconds! Did you know their gear weighs 65 pounds!? That’s worse than being 9 months pregnant.
Yes, my little buddy wore a headband that day. It makes him feel awesome like he’s a basketball player wearing a sweatband.
We had a great time, even though it was during Baby’s nap time.See how he’s already learning how to tease?
Afterwards, I made a mistake… I took the boys to the library. Then to the mall. Then to the post office. Then to Target.
That was too many things. And I didn’t even find something to wear for our family photos.
 image from the autumn leaf garland tutorial
Yeehaw. It’s a round-up.
I went to the park yesterday (thanks, Les!) instead of getting my tutorial put together so then when Chris came home from work and helped me photograph something on the fly, it was just too dark. So. We ate dinner. I will get organized and share it another time.
Here are some autumn tutorials from last year:
Autumn leaf garland
Autumn centerpieces
Burlap mat
Paper plate monsters
Here are some tutorials I want to try:
Paper Mache Pumpkins via Made by Joel
Suminagashi for kids via Frugal Family Fun Blog
Fabric flower via Craft Snob
Three-Dimensional Doily Ornament via Martha Stewart
Finnish Star via Maggie Makes
I’d love to know what you are making! Happy Tuesday.
Three cheers for Tuesday!
Today’s tutorial is a traditional bookbinding stitch that is used for sewing together single sheets of paper (as opposed to signatures). So before I get started, let me assure you that this is a very handy stitch to know. Think of all the school projects you can now start sewing together instead of stapling! Way better. This is simple enough you can teach your kiddos how to do it with yarn.
Ok. Here we go.
HOW TO SEW A STAB BINDING
SUPPLIES:
stack of paper that needs to be sewn together
front and back covers (a heavier weight paper)
waxed linen thread (or yarn or jute or grass or whatever else you have around)
needle (optional)
ruler
binder clips
drill (or other sharp object)
GETTING STARTED
It’s important to follow the book anatomy outline above. If you get lost, refer back to this photo to get yourself back on track. You will start at the left (station 1) and move to the right.
In this tutorial, I am using 4.4″ by 6″ paper bound with waxed linen thread. You can modify this to fit any size book and you can bind it with just about anything. Make sure you always pull your stitches tight after each step.
STEP 1: Use the binder clips to secure your stack together. Mark four sewing stations (aka holes) with your ruler. Mine are at .5″, 2″, 4″, and 5.5″ (left to right). I used a little drill to make the holes, but you can do this by hand with a sharp, pointed awl.
STEP 2: Starting at station 1, sew from the back to the front. Make sure to leave a 3″ tail in the back so you can tie it off at the end. Wrap around the spine and come back through from the back to the front. Pull tight.
STEP 3: Wrap around the foot and enter through station 1 again (from the back to the front).
STEP 4: Sew through station 2 from the front to the back. Pull tight. Wrap around the spine and come back through station 2 from the front to the back.
STEP 5: Sew through station 3 from the back to the front. Pull tight. Wrap around the spine and come back through station 3 from the back to the front.
STEP 6: Sew through station 4 from the front to the back.
STEP 7: Wrap around the spine and come back through station 4 from the front to the back. Pull tight. Wrap around the head and come back through station 4 from the front to the back.
STEP 8: Sew through station 3 from the back to the front. Sew through station 2 from the front to the back.
STEP 9: Remove the binder clips and tie a square knot with the loose ends.
Ta-da! You did it! (I’m so proud of you)
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welcome Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm an artist, bookmaker and mother of three boys. This is where I showcase my custom wedding guest books, introduce new Book Bound Bindery products and share bits of inspiration. Enjoy!
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