HOW TO – Make Newspaper Pots
Here’s a great tutorial from Wizer that helps you recycle your old newspapers — fold them into newspaper pots! Perfect for small plants or seeds. Read the comments for more planting tips! Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Moleskine Pop-Up Art by Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring has taken his Moleskine notebook and turned it into a pop-up book filled with his cool drawings. Just fantastic! [ via ] Part 1 and Part 2.
Pen Pal Swap – First Letter
Ah, here’s a nice photo to round out the week… a nice letter from a pen-pal and some Rowan yarn over at curlsontheside. For those of you who signed up for the pen-pal swap, this weekend’s a good weekend to start writing your letters. (I’m just as guilty!) Felicia Sullivan’s given us a good reminder […]
Japanese Bookbinding Techniques
This site is a great resource for the history and techniques of Japanese bookbinding. This sewn style above is called Kikko Toji which is also a technique you can use to repair old books. [ via ] Link.
Bookbinding Resources
Nicole of Freshly Blended has compiled a great list of resources for bookbinding. Nicole writes: When it comes down to it, bookbinding is definately not a budget friendly hobby or even career. So pinching the penny to get more for your buck is always the top goal of mine. Don’t be afraid to start out […]
Board Game Box
Zieak has a cool idea on how to reuse old board games — turn them into fun novelty boxes. A cool surprise when you give a gift to someone! Link.
Letter Lovers Flickr Group
Felicia Sullivan who started the Pen-Pal Swap, has created a new Flickr group to share your sweet letters, notes, crafty letter projects, and more! Link.
