HOW TO – Tea Stain Valentine’s Day Cards
The Feb how-to on The Sampler is from Aida of Two Busy Bees on how to tea stain your Valentine’s Day cards. Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, machรฉ, and more.
Pod Post endorsed holiday: National Handwriting Day (Jan. 23)
I first met Jennie and Carolee of Pod Post at SF Zine Fest last year and was totally delighted by their devotion to letters, books, and the written word. Every so often since then, my day would be made by a delicious bit of ol’ fashioned mail in my mailbox at work, and a few […]
Robot Mini-Valentines by WHiRR
WHiRR says, “If you’re feeling nostalgic for grade school, when you had to give Valentines to everyone in your class, WHiRR has some elementary-friendly mini cards available to download, print, and distribute. Hand them out to friends, lovers, and strangers on the street. Print them as they are or get DIY and embellish them with […]
Vintage French Papers
Corey of Tongue in Cheek blog lives in France and has collected some of the cool vintage finds she’s found at local flea markets and now she’s selling some because her paper collecting stash has gotten too big. Corey says, “I have a thing for French vintage papers, when I see them at the flea […]
Create Your Own Book Art (Video)
Bruno of Curbly has a great video tutorial up on how to create your own distinctive book art. Link.
Origami Business Card Holder
DIY Planner has a PDF paper template you can download to fold up a business card holder. Use fun paper and decorate it to make it your own. Link.
HOW TO – Make a Stand Up CD Jewel Case Photo Calendar
Here’s a fun project for the new year from Photojojo’s archives. Make your own photo calendar using an old CD jewel case as a stand. Link.
