Whipper Snapper: hand made books

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11.10.2010

Inspired by... everything.

I did a photo shoot today of some books I have made the last week or so. These are some of my favorite shots. I like taking photos of my crafts almost as much as making them! I have been on a kick making things that are very fall looking, some things very HUNTER looking... In Northern Michigan, opening day of gun hunting season is next Monday. There inevitably are always dudes in trucks wearing ridiculous hunters orange garb. I am a product of my environment. I embrace this.

6.28.2010

I also love making books...

This past weekend was really productive for me! I printed and heat set 30 onesies (see previous post), and managed to stab and sew 5 books. The books are all bound using the coptic style, which is an exposed binding. All the pages lay flat with this binding so its easy to write, sketch or make lists in them. All the larger books were made using upcycled record album covers and contain 40 pages (60 on the Benny Goodman book) of lined paper. The tiny coptic bound book contains 30 sewn signatures (4 pages each, 8 if you count front and back) for about 240 pages.

4.11.2010

Craftiness Abounds

Here is a sneak peek at the inventory I have been building for the launch of my new etsy store and design studio. Today I will be constructing tags, packaging and taking photos of all these lovely goodies. Vive la DIY revolution!!!

2.13.2010

Printing By Hand

Adventures in printing. Bear with my phone camera pictures, my camera is out of commission right now. Tonight I got to try a few of my new stamps. I mixed some custom screen printing colors and threw down on some onsie's, kids tees and sweatshirts. I also experimented on some Arches paper. My hands look dirty and I can go watch T.V. now that I accomplished something creative. More to come as I build an inventory to be sold on Etsy! Yee haw!!