Category Archives: Paper
Adventures in Bookbinding: Ten Minute Notebook
I’ve diddled about with bookbinding since my twenties, when a magazine article — who knows where, because there was no Martha Stewart Living back then — with photos, showed me how to build a real book. Oh frabjous month! I cut pages … Continue reading
Filed under A yard of fabric, About a buck, Books, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Paper
Batty about Boxes: Masu Edition
Actually, I think there are bat homes called bat boxes, a concept I find troubling — can a weasel box be far behind? But I was using batty in it’s colloquial meaning: I love boxes. Shoe boxes, Faberge boxes, Whitman’s … Continue reading
Popping Up, Re-engineered
I mentioned that when I was in LA I visited the Japanese bookstore of my dreams, Kinokuniya in Little Tokyo. Boy, was I a good girl: I got out of that crack house with change from a Benjamin. Most of … Continue reading
French Frogs Fast
I’m not talking cuisses de grenouille a l’ail here, nor am I using a francophobic slur. I present to you my five minute menagerie of frogs, the invention of my fave French folder, Didier Boursin. I have no idea why they’re included … Continue reading
Boursin Boxes and Bliss
My readers have noticed , I’m sure, that I’m good at keeping myself entertained. Give me a piece of paper, half a pound of butter, a crochet hook, a yard of fabric or a book, and I’m all good. (In … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, How Cool is That?, Into the Mystic, Less than 50 cents, Origami, Paper
Twenty Second Tulip
My cold whomped my week. I remember a couple of trips to Walgreens for OTC meds that did exactly jack, blinding coughing jags and ears that haven’t cleared since I walked onto the tarmac two Thursdays ago. Oh yeah, there … Continue reading
Filed under About a buck, Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Cool Japanese Stuff, Origami, Paper
Valentine’s Day: Julia Knows her Cheap and Cheerful
It was a sweet, swell Valentine’s day, here in our sisterly site in the Great White North. Cards were served up at the breakfast table , with pretty little caskets of candy from Daddy and Megan. I didn’t give sweets, … Continue reading
Filed under History, Holidays, Less than 50 cents, Paper
The Christmas Card Letter
You know what I mean — those letters run through a printer on seasonal stationery and tucked into a Christmas card. They’ve been the butt of many parodies and late-night television jokes. I love them! The mean-spirited parodies feature a … Continue reading
Filed under Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, History, Holidays, Into the Mystic, Paper
Six Second Origami Santa
Maybe even a four second Santa. He’s kinda of a mid-century Mies Santa, all elegant angles. I decorated my Christmas cards will him a few years ago, and because I’m not thrilled with my card design this year I’m feeling nostalgic. You … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Less than 50 cents, Origami, Paper
Cheap, Cheerful, Paper, Thread and Useless…
… so of course I love it. It’s a garland made from two inch paper circles, a dab of a glue stick, it’s folded, then sewn. I don’t remember where I got the idea from, but I remember that the … Continue reading
