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My first altered item. I finished this altered composition notebook and just love it for important notes.
Raccoondoll Lara relaxing with her notebook and journal :)
I was inspired by a friend to try my hand at some bookbinding.
An example of a German Edelpappband as described by Peter Verheyen (ref below). Sewn on tapes, leather headbands (see detail img), case binding with leather top and bottom edge.
Verheyen, P. (2005). The Edelpappband, or "Millimeter" binding. Bonefolder 1(2):25-29. www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol1no2contents.htm
Shots of my planner for my blog and all crafty things for this year! part of an old notebook I am determined to fill up this year.
More photos and info here: Dreamcatcher Notebook. Playing with fabric markers :)
Notes z łapaczem snów. Zabawy z markerami do tkanin :)
with my years of experience with sketchbooks and notebooks when I'm talking - you'd do well to listen.
Thanks to the discussion boards at the Moleskinerie pool, I learned that a silver metallic Sharpie is great for writing on the covers (and spines) of these notebooks (I use the large sketchbook, 5.25 x 8.25 inches). That makes my job much easier when I'm trying to find things.
I've digitally altered the interior shot because I've got people's names in there. The notebook (held open by a large binder clip) is turned to the last entry page. I've written people's contact information down on the very last page.
My August 13, 2007, entry continued in the notebook I'm filling now. These journals are where I amass what I call my "raw data." More on the notebooks I've filled over the years is here.
I advise all my students to keep a hardcopy journal that they can take anywhere with them. From my class handout:
A journal is, quite simply, a place to write with no holds barred. It will serve you well in a variety of uses:
1. Practice. No matter what you write, you are writing.
2. Raw data. All the details, insights, minutiae, rants, and anything else you write down is potential material for more crafted writing, be it in stories, poems, articles, or other forms of expression, like art or music.
3. Self-help. Talking to yourself on paper or using your journal as a confidante can help you solve problems and make burdens easier to bear. I have found sometimes that what I’ve written can serve as valuable advice to myself years later.
4. Legacy. As journals across the eons have shown, even minutiae have value for future generations. (See, for example, Lillian Schlissel’s collection Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey, New York: Schocken Books, 1982.)
What to write in:
Above all, choose what you are comfortable with. When I was a teenager I used a small 3-ring binder that I filled with lined paper. (The “diaries” sold in stationery stores never had enough room for me.) The first diary I kept, at age 6, was in an old New York City Board of Education booklet that my mother brought home from her teaching job and my father covered with gold and white striped wallpaper, artfully printing my name on the cover. It had wide-ruled paper on which I printed my entries in pencil.
Today my journal is in an artist’s sketch book with unlined, acid-free paper. Sometimes I will sketch in addition to writing: my cats, a coffee cup, a crude outline of objects from a dream.
Some people are more comfortable with spiral-bound notebooks, or with loose sheets of paper. Some may use a leather-bound blank book, others large index cards or napkins. Some use pencil or black pen; others use colorful gel pens in every shade, fountain pens, magic markers. Some tape or paste pictures onto the page, or newspaper articles that catch their eye.
Use what is comfortable for you. Experiment. Make sure your journal is transportable so that you can carry it with you. I have written journal entries on planes, trains, automobiles, boats. I have written them on hiking trails, in doctor’s offices, in restaurants, by candlelight during power outages, in hotel lobbies, in hospital waiting rooms.
What to write:
Anything goes. The only rule in keeping a journal is to write, period. My journal includes, but is not limited to:
•assumptions
•brainstorms
•complaints
•conversations
•descriptions of nature
•descriptions of people
•divination (e.g., I-Ching, Tarot, Runes)
•dreams (including REM-sleep dreams, wishes, fantasies)
•events
•insecurities
•letters sent and unsent
•lists of things done
•memories
•observations
•medical details
•poetry
•puns
•prayers
•quotations from books, songs, etc.
•rants
•reactions to news stories
•story and other ideas
•to-do lists
•whining
•worries
•writing exercises
Keeping track of it all:
After writing, if you want to organize your journal (this is entirely optional), consider how you want to use it. Do you want to concentrate on events? On emotional states? On particular people?
When I was a teenager my journal followed my own invented calendar. Fortunately there were a few specific events (such as New Year’s Eve) that allowed me to create a Rosetta Stone for dating purposes decades later. Every so often I type up my entries and use my word processor’s search function to find specific journal details. Years ago I kept a subject index on index cards.
You may or may not want to be that detailed. Sometimes, filling a journal notebook and putting it in a safe place to read again years later can yield tremendous insights. This can also be useful if you’re not sure how you may want to use your journal material in the future, particularly if your priorities change over the years.
Fungus Workshop Leather Craft
I learned leather craft from a few books but I felt kind of lonely just doing things I like all by myself. Thanks to Bubi Au Yeung, a figurine artist, who told me about Fungus Workshop, so I signed up for a beginner's class, two lessons passed and I got to know stuffs I didn't learn from books, plus knowing these passionate people who enjoy life and craft genuinely, which is kind of rare in a city like Hong Kong.
Each classmate choose what he/she would like to do from a bunch of samples. I chose to do something in the line of stationery (later I will do a camera/laptop messenger bag). Their template was a notebook cover, but I decided to make it a GTD index card holder. After finishing it, I decided to add a notebook for note taking and an antique key to nostalgize the whole thing.
For all leather projects I did, improvisation in the last minute seems to add beautiful touches to a plain project. As you can see, the enclosure here doesn't wrap the back of the cover to the front, instead it leaves the back wide open so I can dangle the whole notebook or even hook it up to my messenger bag.
Instead of a Moleskine notebook, I put a Rhodia notebook inside just because of its bright orange color, to lighten up a bit. However, I hate the fact that the PU cover of Rhodia discolored after just 6 months from my acquisition of it. In addition, it just doesn't lie flat like a Moleskine does when opened. Anyhow, the discoloration did added the raw and battered look I like.
For those of you who are in Hong Kong and hunger for leather craft, I highly recommend Fungus Workshop. Hoiming and Baldwin, Grace and Philip, all four are friendly souls you can chat with and learn from. I am so happy Hong Kong is catching up with Japan and Taiwan in leather crafting. Keep it up Fungus!
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/fungus-workshop.html
New setup of ANIKI Geographica with Tibetan silver pendulum bookmark, new simple tie system with rubber elastic cord, a gap for elastic cord on front and back cover, Tibetan silver jewelery in elastic cord at front cover. Aniki Geographica is designed precisely for the travellers. Its an association of a soft thick but strong genuine leather with our Book Huger product for protecting and the transportation of two pcs. Aniki Elegant notebooks. You can use all cahier kind notebooks up to 11 x 15 cm. with Aniki Geographica. Avalaible colors are Black, Dark Brown and Tan.
Please note: Each ANIKI Geographica leather journal has its own unique distressed look due to the characteristic and nature of genuine leather.
ANIKI Notebook papers are specially selected and tested for FOUNTAIN PENs. Aniki Notebooks are hand made.
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Aniki Geographica yeni yüzüyle karşınızda. Kauçuk lastik sistemini daha kolay ve sade şekilde değiştirdik. Tibet gümüşünden sarkaçlı bir defter ayıracı, ana lastik sisteminin üstüne defterinizi şıklaştıran yine Tibet gümüşünden küçük bir mücevher ekledik.Lastiğin kapaklarda gerekli olan yere rahatça oturması için iki küçük oyuk koyduk. Aniki Geographica Deri Defter taşıyıcıları özellikle Aniki Elegant serisi defterler ya da 11 x 15 cm'e kadar olan cep tipi defterler ile kullanmak için hazırlanmıştır. Aniki Geographica'nın standart paketinin içinde 2 adet Aniki Elegant Defter de bulunmaktadır. İster tek defter ister çift defter bir arada kullanabilirsiniz. Aniki Geographica piyasadan toplanan kırpık derilerle değil, 1. sınıf özel seçki derilerin içinden en iyi bölümler seçilerek dokunduğunuzda hissedeceğiniz özel yumuşaklıkta deriler kullanılarak elde imal edilir. Tüm Aniki Defterleri elde imal edilir. Aniki Defterlerde kullanılan tüm kağıtlar Dolmakalem ile yazmaya uygundur.
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I had a notebook craving and ordered a bunch of Myndology Notebooks. I took photos of them because of a small shippin error, but they're kinda pretty, eh?
As weird as it it sounds, I spotted this left next to a bin and found it so interesting I ended up taking it home with me. I did get a reward for my eccentricity however, when I opened the hard drive bay and found a completely intact and working 320gb hard disk! About a year later that hard disk proved very useful when it was used to repair my fiancée's laptop.
Fiz com as instruções publicadas na revista do Guia do Ateliê - patchwork.
A autoria é da Tereza, da pontos & Prendas: