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Tag Archives: instructions
How to Make a Tabbed Accordion
The latter part of the week I spent playing with tabbed accordions.
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In Praise of the Binder Clip
I like stores that sell tools and materials: art supply stores and fabric stores and hardware stores and stationary stores. One of the often overlooked treasures in the last-mentioned is the humble binder clip.
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How to Make a Wind Spinner
It has been blustery here for a couple of weeks, but I discovered how to make the wind stop blowing: build a wind spinner and try to make a video of it in action.
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Another Band Closure for Books (and other things)
As a demonstration that this structure works for things other than books, I’ll begin with an image of a wrapped present —without any plastic tape— held closed with today’s band.
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The Faceted (Map) Ring
I was going to post instructions for another band closure for books (and other things) this week, but I attended Helen Hiebert’s Zoom mini-workshop on Thursday and got distracted. (I couldn’t resist learning another star fold.) Here is what I … Continue reading
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A Lucky Shamrock Bookmark
Although I am about one quarter Irish, Saint Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in our household. My father once made green shamrock-shaped pancakes when St. Paddy’s Day fell on a Sunday, but that is the only time I … Continue reading
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How to Make a Memory Pocket
This is my Memory Pocket for World Book Night, April 23, 2023. It was mailed to Bristol this week and should get there in plenty of time.
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A Last-Minute Valentine Bookmark
Pinterest has been offering me bookmarks lately. I couldn’t resist adapting the two-part butterfly for a Valentine bookmark.
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Friday Night Flicks: Kathryn Holt
Tonight’s flick is really a slide show introducing Kathryn Holt and her collage process. Perhaps you will make some paste papers this weekend for use in collages. If you haven’t made paste papers before, here’s a video from … Continue reading
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Heart-In-Hand
My maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania Dutch, so it is possible that he made a papercut valentine or, perhaps, a heart-in-hand love token for my grandmother.