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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Fourteen and a Little Star Book Ornament

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Byopia Press

This little book has appeared here before, but the last time it featured was the first Advent calendar in 2017. That time it was posted because it unfolds into the shape of a star. This time it’s because it is … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Eleven and Two Cakes

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Byopia Press

Today’s post is a bit of a break for me as it is an adapted version of a post from 2021. The May 2021 book arts challenge on Instagram was #areyoubookenough_fruit. Since I live adjacent to a city named for … Continue reading →

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How To Make A Bi-fold Case (and Something To Put In It)

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Byopia Press

Today’s post is really about making a two-compartment paper case, but it does come with a Hallowe’en version of Bingo so you have something to keep in your model.

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Make Your Own Copy of Saki’s “The Open Window”

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Byopia Press

This week I have a seasonally appropriate little drumleaf binding for you to make. (It’s a sort of ghost story.)

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A Pocket Placard

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Byopia Press

This week’s project is my contribution to the #AreYouBookEnough_Protest challenge.

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The Language of Flowers

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Byopia Press

As promised a while ago, this week’s post includes the instructions for making a little book called The Language of Flowers. The text is based on a digitized copy of this book:

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The Orihime Binding with a Drumleaf Variation, Part One

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

The anniversary of this blog is coming up —July 7— and I post a special project every year to celebrate both this event and Tanabata. This year I am re-visiting the Orihime binding which was created for Tanabata in 2017. … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2021: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Byopia Press

To make it a little easier to find that post you vaguely remember seeing earlier in December, here’s the index for the 2021 Advent Calendar. Posts with an asterisk at the end contain instructions for DIY artist’s books. (Clicking on … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2021: Day Seventeen and a Star Book

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Byopia Press

This post was originally written for Tanabata, 2016, but with the starry winter nights so long in the Northern Hemisphere, and the approach of Solstice —Winter in the North, Summer in the South— this seemed like an appropriate time to … Continue reading →

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