If you have arrived here from the UKScrappers Art Journey - welcome! This is the tutorial for the “making your own journal” option...
Bind Your Own Paperback Books With Ease: Have you ever written an entire book, novel, or even a series of them and then printed them out via your computer? Well, after you did that, where did your stack of paper go? Did you put it in a folder, add a giant paper clip or clamp, or did the st…
Coptic binding produces a book with an open spine. This article introduces Coptic binding and provides a DIY guide to creating your Coptic Bound book.
42 Awesome Bookbinding Signature Designs and Stitching Ideas to get your creative juices flowing... Enjoy!
I know it can be hard to decide where to begin, so to make it easy on you, I've compiled a list of my top 10 free bookbinding tutorials.
Bind Your Own Paperback Books With Ease: Have you ever written an entire book, novel, or even a series of them and then printed them out via your computer? Well, after you did that, where did your stack of paper go? Did you put it in a folder, add a giant paper clip or clamp, or did the st…
This is a DIY Book Binding Tutorial on how to make that Elusive Perfect DIY Journal You've Been Waiting For! Easy to make & oh-so-nice!
I love LOVE making mini albums - I hate when after 20 people look through them the pages start tearing off the binding. There may be other ...
New for 2015, "Over the Edge", the new fun size version! "Over the Edge" was one of the first workshops I ever offered. I unfortunately had to stop offering it due to problems getting the binders I needed for the workshop. However ... I have now come up with a smaller version with all the bells and whistles of the original! All the sewn, beaded and buttoned edges with even more fun page shapes. Watch for it in upcoming announcements for events in 2015 ... but beware of imitations, I am sad to say they are out there.
Check out how to add inserts to spiral binding of the Illustrating Bible for devotionals, note-taking, etc. Make your first insert with the Permission Pages Devotional from the Illustrated Faith Print and Pray Shop.
A poetry chapbook is a short collection of poems that is self-produced and distributed. Here are the steps that will show you how to make a poetry chapbook.
This week we have a lot of ground to cover and I'm having trouble getting Blogger to cooperate. I've had trouble ever since Wednesday and I...
What is Suminagashi? Suminagashi is the ancient Japanese art of paper marbling. Suminagashi means “floating ink” in Japanese, and the process involves floating inks on water and transferring the design to paper. The beauty of paper marbling is often used on Calligraphy writing papers, book covers, and book ends of bookbinding. The smooth flow of...Read the Post
Learn how to make your own sketchbooks with this bookbinding tutorial.
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see our disclosure policy. Start your Smash Book journey! Learn to craft a vibrant photo journal with
Fore-edge painting is an artistic tradition that adds hidden illustrations to the pages of a book. Learn how to make your own fore-edge painting book here!
Step-by-step instructions with pictures to make a DIY traveler's journal cover with pockets and bands for three to five notebooks!
In this short tutorial I am going to show you why and how to bind your embroidery hoop. Why To Bind Your Embroidery Hoop You might be wondering why you should bind your embroidery hoop. There are several reasons for this. 1. You might embroider on a delicate fabric such as silk or organza.
Make your own DIY notepad, customized with your child's artwork. This would make a perfect gift for a grandparent or parent!
I recently started an altered book project that will serve as a journal of my recollected childhood memories. I’m going to show you how I prep my pages and I invite you to play along with me …
This tutorial shows you how to make an easy and fast journal - the ribbon bound journal.
This is for you Wendy Y-H. Hope you take a peek! For this seasons 4E house project I’ve decided to create a tunnel book. Each artist has to respond to the previous artist’s page, there …
Do you have a Cinch or Bind-it-All spiral binding machine sitting gathering dust? (*raises hand*). Well dust it off and get busy making one or more of these 12 terrific binding projects. Many of th…
Binding & Knotwork // Grimoire Pages
How would you like to make a mini album without having to bind it? There's more... this mini album has 33 pages and room for more than 65 photos! This class is for those of you who love making mini albums but don't want to bother with making a complicated cover or compromise for a spiral or ring binding. This class will teach you how you can create an interactive mini album with no binding at all!! In this class you will: Learn how the measure and cut the right size of pages Find out how to attach the pages together without a hinge or rings See how to make a unique structure to the mini album Discover how to create interactive pages for more photos and journaling Learn to embellish the pages and the cover This is a great class for beginners and advanced artists who want to learn how to make an original and unique mini …
Sometimes Lady Luck is just on your side, you know? I had checked out a book from the library called, Surfaces, Glazes & Firing by Angelica Pozo. It is part of Lark Book's Ceramics For Beginners series. I liked the book so well that I wanted to add it to my personal library, so I went online to purchase it. I don't know if the book is out of print or what, but Amazon is asking $75 for a new copy! The list price is $25. I looked at other online book sources and there were all asking $75 and up! One site was asking over $200! I liked this book, but no way was I going to pay $75 for it! So I just decided that I'd have to check the book out from the library whenever I wanted to refer to it. A couple of weeks later I was at Barnes and Nobles looking for a puzzle for my dad's birthday and low and behold, there was one copy of the book on the clearance table for only $13.00! I kid you not! Yea! So here's why I wanted this book. Information about glazes and surface treatments can get overwhelming to a novice and many of the books I looked at seemed more like chemistry textbooks than an intro to ceramics. I needed something like the equivalent of a Ceramic Surface Design For Dummies book. Nothing I saw fit the bill. I started to feel like I would never be able to get the hang of this new clay addiction of mine. When I first started out, things like the difference between a cone 06 and a cone 6 firing were confusing. I wondered if it was just another way to write the same thing. I didn't know if I could use a low fire glaze at cone 6. I wondered if earthenware was mid-fire or low fire. I was unclear about the difference between an underglaze and an overglaze? What did it mean when people said that a particular glaze "moved"? The questions bombarded me like a meteor shower. Surfaces, Glazes & Firing started to help clear up the muddle in my head. The book starts with an overview of the ceramic process and the techniques to be covered in the book. Next Ms. Pozo follows the ceramic process from wet ware and leather-hard, to greenware and bisque, to glaze firing and beyond. At each step of the clay sequence, she explains techniques that can be used, at that stage, to develop texture and design on the surface of the clay. There are lots of pictures to help demonstrate the techniques, however, despite what are intended as step-by-step pictures, I sometimes, still had difficulty following some of the techniques being explained. I think it is difficult for someone who is a master in a skill, to realize how much you have to break down the steps and sub-steps for someone who has no prior experience. This would be my only criticism of this book and it wasn't a problem for most of the techniques. It was only an issue in a few cases. The book has instructions and suggestions for exploration in carving, stamping, using slips, glazes and oxides. It goes into sgraffito, brushwork, majolica, and the use of color, shape and pattern. Lastly it takes a look at kilns and firing. Although not specifically aimed at the bead artist, there is a treasure trove of information and ideas here, that can be applied to our specific niche. Its unlikely that you'll be as lucky as I was and get a brand new book at half price. However, I would suggest looking in a used book store, borrowing it from a friend or checking it out from your regional library system. It is well worth a little extra searching. -Linda Linda Landig Jewelry
For quite some time I have been playing with the idea of posting a small tutorial, art tidbit or video EVERY Wednesday for a whole year. Well here we are, in the THIRD Wednesday of the New Year and it's time to begin! WHIMSICAL WEDNESDAY #1 of 52...."MINI MOMENTS" PAPER JOURNALS I recently posted this photo on my Instagram (follow me @joannesharpe) and it was so well received, I thought a little tutorial would be in order for my first Whimsical Wednesday post. "WITH A LITTLE WHIMSEY" IDEA: Make a little bit of art every day, in a little bitty size. This is one of my favorite things to do with my water reactive (Tombow) markers or watercolor paints, water brush, paintbrushes and watercolor paper. MAKE YOUR SUPER SIMPLE JOURNALS: Take a strip of watercolor any size you wish. A good place to start is a piece that is approximately 3" x 12". You can always use wider widths of paper too. Fold the paper in half, then in half again and open it up. Fold back each little panel in an accordion fashion. For this book each individual panel is 3"x 3", a perfect size to make little art nuggets. How super and simple, right?? Paint a loose watercolor or marker border as a background and frame in each panel. let dry completely before adding lettering. Add your favorite quotes and inspirational thoughts. Use black pens or colorful markers to make lettering in each box. It doesn't have to be anything fancy or earth shattering, just make a little art every day! Would you like more whimsical instruction in my loaded online classes? VISIT MY WEBSITE and check out all the ONLINE CLASSES previews. joannesharpe.com
Ten years after my first article on Gluebooks, here's my take on how the changed my art, my work, and my life.
