How to Make a Postcard Holder

 I was asked by someone who visits this blog how to make the postcard holder that I shared weeks ago.  So here goes…..

You will need a heavy stock paper for the construction of the postcard holder.  I used cereal box cardboard for mine. 

Cut the cardboard to 11 inches by 6 inches.

Score the cardboard at 2.5 inches; 3.25 inches; 8.25 inches; and at 9 inches.  Fold on all your score lines.

You can cover with decorative papers first and then score….either way works.  Let dry well or the papers might tear if they are still wet when attaching to the cardboard…..experience is speaking here.

Make your closure out of cardboard and attach to the center of the top and bottom sections. You can use brads and bookbinding thread to keep the holder closed.  It should hold a dozen or so postcards. See photos above.  Have fun!

A Shrine of Little Boxes of Books….

 

I actually am not sure if I have shared this image of all my little boxes of mini-books.  It is kind of like a shrine of little books.  Some are full and some are empty.  This “shrine” sits on top of a black piece of furniture housing magazines.  

What’s Going On?

 Prior to my knee replacement surgery I organized about 90 blog entries so that I would not fall behind during recovery.  As I mentioned the other day I am caught up.  So it is kind of day to day what I post right now.  Today I was working in three new mini-journals.  None of them are finished but I am plowing away at them.  Mostly today I worked in the black and white one.

Shetland Books - 02

 

These are the last four of the eight journals.  One has maps and another has what I call map lace.  The third are abstraction I found and the fourth book has stamps and parts of vintage envelopes.

Shetland Books - 01

 Our task was to fill each of the books somehow.  We could add anything we liked.  I chose to add parts of phrases from some vintage letters I found for one of the tiny books.  In another I used parts of black and white photo that were historic to the Shetland Islands.  In the third journal I added tourist sites from around the Shetlands.  The fourth was never completed.

Eight Tiny Books in a Paper Box

In 2018 on a journey to the Shetland Islands I attended a book making workshop with two friends.  Rachel, The Travelling Bookbinder, taught us many different stitching techniques for binding books.  Rachel teaches classes throughout the UK and many European cities.  Oh, and yes, she does spell Travelling with two Ls….British English.   https://www.thetravellingbookbinder.com/

New Tiny Journal - Spread 12

 

By the time this spread is published I might have added something more to it.  We shall see.  Tomorrow is the video.