Bookbinding Kits!

My bookbinding kit supplies have arrived and I've put them together and am ready to share! Sometimes bookbinding supplies, especially wooden boards, can be hard to find and even harder to cut down to the size you need without big power tools. Take the stress and hassle away with these kits: Shine kit - $23.00 Bookbinding class - $15.00 Bookbinding class & Shine kit - $33.00 Included...

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Free Snowflake Cut File!

I was inspired by an advertisement I saw in a Madrid clothing store and thought I'd offer up a free cut file! You can download it HERE and I've included the .png, .studio3, .dxf. and .svg files. I'm hoping to make a layout with it soon and I'd love to see what you make with it too...

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Coptic Bookbinding Class by Paige Evans

COPTIC BOOKBINDING by Paige Evans is now available!!  I love making these beautiful books and giving them away as gifts. You can use them as journals, "smash books" or art journals, wedding sign-in books, at baby showers, as a scrapbook, making lists, for instax photos, book reviews, a wonderful Christmas gift, and so much more! I love the exposed binding and tying charms, bits, and baubles...

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Goofy Girl Layout

Do you ever see a layout that you just HAVE to scraplift immediately? That's how I felt about a page I came across recently created by Caroline Free: I just LOVE the stitching of the concentric circles and HAD to try it out myself, but instead of circles, I used hearts. Here's my scraplift of her amazing layout! GOOFY GIRL by Paige Evans DESCRIPTION: Now that both Fox and Jane are in...

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20k

I reached a social media milestone yesterday - 20k instagram followers! I am SO humbled and SO grateful for every single one of you friends who follow me along in this adventure called life. I know my feed is all over the place - from crafty endeavors to family pics to bookbinding and traveling and much more... it's a little slice of my crazy life! And I dunno why I'm posting about it here on...

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December Daily Albums

I love the concept and idea behind Ali Edwards' "December Daily." The traditions and goings-on that make the holidays so important deserved to be remembered always! My mini albums with our daily December activities are our family's absolute favorite to flip through. I thought I'd spend a few moments looking at three years' worth of December Dailies! 2012 For this album, my very first attempt at...

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Nordic Background Studio Calico Layout

I was asked if I wanted to make a layout with step-by-step pics using the Nordic-inspired background cut file I designed for November Studio Calico kits. Sure thang! Check out the post on the Studio Calico blog. YES by Paige Evans DESCRIPTION: Here is what the cut file I designed looks like - it comes in 12x12, 8.5x11, 6x8, and 4x6: JOURNALING SAYS: I wish I could go to Christmas markets...

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Cute Janey

I took some pictures of Janey on the front porch yesterday for a layout. Yes, sometimes I take pictures just for the sake of scrapbooking them :) And then I altered them in Poladroid to create a Polaroid effect! Gotta love technology! And cute girls ...

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Insta-Lately November 18th Edition

I take a lot of pictures - on my phone, with my camera, whatever can capture the moment! Many of them make it onto my instagram, but most do not. I love doing these "insta-lately" posts to document our goings-on for the past while.  Never in a million years did I think I'd have a daughter with dark blond hair and blue eyes! Eschenbach in der Oberfalz. I love my town. Joey is all better...

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