I suppose as long as I am co-owner of this store, I will forever be making books from recycled packaging. It's everywhere I look.
Today's book is a little blank book/journal made from the package for a Fuji one-time-use camera. We used to sell a lot of these. Of course, we also used to sell a lot of film, and now I can't remember the last time we sold a roll of film. Everyone s gone digital now--or they've got a phone with a camera. We only sell these disposable cameras when someone has forgotten their camera or phone or it's broken.
For this book, I cut the box down and glued the spine so it's double and very strong. I then cut out the center section of the spine. The binding is a modified buttonhole stitch, really easy to do once you get the concept. There are eight signatures of pale pea green text-weight paper stitched with white linen thread.
It's a pretty b sic little book, but I'll take it.
Today's book is a little blank book/journal made from the package for a Fuji one-time-use camera. We used to sell a lot of these. Of course, we also used to sell a lot of film, and now I can't remember the last time we sold a roll of film. Everyone s gone digital now--or they've got a phone with a camera. We only sell these disposable cameras when someone has forgotten their camera or phone or it's broken.
For this book, I cut the box down and glued the spine so it's double and very strong. I then cut out the center section of the spine. The binding is a modified buttonhole stitch, really easy to do once you get the concept. There are eight signatures of pale pea green text-weight paper stitched with white linen thread.
It's a pretty b sic little book, but I'll take it.
A lot of kids these days would consider film an antique! LOL! ;) Ahhh! But I remember box cameras and flash bulbs. :)
ReplyDeleteI made a buttonhole book very similar to that from a heavy, coated-stock file folder I found on clearance, except I got all artsy and extended the "buttonhole" into the covers, then printed a coordinating pattern on the first and last page of the text block. Then I realized I'd outsmarted myself: the whole block wants to wander out onto the cover at the least provocation, because (1) the coated stock is nice and slick and (2) even though it's heavy stock, it wasn't heavy enough to withstand pulling the stitches too tight at the head and foot. So sometimes "pretty basic" is better.
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