book binding project

our daughter had "lit" term cards that were supposed to be bound. my daughter did not tell me this fact so i just sent the 3 packages of note cards to school with her.

until, one of her classmates asked her, isn't your mom an artist? can't she do this for you?!

which then of course lead to my wheels turning to be creative, and get these note cards bound.

thank goodness, i have done other book bindings before, so, i knew how to proceed. a little glue, some paper, and any extras i wanted.

oh, and some washi tape to inform our daughter that she will "like it a lot."

and maybe throw in some napkins....(recognize the diamond napkin?- love that!)

hopefully, these newly bound note cards will live up to the expectations of not only my daughter, but, of her classmate. i do expect that nobody will have note cards that will look as cool as these.

grad party favors

i and a troop of friends have been saving toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls for me so i could make my son's graduations party favors. on friday, we did a little "sweat shop" and started the project. we measured the rolls out to about 2 inches and cut.

after cutting, the short rolls came for glue and paper. i used a vintage chemistry book paper- it worked great. just the right weight paper.

it was easier to put the roll on your fingers and use your other hand to smear the glue all the way around the tube.

once glued, the book pages were the exact width we wanted so we just ripped out of the book and rolled the now glued rolls onto the book paper.

we left enough overlap of book paper to easily glue the flap.

held for just a moment.....

and poof.....pile of paper rolls!! my plan is to stuff them with M&Ms and tie each end with the curling ribbon. i will show later when we are closer to the party. i didn't want to fill with chocolate too soon.