Sewn cards

Another day of summer break.. another blog post... another set of cards!

On Pinterest (broken record here) I saw something about how to make a mini-book out of a single piece of paper...  And from there this is what happened..


I got a box of random scrapbook paper and stickers for free! One of my mom's co-workers knows that I make cards and she picked up this box from someone off of Craigslist. For. Free.  Say what?? But awesome. So I got a box of free paper. That is always okay with me!  So looking through this box, I saw papers that had stitches on them, which looked so neat! Also in there were papers that looked like home made paper, which is really a neat effect. I decided to use one of those home made looking papers to turn into a book/card. Then I hand stitched around the edges to hold it together.  After the second card, I decided to try to sewing machine.. which miraculously made the process much easier.  Who'da thunk? Hah! Anywho.. here are the ones that are just sewn, not decorated:

And this is the finished one:

Outside view

Front of card/book

Second page

Third page

Last page- left blank so that it can be written on

I also spent part of my day trying to make french bread, which turned out tasty, but not very nice to look at.  And also I made this as an experiment based on stuff people had posted on Etsy and Pinterest:

Ribbon and pearl bracelet

And the biggest news of all: 

I opened my Etsy shop! And if you are interested in any of the stuff here, you should check it out! 

Have a wonderful day everyone!