Carta Varese – beautiful patterned papers from italy
Carta Varese is a series of really beautiful patterned papers made in Italy. They are just perfect for bookbinding. Carta Varese is available at my favorite german crafting online shop www.modulor.de.
View ArticlePattern Design
I recently started to design my own patterns with Adobe Illustrator. I went through lots of tutorials on pattern design online and I want to share some links:Repeating pattern design in Photoshop and...
View ArticleTravel Journal
I’ll be off to Thailand tomorrow for 3 weeks (!!!) so I decided to make myself a travel journal. The last time I was in thailand about 5 years ago I started to write a travel journal but I was just too...
View ArticlePaper Collection at the German National Library
Today while searching for book end papers I discovered an amazing and inspiring paper collection “Sammlung Bartsch” on the german national library website. It includes lithographic prints, book end...
View ArticleSome new paper finds from the bookbinding market
There was a bookbinding market here in Cologne a few weeks back. I still didn’t get a chance to go through all the photos I took, but I thought I’d just post a couple of pictures of the beautiful...
View Article100% recycled paperlove
This is one of the lovely papers I found this year, designed by NineteenSeventyThree and printed on really nice & heavy recycled brown paper, which makes it fantastic for bookbinding. It is part...
View ArticlePaper Shopping Cologne: Balloni
Last week I finally made it to the Balloni store here in Cologne for the first time. As the name suggests they carry tons of balloons and other party decorations. But as I discovered they also have a...
View ArticleDrawers filled with paper are waiting
… and finally – after many many adventures in crocheting, sewing and knitting – I’m in the mood for making file folders again. And I think I never showed you the drawer, since I cleaned it and ordered...
View ArticleIsland Folders
On the fleamarket I recently discovered some beautifully patterned books – they all belong to a series called Insel-Bücherei (Island library). I bought a few old ones and Nicki surprised me with some...
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