Spring has sprung, in some places but not here in the northeast. I put a mass amount of jotters up on etsy this weekend, 12 sets. 3 different types of paper, the 1984 IBM computer paper in green and white, then Strathmore in white and gray. All sorts of colored covers too, pinks, yellow, blues, greens and gray.
These colors remind me of spring, bright cheerful and with leafy flowery patterning on the covers.
Introducing BIG jotters. Yeah, you heard me big ones. Same recycled covers, great paper inside, but measuring 5.25wx 8.25 high, just like a large sized moleskine cahier. 48 pages of 24lb 25% cotton cream colored paper. The covers vary from bunch to bunch but are larger representations of the small jotters I usually make. Priced to move at $11.99 for a 6 pack.
Something else interesting in the works, I’m going to de-clutter and de-stash my stash during this coming week. I’ve got an assortment of books like I haven’t made in awhile, some more seconds and a variety of other items I need to get rid of, so I’ll be listing those over the course of the next week or two, some exciting things that I haven’t made in quite some time will be list and it will be awesome!
If you haven't checked out Nicole's blog here you are missing out. It's a brilliant idea.
It's 17 degrees up here in Mass and My car needs warming so I don't freeze my fingers off. So while I warm my car I figured I do a brief update.
THe paper shear continues to be my most significant purchase, ever. I suspect it has cut the time I use to make books in less than half. (Pun totally intended.) I'm able to run through jotters and matchbook notebooks so fast it's amazing. As a result I've lowered the prices on my jotters, I'm now offering a 6 pack for $7.99 plus shipping. I'm still working out a new price for the matchbook notebooks, but you can expect to see a drop in their price as well.
I picked up some great paper for hedgehogs a few weeks ago at charette. I snagged several hundreds of sheets at a great price and I've stitched up 10 blocks so far. I trimmed them and will be gluing them this weekend and maybe even adding a few covers. I had stopped doing hedgehogs because to get them trimmed I had to take them to staples and it cost 50 cents a cut, which sounds like not alot until you realize each block takes about 3 cuts and I could only get one of the guys to stack 3 blocks in the machine the other would only do 2 at a time. So as you can guess it was pricey. Again the shear to the rescue. In less than 10 minutes I was able trim all 10 books to the right size with great straight edges.
Anyway you can find the jotters with he new price in my etsy shop. I hav a ton more in different colors and papers, email me to find out more.
Originally uploaded by chensio.
Great little moleskine image.
Andy is a coworker of mine. He has some fantastic photography on his flickr account that reminds me of Maine where I grew up, though many of the shots are of the mid-west. Anyway, good stuff, check it out.
I love this paper!sunny yellows and spring like pinks with green and white paper inside. They cry out for spring and garden plannings!!!!
I'm having a fast paced weekend here at
the Comfortable Shoes homestead. I had an old friend and artist come
over for dinner last night, we spent the evening eating good food,
catching up and chatting about an art project she has in mind. It's
always good to talk to other people of an artistic persuasion and get
a different perspective, I find it inspiring.
We're due to get more snow and I'm
pretty much ready for spring. I've been planning my garden for weeks
now and this latest addition of snow is unwelcome. I want to put my
rain barrels out and dig the rest of my garden.
I've loaded up some fresh new jotters
to etsy and you can find them here. I've got a variety of interior
papers-, put white, gray, 24lb 25% cotton, and some nice 1984 dot
matrix paper.. The covers are a variety of colors and images.
Something for everyone.
GoodKarma on etsy, makes a wallet and a case specifically to fit my jotter notebooks and cahiers. The case is very well made and holds all my cards and what little cash I have on hand. In the back the pocket that holds the notebooks is snug and a perfect fit. There is a spot to hold a pen and a zippered pocket in the front. I’m excited about these. ANyone who buys a case or wallet from goodkarma will get a special discount code to use on refill note books! sa-weet!
