Signs of Spring

At the end of winter, there is a season in which we are daily expecting spring, and finally a day when it arrives.

            Heny David Thoreau

                — Journal, 8 March 1853
 

Honeycomb Notebook

This sweet little 3.5 inch Honeycomb notebook was bound using my Cinch Bookbinder. I cut the hexagon shapes using my Cricut Explore 3 Craft Cutting Machine.

Added a few chipboard accents to the cover from the Carta Bella Honey Bee Collection.

A simple little notebook, but oh so cute! 

 

Upcycled Mini Notebook

Cut the cover for this upcycled mini notebook from a card board box. The pages are from plain brown kraft paper. 

The flowers were cut from a variety of colored cardstock using my Cricut Explore 3 and then mod podged to the surface.

I bound the little notebook using The Cinch bookbinding machine. It measures 3"W x 2.5"H. 

Another fun little crafty project! 

Mini Cinch Egg-Shape Notebooks

 These little Egg-Shaped Notebooks measure 2.25" x 3" and 3.5" x 4.5". All the oval shapes were cut using my Cricut; covers from double-sided scrapbook paper and pastel cardstock for the pages. Used The Cinch to bind the books. 

 

 

 

 

The basket was made with a 12" x 12" double sided scrapbook paper following this origami folding technique here.

Here's a tutorial for the cute little origami rabbit.

 

Spring & Farm Fresh

Cute little mini notebooks bound using The Cinch.

Echo Park Papers were used for both.

The flip up Spring Theme notebook measures 3" x 4".

The side flip mini notebook also bound using The Cinch and themed Farm Fresh is 3 inches square.

 

 

I can't stop! I enjoy constructing these little mini cinch bound notebooks. 

Origami Basket Filled With Mini Notebooks

Another origami basket, but this one I made slightly smaller by using an 11" square piece of double sided scrapbook paper from Bunnies & Baskets Collection from Echo Park. 

The mini cinch notebooks measure 2 inches square. Made the covers by using papers from the same paper collection and added pastel colored, lined index cards cut to size.

OMG! I think they are just adorable, nestled together in this sweet little pastel plaid, spring basket!

You can find a tutorial here for the origami basket. 

Bitty Bricolage

bricolage noun

bri·​co·​lage ˌbrē-kō-ˈläzh 

constructed using whatever materials happen to be available

 

Constructed these bitty bricolage junk journals using materials from my paper stash and imagine they could be referred to as bricolage.

 

A word I recently learned and rather like the sound of it :)

 

So... these are Bitty Bricolage Journals that measure 2.5" x 3.5". 

 

Bitty Cinch Notebooks just waiting for personal expression by incorporating layers, textures, fabrics, scraps and embellishments!