National Dandelion Day

 Make a wish! For the magic to be at its best you must blow all the seeds off with one breath!

Each time you wish upon a dandelion you are sending anywhere from 54 to 172 seeds into the air.

It is said that the 3 phases of a dandelion represent the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower represents the sun, the white puff ball represents the moon and the dispersing seeds represent the stars.

  May all your wishes come true!

 

Love this little 4”x 6” Dandelion Book I made entitled ‘the Story’. You can read about the materials used and construction of the book here in a previous post.

View a short flip thru below.

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.