mini books

 Working on making mini books:

What I used to make this book:

• Epoxy Glue (it really fracken stinks)
• Big book binder clips (you know, the fancy schmancy expensive ones that I steal from work)
• Paper (8.5 x 11, cut in half and folded)
• 2 metal rulers
• My PaperCutter (best thing I've ever purchased, at least craftwise)
• Scrapbooking paper - This paper made my day when I found it. It reminds me of a tattoo that I'd like to get. Speaking of which, I'm really jonesing for a new tattoo. But that's a topic for another day.

Here's how I did it:

• Cut the notepad paper
• Folded it in half and stacked the pages between rulers
• Clipped paper with 2 clips between rulers (so no clip marks on pages)
• Folded the outer paper to match one edge (left extra length), glued
• Folded 2nd edge
• Clipped again to hold in place (used 3 on the top)
• Let dry

Here's what I learned:

• Epoxy glue stinks.
• I needed more glue than I thought I did (I did it 3x because I was too frugal with the glue)
• I'm all thumbs man. Seriously. I know that doing new projects is a bit awkward until you learn the skill, but man this one was a bit of a fandangle as I manipulated the clips while trying to keep pages aligned!

But whatever. I love my new little booklet. I need to buy more paper and make more. I just love the cover!