Moving Day! Look for my Shop on Etsy!

Hi everyone! I’m moving my online shop to Etsy. Please see the link! PaperButterflyForge – Etsy TLDR: Websites are Expensive. Etsy is Less Expensive. The time and effort to maintain my online shop on this website is quickly overcoming the benefits. Whilst I am not the biggest Etsy fan, they…

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Tea Stained Pocket Notebooks

I like to make these pocket sized pamphlet notebooks. They are handy for everyday use. But you can use them as a tuck in a junk journal. Use them for a travel journal, keep track of monthly goals. add them to Midori traveler’s journals. Plus they make great gifts. In…

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Ugly Journal Sale – Finished!

Special note: I’ve moved the journals to my Etsy Shop PaperButterflyForge – Etsy The hosting fees for WooCommerce on my website finally outweighed the costs of being on Etsy. Thank you so much for everyone who has supported me over the years! There are about 80 journals that I have…

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Coptic Stitch Recycled Book Journals

I made some Coptic stitch notebooks that you can buy in my online store. I have recently made the jump from using twin loop binding to hand stitching the notebooks together. I’ve been thinking about making the change for some time. Part of the change is due to rethinking of…

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Free Printable Weekly Planner

Hi! I’m happy to share a Free Printable Weekly Planner. I’ve been making printables to use in my Recycled Book Journals. I’ve been meaning to share them for free on the website for now. This Weekly Planner is a letter sized PDF. It’s sized so that two planner pages are…

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Gluing Book Jackets to Book Covers

I’m getting ready this morning to glue book jackets to book covers. Most of these are 1980’s science fiction book club books. Many of them are classic titles that are well regarded. At the time of this writing the covid-19 crises has been around for about 4 months. At the…

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Craft Fair Costs

I see a ton of people set up for the first time at all types of craft fairs. However, when I talk to them, the newbies don’t always consider all the costs of being there. Today, I would like to express my opinion on that. Labor: How many hours are…

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How to Research Craft Shows

Craft Shows are a great way to connect with your local customers, get some feed back on your products and earn some money. However, it’s important to research each and every craft show that you plan on attending. Each one has a different audience and price point. Knowing what to…

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Making some cute bookmarks

People ask me all the time what I do with the extra book pages.  Here is one use:  I make cute book markets. I have a backing that I bind the book page too.  Then I cut out the book mark. Have a peaceful and prosperous day! Laura 🙂

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First Day at Pike Place Market

It’s been a fun summer.  I’ve met a lot of great people at the Wallingford Farmers Market, the Madrona Farmers Market, Fremont Solstice Fair, Magnolia Summer Fest, Urban Craft Uprising events, and Oddmall.  After such a whirlwind of sunny events I turn my eyes to fall and to the 2017…

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How to Make Book Cloth

I’m interested in making my own book cloth.  I’m collecting some of the methods for y’all here that I’m finding. Book cloth is used for attaching cloth to books.  The basic parts of it are: cloth, glue/or adhesive and a tissue paper backing.  There are any number of ways to…

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Whew! That was some whirlwind of a year!

It’s a few days before the holidays and I’m starting to reflect on everything that has happened during the year. It’s been a fast and furious year!  I’ve been binding books and notebooks just about every free second that I have. I started showing at the Fremont Sunday Market, Urban Craft…

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Crochet Common Place Book

Commonplace books were ways of keeping knowledge or compiling information on a particular subject.  Today, we might consider a Pinterest page a commonplace book.   The use of commonplace books dates back to the dawn of books.  Printing books also made it more accessible for people.  Many scientists and writers…

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New Retail Outlet! Otherworlds in Edmonds, WA

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting the folks at Otherworlds up at the Fairhaven Steampunk Festival.  After talking a bit, you can now purchase my book journals at the Otherworlds store in Edmonds. Otherworlds 203 5th Ave S, Suite 2 Edmonds, Washington 98020 They are a steampunk and geeky…

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What I’ve been working on!

Many thank you’s to the people who supported the Book Pom Pom Kickstarter.  It funded last week and I will be sending out the book pom poms and book marks shortly! The Kickstarter funds will go towards purchasing new book binding tools. This past week I have been traveling and…

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Comic Book Magnets at Craft Shows

Hello all! Paper Butterfly Forge is still making comic book magnets, shiny magnets and upcycled book magnets.  However, I have taken them off the website because of the high number sold at craft shows.  It was rapidly depleting the inventory on the website.  I could either take pictures of magnets…

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