Getting my craft on - elastic books

these elastic books are inspired by Aimee

What you need

• Postcards or other project board (I liked the idea of finally using postcards I've been keeping)
• Blank or lined paper
• Elastic band (I happened to have coloured ones so I co-ordinated the colours with the postcards

How to make them

• Fold the postcard in half
• Choose about 5 - 10 sheets of paper per book. Fold in half and make sure the paper will fit neatly inside the postcard.
• Use your fingers (I don't have fancy "tools") and rub the folds in.
• Place inside the folded postcard.
• Stretch an elastic band along the spine and fold close.
• Ta da - as easy as that you are done.

this postcard is from a penpal I had AGES ago, from Slovenia

I'd bought a pack of index CARDS and when I opened the pack, the CARDS were actually paper. Faxed them a complaint and of course, they didn't respond. This is me "letting go" and using the paper for something else.

How to use them

• I gave some to our PA to take all the coffee orders in meetings :)
• I keep one in the car to make notes while driving (well, at the traffic lights)
• One lives in my handbag
• One lives in the kitchen so we can make quick notes
• Give them to your kids (Kendra loves to also have a "book" like Mummy)
  

When you've finished writing on all the paper, if your postcard is still looking good (my first one looked well-used), you should just add more paper.

Very green of me, don't you think? :)

There was a thing going around some South African blogs (BTW, people reading my blog are about 3:1 American: South African. There are also Russians!) at the start of the year where each person would send 5 handmade items to the first 5 commenters, and those 5 would in turn give to 5 commenters each.

Of course, I'm not crafty so I didn't comment on anyone's blog.

But... when I reach 100 followers, I promise to send some things to 5 commenters. These cute little books plus a couple of other things (I need to still discover and figure out how to make other stuff). I do make bookmarks, keyrings and handbag charms.

I think my main muse is paper... when I was tiny (5 or 6), I used to say I wanted to work in a paper factory. I still love paper and notebooks today. In fact, I have serious issues.

Who else is in love with paper?

Let's just imagine, shall we? What would you handmake and pass along?