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How to make a recycled file folder book by Jeannine Stein

A while ago I posted a fun tutorial on how to make a recycled file folder book by Jeannine Stein author of the two book-making books Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books and Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials. And today, I have the honor of sharing a video tutorial on how to make the recycled file fold book that Jeannine and I shot together.

More about Jeannine's two books:

Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books

and

Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials

 

Mixed-media pocket travel journal video tutorial by Jeannine Stein

For your crafting viewing pleasure today, I have a fun video tutorial on how to make a mixed-media pocket travel journal that includes a turkish map fold pop-up. I had the pleasure of shooting this video with my friend and author of Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books and Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials, Jeannine Stein.

Here are the step by step directions for the mixed-media pocket travel journal:

And if you need more great book making projects and tutorials, grab yourself copies of her books:

Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books

and

Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials

How to make a file folder book by Jeannine Stein

A couple weeks ago, Jeannine Stein (author of Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books and Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials), taught at an ETSY craft night at CAFAM. She showed everyone how to make this super cute recycled file folder book. You can see pictures at Jeannine's blog Ink Stained Book Arts. Well, you Craftside readers are in luck! Jeannine wrote up the tutorial on how to make her recycled file folder book so we could share it with you!

And if you need more great book making projects and tutorials grab yourself copies of her books:

Adventures In Bookbinding:

Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books

and

Re-Bound:
Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials

 

Jeannine Stein teaches bookmaking Etsy night at the Craft and Folk Art Museum Los Angeles

I am so please to share info about one of my favorite events - Etsy Meet & Make: Craft Night at CAFAM here in Los Angeles. On this Thursday night you can make 2 of the cutest little books with author of Adventures In Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books and Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials Jeannine Stein. Don't believe me? Scroll down to check them out yourself!

Etsy Meet & Make: Craft Night at CAFAM
Book Making with Jeannine Stein
Thursday, April 4 | 7:00–9:00pm
(doors open at 6:45pm)
*Project Demonstrations at 7:00pm & 7:30pm
$7/ Free for CAFAM Members
(includes materials, drinks, and snacks)
In the CAFAM Courtyard

"Book artist Jeannine Stein will guide you in creating elegant, stitched books. Come watch the demonstration, then construct, embellish and personalize your book. Make new friends, peruse the galleries and more."

RSVP preferred to cafametsybookmaking.eventbrite.com

 

You won't want to miss this night of book making, after all it's taught by the author of two great books on book making:

Adventures In Bookbinding:

Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books

and

Re-Bound:
Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials

How to make a recycled candy box book

Over at Jeannine Stein's blog, Ink Stained Book Arts, she has an awesome tutorial on how to make this recycled candy box book. It is so extensive it is in two parts: Part 1 and Candy box book Part 2.

 Inside the recycled candy box book:

And if you need whole books about making books check out her two books:

Adventures In Bookbinding:

Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books

and

Re-Bound:
Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials

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