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Lucky fortunes! (bookbinding video)

Hi everyone!  “Traveling food week” continues today on the blog, this time baking in our monthly theme of bookmaking — yay! We’re going on a virtual journey to Japan to learn how to do Japanese bookbinding and make a cute little book to hold lucky fortunes. I love saving the ones that seem extra meaningful and remembering the good times — but I never had anyplace to store them until now!

Feast your eyes:

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Book by Lisa Spangler.  Click HERE for material list and more tips!

Here’s a closeup of that binding:

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And here are just a few of the pages that I didn’t get to show you, plus a tip: when you use alphabet stamps to create a title, first stamp it on scrap paper so that you’ll get an idea of how long it will be — that way you can easily center it!

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And!  Want cook up some paper fortune cookies?  Check out this video!

Tomorrow is Social Club Thursday, when we feature all of some outstanding stamping that we’ve spotted in the Hero Arts Flickr Group. See you then!

Arigato gozimasu for watching!

___lisa1

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    Agata said: July 9th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    So fun Lisa! Love that technique, must try it once! :)

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    ivy said: July 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    what a great idea and i love the colors!

    i don’t collect fortunes from fortune cookies but i have a barf bag collection! maybe i should bind my collection into a book and decorate!

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    Shannon Sawyer said: July 10th, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    What an amazing idea……..to save all of the fortunes you get with your fortune cookies. To put them in a book for added inspiration and so that you can always refer back to them is such an excellent idea. Love it!!!

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    Milena said: July 11th, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    Thanks so much for the bookbinding video- I can’t wait to try this!!

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    Greta H said: July 13th, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    Thank you for more inspiration! Just need more time!

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    Back To Paper » A little book of quotable quotes… said: July 15th, 2010 at 5:39 am

    [...] little book of quotable quotes… I saw a video on the Hero Arts blog where Lisa Spangler created a little book of fortunes. I loved the idea and created my own, but for quotable quotes. I used some Japanese washi papers I [...]

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    Marisela Delgado said: July 20th, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    What a great idea! You guys always inspire me to create more. Thanks.

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    HeathreP said: July 26th, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    What a fun and fresh book idea. I just love it. Books are so fun to create. I wish I had found time to contribute one this month, but it is fun to be inspired nonetheless!

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    DeniseB said: July 31st, 2010 at 3:17 pm

    Love this project! Thanks for the tutorial!
    DenseB

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    Watch It Wednesday – Lucky Fortunes — Skrapbuking ...... the obsession said: August 19th, 2010 at 11:40 am

    [...] sure to check out Hero Arts, or click here to go directly to this [...]

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