tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620130433316034672024-02-08T03:05:11.616-08:00Little Bird BinderyHandmade Books, Journals and SketchbooksLittle Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-44371925513172407712012-08-27T17:13:00.002-07:002012-08-27T17:13:58.654-07:00Ethical Paper & BindingI had an email today from my <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/storecatalog.asp?userid=38503" target="_blank">madeit</a> website. A lovely lady had seen that I had used reflex paper on one of my books and decided to let me know that even though she loved my books, she would not be purchasing any for the simple reason I had used reflex paper.<br />
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Now initially I was little peeved at her email, but once I thought about it she is right.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Reflex is BAD !!!!!!</span> <br />
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Now I knew this and a few years back had made a conscious effort to change all the paper over at my workplace and had even convinced other departments to change over. So why did I use it????? well, I forgot!<br />
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<li>I forgot that Reflex (manufactured by Australian Paper) is the largest domestic purchaser of pulplogs from Victoria's native forests and that the production of woodchips for pulp and paper is the largest driver of forest destruction in Australia.</li>
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<li>I forgot about the destruction to habit and wildlife this causes.</li>
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<li>I forgot about the destructive affect on our water catchment areas.</li>
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<li>and I forgot about the huge amounts of carbon being released into the atmosphere as a result of this.</li>
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Australian Paper is still one of the largest buyers of native forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria. These forests are the most carbon dense on Earth, they are important water catchments and they are home to endangered species such as the Leadbeater Possums who's numbers are now down to less than 1000.<br />
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Whilst this wood chipping continues, we cannot, should not, support any of their paper products.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Reflex is BAD !!!</span><br />
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You can find lots of information at the <a href="http://www.ethicalpaper.com.au/index.php" target="_blank">Ethical Paper</a> website and even which alternative products you can purchase locally.<br />
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Suffice to say, I wont continue to use Reflex or any paper product that is not ethically and environmental safely sourced in the future.<br />
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Little Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-80583753163948443222012-07-18T22:06:00.000-07:002012-07-18T22:06:11.935-07:00Slump Time<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been in a wee bit of a slump of late and finding it very difficult to find motivation. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst I'm confident its temporary it does get a little annoying and even depressing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strangely enough I've still managed to produce a rather 'cool' book. Its only taken me 3 weeks (ahhh) and its still not finished but I really like how it looks so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you think??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ive used an old book cover that I found at an Op Shop and placed a piece of Green leather across the front. The covers are attached by the green strips across the spine with stitching in Cream Linen Thread. The Coptic headband stitching at the top is my first attempt and is still a little loose. As you can see i still have to complete the bottom headband.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though it looks great there are still bits and pieces that I should have done differently (such as not gluing the inside covers until I had completed the stitching Hmmmm), so this one will probably be delegated to my use only. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing this 'slump time' has done for me is readjust my perspective on my work and given me more of an appreciation of what I'm capable of. So instead of mass producing for a wuick sale on madeit, Im going to follow my heart and creative whims and build books from the imagination. After all, thats why I started bookbinding and thats why I will keep going.</span><br />
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<br />Little Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-85167614290516171662012-06-25T21:48:00.000-07:002012-06-25T21:56:41.693-07:00Books Never Die<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Monash University: <span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Bold;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Bold;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Bold;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Rare Books exhibition on the history of the book.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For book lovers everywhere. This is an exhibition not to be missed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Rare Books Collection was founded in 1961 </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when the University Librarian purchased a collection of early edition works </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Jonathan Swift and some of his contemporaries. There are now over 150,000 </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">items in the collectio, which contains materials that are <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">considered rare and in need of special care because of their age, uniqueness or </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">physical beauty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exhibition is a celebration of the book over six centuries. Rare Books collects books about books and representative items to show the historical development of book production through the ages. Included us a selection of Binding examples as well as Illustration and Typography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 June to 7 September 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Level 1, ISB Wing,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clayton campus, Monash University,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wellington Road, Clayton</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MORE INFO:</span><br />
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</span></span></span></span>Little Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-49496850621786297392012-06-20T21:13:00.001-07:002012-06-20T21:23:58.765-07:00An Interview: Creating My Way To Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you create?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, basically I create books. Books with lots and lots of
empty pages, screaming out to be Illustrated or written upon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Journals, sketchbooks and notepads all built
for a little prose, a lot of doodling or whatever takes the book lovers fancy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Little Bird Bindery books come in all sorts of shapes
and sizes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hardcover and soft leather
journals. I’m even happy to make custom orders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do you create?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I create because I must!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m one of those people that’s always making something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From a kid that knitted, a teen who designed
and sewed her own clothes, a Mum that made kids hats, to middle aged lady who
makes books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knitting, sewing, cross
stitch, illustrations, painting, letterpress……..and the list goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for book binding, well, I first learnt how
to make books about 3 years ago and love every single itty bitty moment of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That desire to CRAFT has always been in me. It’s an
intrinsic part of me and I can’t remember a day where I haven’t created
something, whether it’s a quick sketch of an idea or actually sitting down at
my desk and making and creating.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you sell your
creations? If so, how? Where? And is it profitable?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do sell my books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find all my current books for sale at
</span><a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/littlebirdbindery"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.madeit.com.au/littlebirdbindery</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Initially I was very reluctant to put them out on the
market. Not because I didn’t think they were good but simply because I thought
nobody would want to pay for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
very easy to be highly critical of your own work so it took me long time before
I recognised that other people loved my books as much as I did.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--SI04uOlQjk/T-KdpGIu2wI/AAAAAAAAAJk/UREv583KbLA/s1600/White-Leather1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--SI04uOlQjk/T-KdpGIu2wI/AAAAAAAAAJk/UREv583KbLA/s200/White-Leather1.jpg" width="142" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there I was with a room full of books that needed to go
to good homes and rapidly running out of places to store them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What to do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I started giving them
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas,
gifts for any occasion really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then
something fantastic happened. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realised
that there were people out there who loved my books as much as I did and after
receiving some amazing feedback I decided ‘selling them” might be worth a go. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My books are now available to everyone on
Madeit.com.au.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My little store is called
“Little Bird Bindery”. You can find it right </span><a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/littlebirdbindery" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s been a great learning curve and although I haven’t sold
an insane number of books, I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great to see them go to good homes and
treasured by someone other that myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this stage my Madeit store finances my binding
habit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day soon (real soon) I’m hoping
it will lead to bigger and better things (like stay at home and madly binding
all day long. Sigh!)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What mistakes have
you made or lessons you have learned?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mistakes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously though.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>A person who never made a
mistake never tried anything new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span></em></span><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Albert Einstein</em></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>)</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><em> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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When you’re a creative even a mistake is something
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One mistake and what you began
with can result in something pretty spectacular in the end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, yes, if I think real hard I guess I have made a few
mistakes but by far the biggest would have to be not having faith in my skills
and talents and knowing that what I produced was brilliant and admired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for any fledgling creatives out there,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just do it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Give it a go!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing ventured. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing gained!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What, to you is
success? Have you achieved it yet, or are you on your way towards success?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success for me is being able to be creative ALL of the
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t necessarily measure it in
financial terms (although some extra cash wouldn’t go astray), but in my
ability to spend time creating and learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently I’m spending more time designing covers than
actual binding so I don’t have a lot for sale at the moment (must fix that) but
it means what I have created, is very unique, not the same old stuff you’ve
seen before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m truly, wonderfully
enjoying myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That to me is success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what's next?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess it’s to learn more skills and
techniques to enhance my binding skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Take some chances and design something a little crazy perhaps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hit my blog a little more consistently,
populate my shop and show some strength in promoting myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel free to pop into my store for a looky see. </span><a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/littlebirdbindery" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.madeit.com.au/littlebirdbindery</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or Visit my blog for my latest ventures into the creative world of bookbinding. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://littlebirdbindery.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://littlebirdbindery.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Better yet.....email me: </span><a href="mailto:littlebirdbindery@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">littlebirdbindery@gmail.com</span></a></div>Little Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-37694164386485094172012-06-07T17:29:00.001-07:002012-06-07T17:29:09.583-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started creating books I had no idea where it was going to take me. Did I want to sell my books? Were they even good enough to sell? Was I going to keep them for myself and perhaps family/friends? Is this just a hobby or am I going to take this more seriously and make a real go of it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, basically I got to a point were I had so many books that I needed to do something with them and I did have some pride in my creations and I didn't want to just throw them away. But, that's exactly what I started to do; I gave them away. I gave them as birthday presents, Christmas gifts or just 'thanks for being around' gifts. And amazingly (or to my amazement), people loved them. I was encouraged to get online and start selling, if for no other reason than to empty my storage boxes of books and feed my ever increasing expensive habit/hobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ive been selling on </span><a href="http://madeit.com.au/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">madeit.com.au</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for almost 12 months now and while I haven't sold a huge number of books, I have certainly gained a lot of confidence from friends, family and total strangers who tell me how clever I am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the very first leather bound journal I created with my Instructor Phil at </span><a href="http://ortbindery.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Melbourne School of Bookbinding</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the next few weeks I'm going to be challenging myself to take my book designs a little further and create something with a real uniqueness. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess we have to challenge ourselves and push the boundaries a little at times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So stayed tuned..... Pics coming soon.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Little Bird Binderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16817908685766534373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762013043331603467.post-27281454758531064772012-06-05T21:19:00.001-07:002012-06-05T21:52:25.969-07:00Hi there and welcome to Little Bird Bindery<br />
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Finally, Ive found time to write a snippet and get my blog moving, although I still haven't decided which photo sharing platform to use so I can display all my books....but I'll get to that.<br />
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I started bookbinding about 3 years ago and haven't stopped since. My instructor, Phil Ridgeway from <a href="http://ortbindery.com/" target="_blank">Ortbindery</a> taught me much in so little time.<br />
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So I hope you enjoy my books and if you feel the need to own one for yourself, then feel free to browse at my shop - <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/LittleBirdBindery" target="_blank">Little Bird Bindery at Madeit.com</a>.<br />
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