I did a search recently for Japanese Crafting blogs and it is a shame that there are not more of them out there since Japanese Crafting is so unique and beautiful.
In an effort to make something Japanese and Crafty...I created this little notebook with washi tape.
Washi Tape is basically the cutest thing since sliced bread. Why would anybody ever use boring old scotch tape again, I'll never know, but I digress.
The basic construction of the book itself was inspired by this post on Angry Chicken blog that shows you how to make some simple board books to keep notes in.
I covered the top cover with washi tape, left some room to write a title on there, and decorated the back with more crazy calligraphy. More photos on Flickr.
Ages ago I did a little calligraphy tutorial, so if you're bent on making one of these, you can read about it here.
I made some of these books for my applique quilting 'students' (read 'friends') for them to use as a mechanism to track the fabrics in their quilt. More on that in another post.
Ok, so who went to PIQF today? Are you out there?! I'm going tomorrow....hopefully you left some fabric for me to buy! Only a few photos have turned up online so far.
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