Book Binding 101 - Making my own books.

No I don't yet.... but I've been seriously entertaining the thought and have a few green ideas floating around in my head. When I save up the $$ to buy all the essentials, I expect the experience to be nothing less than this!!






So here's another video that will inspire me to make a bit of an easier book. In case I want to crawl before I walk :) My son would dig having something like this to make a story in.


Best Homemade Book Binding - Awesome video clips here





Instructables


How to recycle office paper into blank books

Make a 100 page Notebook

Envelope Book

How to bind a book

How to bind your own Hardback Book

Handbound Book




Alright. That should keep me busy for a while.

Freakin' Fleece is driving me nuts!!

So I've been craftin' a bit with the ol' polyester and my machine is not digging it at all! Major issues with skipping stitches and I think I've tried almost everything: using a Stretch needle, changing needles, cleaning the needle, using different tensions, making sure to use a polyester thread, using a long stitch length, using a zig zag stitch, trying different fleece fabrics....

And I have noticed less trouble with the bulkier fleece but the skipping stitches return with thinner fabrics..... what the hell.

So it's such universal bullshit for me too because I made some fleece diaper covers that actually sold on ebay (for more than 99 cents like all the other shit) and it just SO FIGURES that a product that I may actually be able produce that people want, I can't even make - even though I want to.....

What luck I am having.

So I'm starting to put it into my tomorrow-land that I'd like a serger. I've heard that's the machine to properly deal with fleece! Okay so mucho expensive serger - I'm going to manifest you!!

I got the tie hook up!!

Thanks to my local Freecycle for this fat donation of men's ties.

I have some ideas to use the neckties for the straps of tote bags - so we'll see!

If ever created, of course they'll be sold at All Natural Me!

Nursing pads!

Kudos to me ~I made a bunch of nursing pads for the breastfeeding days soon to come!

3 layers of flannel from an old sheet and fleece on the outside for (hopefully) leak proof protection. Just a quickie zig-zag stitch around the edges.

Aren't craft shows fun?


Last weekend I did a little craft show & sold a handful of lotion bars, Recyclopes, aroma inhalers, blemish take out kits and some handmade tote bags ~ aren't they cute?



So how about I only snapped a few pictures before my digital camera totally wimped out on me and it's still not working!!! Bad time of the year too because pictures need to be taken daily ~ blog, store, products and I can't forget to snap some of the kid!! So I'm going to try to get some good batteries like NOT ones from dollar tree...



I'm almost at the point that I really need to rent two tables to fit all the Natural Me stuff on ~ the Karma Kards, freebie bags, info packets and I always like to take some consignment items too ~ if there's room :o) yep. next time I think we're gonna move up to a two table production!