books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
I love making envelopes for letters and zine packages. It’s one of those things that I can mindlessly do while watching Netflix, so even if I’ve had an unproductive day, I still feel like I’m making something and using my hands. (I have hardly been able to watch TV idly since, though.) Here are the…
I have a new favourite scrapbook paper collection in town, and that is Prima’s Coffee Break! It’s purely coffee, tea, newsprint, typewriters and books. Seriously. I am so glad things like this exist! I’ve been using the paper for envelopes, planner dividers, package decorations, cards, gift wrap, sending to pen pals and more. I want…
Instagram has a huge community for #filofaxlove and #planneraddicts galore. A lot of the snail mail lovers I follow are also within that. My organized paper people! Once I started following lots of those people on Instagram, and followed this disscusion on The Postal Society, I decided I wanted to try a filofax-type planner for 2015….
What: Bizzy B’s Stamp and Scrap, a scrapbooking / crafters paradise Where: 2100 Bloor Street West (High Park neighbourhood) When: Monday 10-8, Tuesday 10-7, Wednesday – Friday 10-8, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-5 I didn’t know about Bizzy B’s until this past summer. I don’t know how that happened, but it did. But that meant I…
This year I signed up for Dunne With Style’s Creative Exchange for the first time – which really was some of the inspiration for the Notebook & Pen Swap – and it’s been a lot of fun! You’re tasked with “stalking” a fellow crafter on Instagram to see what they like to make. Then you…
In honour of NaNoWriMo, let’s also make November the month of the notebook & pen swap! Keep the art of handwriting alive! I have drawers of notebooks and pens, no lie. And I know lots of you love collecting these too. So why don’t we get in the writerly winterly spirit and go looking for…
What: The Paper Place (pretty self-explanatory) Where: 887 Queen Street West, Toronto, Trinity Bellwoods When: Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday to Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Paper Place is one of my favourite places in the city….