-
15th MayReblogged from: cajunmama+10,447 noteswritingwriteauthorblogbloggingsemicolonpunctuationbook
-
11th Mayafargreencountryandaswiftsunrise:
Not that I recommend mutilating books….but this is completely adorable and nerdy and I love it.
I’d suggest buying a second copy of a book you already love, preferably used (so that you know it’s already lived its life) and so that you can actually talk about it, if someone asks you why you’re carrying that particular book around.
(Here’s the link to the tutorial: http://seekatesew.blogspot.com/2011/01/cwts-reveal-book-clutch-how-to.html)
Reblogged from: afargreencountryandaswiftsunrise+404 notesDIYbookreuserecyclerepurposeclutchcraftpaper craft -
10th MayDIY Mini Book Necklaces with Charms. I have posted 3 or 4 mini book jewelry tutorials and I keep saying, “Oh, this is the best one.” But this is my favorite. Clear instructions, love the grommet closures tied with leather, love the keyhole. For the tutorial and other ideas go to Art by Wendy here. I got a GC to Michaels and will get a crop-a-dile using coupons of course.
Reblogged from: truebluemeandyou+2,074 notesDIYnecklacecharmbooktutorialcraftartleatherjewelry -
16th AprilReblogged from: craftycombs+35 notesDIYrecyclereuserepurposebookmirrorwall hangingwalllibraryThe Repurposed Library -
24th March(Source: sincerelykinsey.blogspot.com)
Reblogged from: littlecraziness+311 notesDIYjewelryboxbooktutorialjewelry boxhomemade -
21st MarchDIY Book Page Origami Butterfly. Tutorial from Todolwen here.
Reblogged from: truebluemeandyou+1,232 notesDIYorigamibutterflypapertutorialbookpage -
WWW. 21st MarchPhilip Pullman’s Next Book Will Be a Retelling of Grimm’s Fairy Tales“Pullman will retell 50 of the tales, ‘from the quests and romance of classics such as Rapunzel, Snow White and Cinderella to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as The Three Snake Leaves, Hans-My-Hedgehog and Godfather Death’ with additional commentary on the history of each story.” (via Tor.com)
Release date: November 8, 2012
Reblogged from: teachingliteracy+566 notesbooksbookreadinglitraturePullmanfairyfairy taleGrimmRapunzelSnow WhiteCinderellaGrimm’s Fairy Tales -
13th March
DIY Inspiration: Image across several book spines.
Reblogged from: makesomethingmarvelous+841 notesDIYbookbook coverartprintpapercraft -
7th MarchInside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Harper Collins, 2011).
Inside Out and Back Again is about a young girl, Ha, who leaves Vietnam during the war and finds a home in Alabama with her mother and three brothers. Ha’s father has been missing since leaving home on a navy mission when she was one. Ha’s ten now.
The story unfolds in verse and Thanhha Lai says so much with so little. I could not put the book down because I got hooked on the pared down writing that floats through you like smoke.
Should We?
Mother calls a family meeting.
…Mother asks us,
Should we leave our home?Brother Quang says,
How can we scarmble away
like rats,
without honor, without dignity,
when everyone must help
rebuild the country?Brother Khoi says,
What if Father comes home
and finds his family gone?Brother Vu says,
Yes, we must go.… Mother twists her brows.
I’ve lived in the North.
At first, not much will happen,
then suddenly Quang
will be asked to leave college.
Ha will come home
chanting the slogans
of Ho Chi Minh,
and Khoi will be rewarded
for reporting to his teacher
everything we say in the house.Her brows twist
so much
we hush.This is a story of many Vietnamese families at the end of the Vietnam War, leaving everything that was familiar and starting new with next to nothing. Ha and her family struggle through some hard times— leaving Vietnam by boat, staying in refugee camps in Guam then in Florida, waiting for an American sponsor, learning English, fighting off bullies. But there is always a sense that because they have each other they’ll make it through.
(Image Source & extra review)
Reblogged from: teachingliteracy+74 notesbookreadingreadThanhha LaiVietnamNational Book AwardNewbery Honor -
5th MarchDIY Book Page Bracelet from The Hunger Games. Another beginners’ DIY inexpensive jewelry project. Everyone is scanning or copying the pages from books for these projects and using the cheap glass stones from The Dollar Store. Photo from Happy Hour Projects here. Original bracelet tutorial here.
Reblogged from: truebluemeandyou+1,113 notesDIYbookbraceletprojectjewelrycheapglasstutorialcrafty
About
Travel, culinary, photography, fashion, digital art, sewing -all before 8am...joking. I work full-time but someday I will take my talent and passion and find my dream job.
