Ideas for using my handmade paper and handmade books

I’m sharing with you fun ideas on how I use my handmade paper and handmade books.

#1 Use handmade paper to bind notebooks

I bind the notebooks with a French link and the Kettle stitch technique. They have double-layered glue on the spine, making it strong and allowing it to be laid flat.

👇 A6 hard-cover notebook with thrifted jeans and thrifted fabric cover. Straight-edge paper.

👇 A6 medium-cover notebook with thrifted fabric cover. Natural-edge (deckle-edge) paper.

👇 A7 hard-cover tiny notebook with thrifted jeans cover. Straight-edge paper.

👇 A7 exposed-spine tiny notebook with thrifted jeans cover. Straight-edge paper.

#2 Use handmade notebooks to journal, paint, sketch, and collect memories while traveling

My handmade paper is textured and absorbent. Here are my medium suggestions:

• The drier the medium, the better!
• Medium to large pen tips work well. I like 0.7+ mm.
• For writing & sketching: I love using mechanical pencils, ballpoint pens, and gel pens.
• For painting: I enjoy pastels, rayons, acrylic, and gouache (with little water added if any).

#3 Use handmade paper to make stickers

I enjoy carving rubber blocks into fun designs like butts, wild animals, cats, etc. Then I stamp the blocks on the paper, stick each paper on a sticker sheet, and cut out the stamps individually. And that’s how I make paper stickers!

👇 Different designs of butt stickers on white, pink, and brown paper.

👇 Kitty stickers. Three fun postures of my fluffy cat.

👇 Pacific Northwest wildlife. Banana slugs, orcas, chum salmon, Western screech owls, and woodpeckers.

#4 Use handmade paper to make mini coloring books

I use my kitty stamps to make the coloring outlines. You have total freedom to color and design your own kitties.

Some of these products are available for purchase! Head to my shop to order some cute, unique, and eco-friendly handmade paper crafts.