How to make a recycled postcard book journal and giveaway

This being National Craft Month I have a fun giveaway package for you, and yup parts of it are recycled! It includes a kit to make a recycled postcard stitched book by Jeanine Stein author of Re-Bound and the soon to be released Adventures In Bookbinding, a MakeReady Journal and a pack of the absolute cutest brads from the Eyelet Outlet along with their Postcard kit!

Just leave a comment in today’s post by Midnight Pacific time Thursday March 17th (Yes St. Patrick’s Day) and you are in the running. Want to make the stitch postcard book now and have a stash of postcards to work with? Well pop on over to Craftside for the full recycled postcard stitched book tutorial.

43 Comments so far

1. Diane on March 10, 2011 3:24 pm

   What a cute idea, great giveaway!

2. maria on March 10, 2011 3:32 pm

   sweeeet! Crafty and creative!

3. Tracey on March 10, 2011 3:54 pm

   That looks like great fun

4. Muireann on March 10, 2011 7:49 pm

   What a great prize, I’d love to win!

5. Sho on March 10, 2011 9:01 pm

   Wow! I have so many postcards from my travels that this would be really helpful to help me turn a big o’ box of cards that never get seen into a useful project.

   Thanks for the opportunity!

   Shoni

   shonijunk (at) yahoo (dot) com

6. Hetty on March 11, 2011 5:26 am

   What a wonderful idea for all those postcards i have lying around from places I go to. Love to give this project a try.

7. SuZ on March 11, 2011 5:40 am

   this looks to be a very fun project!

8. nitasha on March 11, 2011 6:53 am

   These look so cool! I would love to make one too!

9. Karen K on March 11, 2011 7:52 am

   This looks like great fun!!

10. Tabitha on March 11, 2011 9:22 am

    This would be so fun to try!

11. Jeanne on March 11, 2011 9:30 am

    What a great idea! Can’t wait to try it out! Thanks!

12. Jo on March 11, 2011 9:42 am

    What a fun way to create so many different things!

13. Sandy on March 11, 2011 10:02 am

    I love making books – I love making things out of other stuff, like cards and the like. I love paper!

14. spidermom on March 11, 2011 10:20 am

    HUGE fan of the book Re-bound! looking forward to more great projects to try with the new book coming out!

15. Jessica on March 11, 2011 10:53 am

    I would love love love this!!!!

16. Aleksa on March 11, 2011 11:47 am

    I love the creativity of these projects. Making re-purposed projects is one of my passions.

17. Kathy on March 11, 2011 7:55 pm

    I would love to win this prize. I took a class in bookbinding, and would love to learn more.

18. Michele on March 11, 2011 10:05 pm

    Great idea for postcards..

19. Barbara on March 12, 2011 7:17 am

    Just getting started scraping and the ideas here are wonderful!

20. dorothy on March 12, 2011 7:43 am

    great giveaway I would love to win

21. Amber on March 12, 2011 8:18 am

    This would be so fun to work on this spring! I hope I win!

22. marlene on March 12, 2011 10:09 am

    Hi
    What a great idea of using postcards. I have some that was sent to me 30 years ago from a friend who traveled, it would be nice to put them all together and give them to her as a gift. she would love it. thanks for the chance to win
    Marlene

23. desiree on March 12, 2011 10:47 am

    ehat a cool project!!!

24. susan varney on March 12, 2011 5:08 pm

    what a cute idea mverno@roadrunner.com

25. Shannon Baas on March 12, 2011 8:09 pm

    I would love to use this for my yellowstone postcards.

26. Stephanie Gregory on March 12, 2011 8:46 pm

    My daughter would love this. Thank you for the chance!

27. Lily on March 13, 2011 8:09 am

    What a super giveaway!

28. Deci Worland on March 13, 2011 8:47 am

    This looks really fun!

29. carol on March 13, 2011 8:57 am

    this is a real cute idea and different…thanks for the great giveaway

30. Deanna on March 13, 2011 9:29 am

    So cute. I love ideas for brads and eyelets.

31. Sharon Harmon on March 13, 2011 10:41 am

    Making your own postcards is a wonderful idea! I make my own greeting cards, so I
    know i’ll enjoy this!

32. Emily C on March 13, 2011 10:58 am

    gimmie gimmie =)

33. Janee on March 14, 2011 2:44 am

    so cute i hope i win ^.^

34. Caroline Goddard on March 14, 2011 5:59 am

    Great look and god use of all those postcards that i recieve

35. Sarah on March 14, 2011 11:15 am

    Thanks for the giveaway! I want to try bookbinding something really soon.

36. JAMES P LYNAM on March 14, 2011 8:55 pm

    AWESOME IDEA.

37. Happi Shopr on March 16, 2011 12:03 pm

    Super clever! I’d love to make something for hubby out of our honeymoon momentos.

38. Erin Cook on March 17, 2011 6:16 am

    Thats a great idea I love artsy stuff like that
    cookster77@aol.com

39. kathy pease on March 17, 2011 10:19 am

    Thank you for the great giveaway please count me in
    kathypease(at)gmail(dot)com

40. Melanie on March 17, 2011 10:24 am

    I’d love to win this great prize pack!

41. christal C on March 17, 2011 11:09 am

    make me a winner
    willdebbie97 at yahoo dot com

42. susan smoaks on March 17, 2011 4:59 pm

    i would love to win
    susansmoaks at gmail dot com

43. Gianna on March 17, 2011 10:32 pm

    Please enter me