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Book Review and WIN a copy of Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin

November 3, by Stefanie Girard. 58 Comments

I love this book! As someone who can look at virtually any bit of this or that and find value (or at least an attribute that would make it a good crafting material) Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin is packed full of innovative designs and interesting construction methods for all sorts of books. There are a bunch of great tutorials showing how to incorporate traditional stitching and binding techniques with wild and crazy-cool ideas for using them with unconventional materials. I point out the egg carton book featured on the cover! Lark Books, the fabulous publisher of this book has offered you readers of Recycled Craft Gossip the chance to WIN a copy of  Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin. Just leave a comment in today’s post by Midnight ET Wednesday November 10th and you are in the running!

And if you want to see a project I made inspired by the book pop on over here for a mini notebook petal bracelet tutorial.

More about the book from Lark Books:

Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin

by

Terry Taylor

“Here are projects for the “pages”: 40 innovative book-making ideas using recycled and green materials! More than just earth-friendly, they’re also beautiful, clever, and witty, stitched with traditional binding techniques.  Egg cartons, wood, beer cans, and cassette tapes morph into covers, while brown bags, coffee filters, and discarded newspapers are transformed into pages. Create a boxed set of cereal box books, an exposed stitch sketchbook out of cardboard and remnants, and even a faux leather journal made from teabags.

In addition to how-to drawings, close-up detail photographs, and simple stitch diagrams, a gallery of eco-books from an international roster of artists provides inspiration.”

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Comments

  1. Hayley says

    November 6, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    Looks great, things Ive never even thought of!

  2. Charlene Anderson says

    November 7, 2010 at 8:50 am

    Great idea here. Would love to win the book!

  3. Traci says

    November 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    What a cool book! I love re-using “junk” to make cool things!

  4. Cassandra G. says

    November 9, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    This book looks amazing!!

  5. rosy says

    November 9, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    i love it! i am getting ready for the holidays and think this is the best idea.

  6. Sarah says

    November 10, 2010 at 7:52 am

    This is exactly my kind of book. Thanks for the giveaway!

  7. Grace X. says

    November 15, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    Wow, that book looks amazing!

  8. Tracey says

    March 20, 2014 at 10:12 am

    I save everything because surely I can make something out of it!

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