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.”
This looks like a fantastic book 🙂 Count me in!!
Off to add this to my Amazon wish list!
super cool book!!
Seems a fun and useful book to have! Pick me!!
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Wow! I could have never thought of using the egg cartons!. I can imagine using many other materials as well, but have no clue on how to bind them together…yet! I definitely need to read Terry´s book 😀
I LOVE recycling, so this looks like a FABULOUS to have in my collection.
After taking a bookmaking class at school, I am hooked! I’d love this book 🙂
I love making books with recycled materials. THis would be a great resource.
I love recycling things to make crafts! Hope I win this one!
That book looks fantastic and inspiring! I’d love it for cool new ideas.
This book looks like it’s full of great ideas. What fun!
Looks great, I’d love to win.
I’m very keen on recycled crafting. Thanks for sharing this link.
Oh, this looks great! Thanks for the chance to win!
This book looks fantastic! I hope I win, and/or can convince my local library to get a copy!
This looks absolutely amazing!
What an awesome book! I’m always looking for great crafts using handy materials!
Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I’ve always wanted to make my own books. I woul love a copy of this one.
I’d love a copy!
I am the local recycling queen- but I need even more ideas. Selecy me- PLEASE
This looks great!
I am making a journal for my aunt and am always looking for a way to make it more unique. This book would really put me on the correct path for that. Thanks for another awesome giveaway.
This book would help me so much, we could even use it with our kids crafting group to make them more aware of what they are trowing away 😉 I hope more people are going to write about recycling our garbage
What an interesting book! Thanks for the chance to win.
Bunches of great recycling ideas all in one book – great idea. Pick me. LOL
What an awesome book! I’m constantly saying “don’t throw that out – I can make something!”
Looks great! I’d love to try some of the projects with the kids. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love crafting and recycling. This book sounds right up my alley!
What fabulous ideas! Just when you thought there were no more ideas left!
Looks like an awesome book and I would love to win it. Your die cut leaf bracelet is a great way to use the extras and to have handy that bit of paper you need to jot something down on.
I drive my family crazy with the recycling so this book would come in handy indeed!!
I would love to win! I’m trying to be more eco-friendly and this would really help. It might also give me some ideas to use with my students.
This book looks great. I created an art book in college and I really miss the creativity of it.
I love the idea of simultaneously saving the earth and being creative!
This sounds like a great book!
What great ideas, hope I win!
I would love to have this book! Thanks for the chance to win.
This book looks like so much fun!!!
I always enjoy learning new crafts. This sounds like it would be a fun and interesting craft to learn. Really neat book!
I LOVE THE BOOK WITH THE CASSETTE COVERS!! As a “hoarder” (to quote my husband) I am sure that I would have plenty of bits lying around the house to help me create some fantastic recycled books. If I’m not lucky enough to be a winner, I am hoping that Father Christmas will take notice that this book will be at the top of my Christmas list.
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a fantastic prize.
Oh yes please, drop my name in the draw hat! What a fun sounding book lol
Thankyou for the chance to enter too!
Love to recycle. Make something new out of something old! Love to wind the book.
Would love to own a copy of this book!
Love to try the ideas in the book, hope I would win!
Looks interesting, I am all for recycling and making things out of things that already exist.
This book looks like lots of fun! We are very heavy do it yourself recyclers at our house but I haven’t done much in the way of making books.
This sounds like an amazing book!
oops, typed my name wrong! It’s Ann Marie
In this day and age the way prices are this book is a great thing it will save so much money and also help save so many things going to the landfills. Thank You
I’m always looking for creative recycling projects and think this book would be a great help.