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How to make a recycled postcard book journal and giveaway

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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.

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Comments

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

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

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

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

  22. 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

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

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