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June 27, 2008

Not too many minutes were spent this week on creative work. That means that the time I would normally spend making books, sewing or designing new things was spent on irrelevant, stressing and day-job related things. Last night I decided to make a zip purse and that wasn't necessarily a wise thing to do after a grumpy day. It really isn't that difficult to make a zip purse, but for some reason I just couldn't think straight (or sew straight)! I finished it only because I'm too stubborn to quit. I easily quit if I get bored with something (oh how many bags I have started in my life, and how few I've actually finished!), but not because of difficulties or mistakes.


Now it's officially weekend and I'm not going to be grumpy on a weekend. Tomorrow I'm going to go to Vammala where I studied bookbinding and come back with my bookbinding competition award, lots of photos of the exhibition and the book fair, and my parents. And on Sunday I'm going to take them (my parents, I'm not taking the award check with me) to the medieval fair here in Turku and take some more photos. And after recovering from the weekend, I'll post photos here, and hopefully by then I'll be less stressed out too and have something very wise to say to you :)

(And yes, the books in the previous post are going to be available in my Etsy shop as soon as I get the chance to take better photos of them!)

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← Otava Bookbinding CompetitionMy photos got stage fright →

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Hello you, just a quick note that I'm spending May in Edinburgh at a writing recidency, so the Paperiaarre shop will be closed from April 30th. Any orders placed by Wednesday afternoon will be shipped as usual ❤️❤️❤️
Another great day for this bookbinder! Thank you all for your many orders - they really make my day every time ❤️
This golden floral kimono silk is one of my all time favourites. I love how beautifully light plays with the weave even on a cloudy day like today.

This notebook with semi-flexible covers is one of the five still left of yesterday's shop update. All
New books in the Paperiaarre shop! Four hardcover notebooks with heavier weight paper, and ten notebooks bound with the sewn boards binding style that results in semi-flexible covers. All made with repurposed vintage kimono silk.
On my to-do list is to add this stack of vintage kimono notebooks to my shop. Some time next week, I hope!

I made these using the sewn boards binding structure that creates lovely semi-flexible covers.
Wrapping a lovely order today 🤍🤍🤍

We've now made it through the darkest moments of winter, so maybe soon I will finally get to my stack of journals waiting to be photographed. Read: New books coming soon-ish!
New blog post and new books now available in the Paperiaarre shop at www.paperiaarre.com. There's postcard-sized watercolor journals perfect for travel journal use, too, and a small lot of the popular adorably tiny notebooks. All covered with repurpo
Watercolor journals and mini kimono journals for sale through my IG stories for the next 24h. Any remaining books will be available at paperiaarre.com in a few days 🤍🤍🤍
Every now and then I get requests for notebooks suitable for watercolors, and even though I don't do custom orders in the traditional sense, every now and then I hear your requests! This lot of six lovely A6 landscape format watercolor journals will
[Edit: We raised a total of 630 €! Thank you so much for your participation and support! A winner was picked at random in my stories ❤️]

Time for a fundraiser!

I'm raffling off this handbound vintage kimono journal to raise money for Doctors W

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