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Mark your Calendars!
The Sapling Seedling Bindery will be offering up a shelf full of handmade books, cahiers and journals including these new patterned notebooks.
And as always, if you have a well-loved book in need of repair bring it along for a free quote. The Bindery offers a wide range of book repair and bookbinding services!
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March 2013
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February 2013
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Cowichan and Cardigans →
I’ve been feeling inspired by the designs and knit prints especially of the Cowichan First Nation variety as of late — these are some favourites.
January 2013
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December 2012
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November 2012
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Come one, Come all! The Sapling Seedling Bindery will be celebrating its first craft walk anniversary at the Raw Sugar Cafe. I’ll be offering a shelf load of hand bound notebooks, journals, cahiers and other bound treasures as part of :
Chinatown Ottawa’s Holiday Craft Walk!
Presented by :
* Raw Sugar Cafe
** Shanghai Restaurant
*** The Daily Grind Art Cafe
Chinatown is...
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October 2012
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September 2012
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Food That Really Schmecks
Among all our material possessions, we tend to subject our books to some of the heaviest use — particularly good cookbooks!
These bound recipe containers are subject to wear and tear due to frequent handling, and despite our best intentions, many other abuses. Even under the most ideal of circumstances our books often experience deterioration caused by the nature of the book...
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August 2012
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Recently out of the Bindery -- Custom Wedding...
Recently this brown paper wrapped package made its way out of the Sapling \\ Seedling Bindery — and what was inside??
A custom bound wedding guestbook for a lovely couple looking for a simple handmade volume for their guests to inscribe their well wishes!
June 2012
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A rather big treatment for a very little antique...
The bindery has been a very busy place the last few weeks with all the preparations required of 3 craft sales in 3 weeks [next up is Idle Hands: Spring into Summer Craft Sale this Saturday, June 9th from 10-5 p.m. at the Dom Polski Centre]
But amidst the prep a great deal of book repair has been accomplished as well. Most recently, a rather big treatment for a very little book!
This 256 page...
May 2012
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Ladies Who Launch – Rachel Stone
My lovely pal Rachel was recently in the spotlight for ‘Ladies who Launch’ - a series interviews by the Milk Shop. Check out the full interview to learn all about her current amazing projects & to find out about the upcoming events she’s collaborating on for your summer enjoyment!
She also very awesomely gave a shout out to Sapling \\ Seedling.
iheartmilkshop:
Hey...
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SHOP
Check out the new online shop! Keep your eyes peeled for new items - that is ‘new’ items either made in part or in full from salvaged, repurposed or restored materials.
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MAKE
CBC radio’s Spark did an interesting piece on the Makers Movement and an interview with Make Magazine’s co-founder Dale Dougherty. Check out the podcast.
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April 2012
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Simple book repair: Marx-Engels Reader
Just a little while ago a very good friend of mine (and current Phd. scholar) came to me with a problem. The problem was that his Marx-Engels Reader was a little worse for wear. The covers were completely detached and the original adhesive binding had acidifed and transformed into a flaky powdery mess. This book is an important reference in his academic library and one that he’ll likely...
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