Tiny zines

Lately the husband and I have been stopping by our local book and comic stores to support our new growing collection of zines. If you have never seen these little guys before, they are usually in the magazine section and will run you anywhere from a dollar on up and in most cases are completely hand made, like that sewn one below. I love being able to drop a few bucks to support local artists, there are some very interesting story lines out there that would normally go unnoticed. Below is a selection from Little Paper Planes, be sure to check out the shop there are tons of zine options from artists across the country.

images via little paper planes 1, 2, 3, 4

Getting crafty thanks to Pinterest

As most of you know Pinterest can be both your best friend and worst enemy. Got a few minutes to kill? Check out pinterest. Busy busy busy? Oh look pinterest...magically its one of those sites where you intend to just take a quick look and an hour later you realize you spent your entire break and then some just looking at beautiful photos. To remedy this feeling of wasting time I decided to actually start making, doing and wearing the ideas I am finding and when I came across this fun and pretty simple DIY for a chunky book from Memory makers magazine I knew I needed to give it a try. Its going to be a Christmas present so I can't quite share mine yet, but lets just say cork tiles and origami paper are making for a very fun book! Are you making any gifts this year?

photos via memory makers magazine