i guess this is mostly for leah. i am forever chasing the mystical dragon of streamline organization. unfortunately, i also have a near pathological aversion to using standard materials and tools. i always have to make my own whateveritis and do things the hard way.
that's why i got really excited when i found this little organizer/binder at my local thrift shop. i figured it was some kind of standard size; as it turns out, it hold paper that is half a normal size (8.5" x 5.5"). then i couldn't find any sources for inserts! i happened on one stack of awesome grid paper that fits it, in a louisville thrift store of all places, and that's it.
solution? i have sealed an cut open a bunch of envelopes from my ample hoard and voila - instapockets! these will hold stamps, currencies, communications, travel tickets and itineraries. it's a pretty kitschy solution but such is my style.
if anyone of you book or paper nerds out there knows where i can get actual inserts for this binder, i would be very happy to hear about it. getting my hands on some of those awesome sealable pockets would be pretty swell. or a calendar! can you imagine?
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Hello. I have been thinking lately about making a zine since I haven't done so since high school (late 90s). I went to Half Price Books in Seattle, WA, today and found all three editions of "A Cette Dame". I enjoyed reading through them, as well as checking out the Sweetie Pie Press.
whoa! i wonder what trail they travelled to get there!
so glad you enjoyed them. me, i think zines will be big again for 2011.
i have an idea. no promises, but could you give me the distance between those binder rings?
leah, my friend jo has been very helpful. this actually is a standard size and the 'desk' size for dayplanners.
on an 8.5" sheet the holes are at 1.5", 4.25" and 7".
there is stuff like this and this. although i don't think i need 50 inserts.
oh i just had a custom-something idea for your organizer - somthing you could use, but, i dunno...we'll see and maybe there'll just be something here waiting for you!
otherwise, your customization looks really great!!
Grreat read thankyou
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