3 posts tagged “stationery”

So, around lunch time, just when it was starting to get busy, Swansea Show was cancelled and evacuated due to inclement weather! This makes sense, as the rain was a bit scary and the wind was causing rather large branches to fall from the trees. I heard a rumour that one boy was hit by a falling branch, and an ambulance was called.

On the bright side, I sold one set of stationery yesterday (well, Liz sold it when I had wandered off). It was so quiet yesterday, and it was a bit busier today but I didn't sell anything at all. Oh well, maybe next time!

So, I will be sharing a stand with someone at the Swansea Show in Singleton Park on Sunday 25th and Monday 26th of May, the bank holiday! I will be spending much time making stationery like a crazy thing, and I might try and sell some knitted things too, because the more the merrier.

On a more internet-based note, I received my invite to Ravelry.com a couple of days ago and I'm just now adding my projects - two in progress, and about four in the queue. I've even contributed a couple of patterns, though they're not viewable right now. It'd be really cool if other people started knitting them. You can find my profile here and my "notebook" (projects) here. How exciting!

Magazine stationery

A lot of people don't realise that the phrase "reduce, reuse, recycle" is written in order of priority. Making stationery from recycled paper is a fabulous thing, but reusing papery things to make other papery things is better, environment-wise.

Chemistry paper stationery

Today, I've been making sustainable stationery for my Etsy shop (or possibly my personal use) from Permaculture magazine. I think the editors would be proud. I've also been known to make envelope sets from out-of-date chemistry exam papers and world-record books, which are fun! The chemistry ones have been most popular.

They have the open part on a shorter edge, which I've always preferred, and I put them in sets of 6 with 12 sheets of paper, tied up with a nice reused ribbon.