Make Your Own Envelope Book

About This Project

To create a place to keep all of your receipts, fabric swatches and other pieces relating to wedding planning, make the Handmade Envelope Book. The book uses envelopes for pages, giving you pockets in which to put keepsakes and must-keep bits of information.

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Supply List

• 8 1/2 x 11 handmade paper or decorative paper
• 6 white A7 or A8 envelopes, for inside pages
• 1 strip of blue artists paper, for binding
• white glue
• scissors or X-Acto knife
• blunt knife or bone folder
• die-cuts for embellishments

How To Make This Project

1. Cut a strip of artists paper to the width of the envelope edge and 10 inches long. Fold the strip into an accordion with 16 strips. To produce crisp edges, use a bone folder to smooth the folds.

2. Glue the envelopes to the valley of each fold. Allow to dry. This piece is now called the text block.

3. Cut a set of covers to size. Glue covers to text block. Press until dry.

4. Embellish front cover with personalising touches.

Written by Heidi Reimer-Epp, co-founder of Botanical PaperWorks, and author of 300 Papermaking Recipes and "Encyclopedia of Papermaking and Bookbinding".