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Ink & Ruminations Issue 1 -
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Just because, so often, life is a circus...

 

This image came to me via several other exchanges and I do not know the artist, if anyone does, I'd *love* to hear!

 

Quotes from Alice in Wonderland.  These were printed on sticker paper, cut out and included in Issue1:

 

One can’t believe impossible things.

“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

Alice and the White Queen

 

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean— neither more nor less.”

 

She generally gave herself good advice
(though she very seldom followed it).
--Alice in Wonderland

 

“Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,” the Mock Turtle replied, “and the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.”

 

 
This piece of faux postage is from a hand carving I did for a Fortune swap.  Because Issue1 was a New Year's 2003 mailing, the caption for this was "Good Fortune in the New Year".
 
Passport book, using 1-8 ½ x 11” sheet of lightweight paper: Fold sheet in half, so 8 ½” (short) edges meet. Unfold. Fold each short edge to meet the middle. Unfold. Fold down each short edge ½”. Take these folded edges and turn the corner in 45 degrees to meet the first fold line. Do this on both ends. Then fold those folded sections into the middle. Flip whole thing over. Fold down the now-shorter top edge ½”. Fold the bottom edge up so that the two corners slide (like photos) into the little corner holders at the top. Firmly “set” all the folds. That’s it! A 4-pocket folio for whatever you like!

Hip Tip

So, you have 8½ x 11” sheets of some really cool paper (or plain…) and you want to make a slew of 2½” x 3½” cards for artist trading cards or [your choice here]. You thrifty types can get 10 cards from one sheet of paper by:

Cutting across the 8 ½” length in 2-2½” strips and 1-3½” strip. Then cut the 2-2½” strips into 3-3½” pieces and the 3½” strip into 4-2½” pieces. Very little waste—10 ATCs!

 

Excerpts from Issue#2 - Black & White

Excerpts from Issue#3--COLOR!!

Excerpts from Issue#4--Trees

Excerpts from Issue#5--Travel Art Journals

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