Art with Yogi: Mini Booklets

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Friday, May 1, 2026

Popsicle Fence Booklet - R Important

I saw something on-line using Popsicle sticks and was inspired to create this little booklet.
size: 3"w x 3.5"h
I didn't have any popsicle sticks so created mine from Staples cardstock and colored with various Distress Oxide brown pads. Glued them to the cover (also Staples cardstock) over the booklet made from white copy paper hand sewn with a 3 hole basic binding using 3ply un-waxed brown linen thread. Two signatures.

Monday, April 27, 2026

Mini Booklet - Blacker Than Black

size: 2.5"sq x .25thk closed
I had this little black book sitting on my desk that I had made a little while ago using Value pack Black Cardstock with a glued spine... so decided to fill it in finally
First added the wavy lines using Stamperia Contour Black which gives a raised glossy black line. Then I added the vertical lines using a Metallic Black Gelly Roll pen which kind of ends up being a silvery color. Then added the text with the same pen.
The title page used a different Black Metallic pen that seems to have a gold sheen to it. Can't remember which pen did that...
words: Blacker Than Black
If they don't give you a seat at the table bring in a folding chair. Shirley Chrisholm

Monday, April 20, 2026

Art of the Fold - One Page Booklet - Flower Circle - Blossom

size closed: 2.5"dia

Our AofF for May is anything using 1 piece of paper. I've done them in square shape where it opens and lays flat again. But this time I decided to glue some of the pages so the booklet opens like a normal book... I love the results.

I used value pack black cardstock which is medium light weight. Folded like a normal construction (fold in half (landscape mode) and each section folded in half again and repeated in (portrait mode.) getting my 16 little squares.

Cut the 1st and 3rd score lines from one edge to the 3rd score line. Repeated from the other edge and cut the middle score up to the 3rd score lines. Then start accordion folding from one edge to the end. You should have a nice little booklet.

But you don't have a NORMAL booklet... so start gluing to make them pages...

Draw a circle that's larger than your folded booklet and cut the corners away to give the illusion of a round booklet which will keep your spines safe.

I used geli prints, pink and blue cardstock using a floral punch and adhered them to each page alternating color etc. Then cut smaller flowers and Peel Off glitter centers.

Added text to the geli print flowers in a funky hand with a gold gel pen.

words: Blossom (on the cover) and Blooming (on the inside - 1 letter per page).

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Mini Booklet - Celtic Knots

size: 4.25"w x 2.25"h closed
I've been playing with Celtic letters recently because of a class by the Edmonton Calligraphy Society. I decided to make a booklet of the two lettering styles I liked so I didn't have large pages to carry around...
I had these paper ends from my Guilds genoa bond paper laying in my stash and decided it would make a nice booklet. Then the booklet was laying on my desk and decided these letters would fit in nicely...
The letters look similar in the images but they have quite a few differences within the alphabet.
The cover was a piece of cold press w/c paper I had done some sort of background on and laying in my stash. Hand bound with 3ply un-waxed linen thread. Wrote the word "Celtic" in one of the styles with a pointed nib and misc white ink.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Understanding - Bubble Stamp Booklet

4.25"w x 5"h x 1/4" thk.
I had these rubber stamped pages from a long time ago... I had used one of my extra large stamps and embossed with various colors of embossing powder (gold, copper, silver, black), then colored in some of the bubbles using Prisma Colored pencils primarily and one with some w/c.

I wrote synonyms of the word "understanding" on 1"h white cardstock with the arrow shape at the tip. Adhered to each page (one below the other on subsequent pages). Bound the booklet using an accordion glued spine.

I added “do you UNDERSTAND” on the last page…

Friday, March 13, 2026

End Cuts - Sewn Skinny Booklet

I had these copy paper end cuts size: (1.75"h x 11.5"w) sitting on my desk from another project and said to myself they would make a cute mini booklet... I'm looking at it and thinking I need to pierce my holes to the inside to hide that white coming through. c'est la vie...

Booklet size: (1.75"h x 5.5"w) Ten pages folded in half - 4 signatures and bound them with a simple 3 hole binding technique using dark brown waxed linen thread.
Used cardstock for the covers and wrapped it with a scrap of a pretty scrapbook paper lying on my desk both inside and outside... and with a tiny piece left over made the buckle...

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Origami Booklets - Geli Prints

size: 4.5"w x 5.5"h x 1.5" thk.
size: 4.75"w x 4.25"h x .75" thk

I made a pile of geli prints at my last gals get together and created Origami Booklets from them... Nothing inside them yet.
The green one has 18pages including the covers. It's the largest I've done one so far. I reinforced the spine using 110lb cardstock and then glued a geli print onto it.
The orangey one has 10 pages including covers.
Both sizes are made from 8.5 x 11 paper depending on the orientation of your folds you can get either size.

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Mini Booklet - Do What Makes You Happy

I made this booklet a while back and when searching for something else (again...) came across it... I figured I'd finish it.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h x .25" thk.
It's made with a bunch of various watercolor backgrounds on watercolor paper I was playing around with at the time... 4 sheets folded in half and rusty red waxed linen thread binding (can't remember what it's called... sigh)
It's not that often I do regular calligraphy... but since the cover and 1 page already had that style I figured to continue with it. Done with a 1.5 Parallel pen dipped into Sumi ink and I think I a kind of Italic style - beats me they all look the same...

WORDS: words: every day is a fresh beginning, a blank canvas to paint upon.

a man a plan a canal panama

It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down. Carl Brasheap

if you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl,
but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.

our greatest weakness lies in giving up, the most certain way to succeed
is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison

when obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal;
you do not change your decision to get there. Zig Ziglar

endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. Ovid

at the end of the day rest, take a deep breath, smile and start again.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Exploding Hearts - Beauty Of The Heart

I made this for what I hope will be our June challenge which hasn't been decided yet...
size: 2.5"dia x 1/2" thk.
I created a template from 1/2 a heart, to get both sides the same shape and size to create my 4 heart master template (important) then cut out a bunch of them from a red toned geli print paper done on Columbia Mills End Paper.
Folded all my flower cut outs. I then added a little scrap piece to the point edges of 2 flower shapes to hold them together.
Added the text - one word on each flower.
Created circular covers from the same geli print glued to 110lb white cardstock and then to a piece of pink cardstock for added strength. Adhered a piece of ribbon to the back outside cover and added 2 punched out hearts

words: The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. Rumi

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Exploding Rainbows Booklet

I forgot I did so many of this style of booklets... but came across it on Facebook and was in a mood to do something with rainbow colors.
size: 2"sq x 1/2" thk.
It's created from 4"squares. I used Canson Colorline heavy paper. added the title on white cardstock and a geli plate ribbon with a velcro type closure.
I drew the funky letters and cut out from a scrap geli print, then outlined with a ZIG Writer. Added a quote beneath the Rainbow word - one word under each letter.
words: Bring a happy smile to my face

Friday, July 22, 2022

Slip Knot Booklet - Here & There

And a 2nd booklet I created to test the string I may use in an upcoming class. I'm not really happy with this string...