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Cloth Book of the Month

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Now here’s a real twist and spin to a Book of the Month Club. Victoria van derLaan is looking for money to fund her start-up project via KickStarter. She creates a book of the month project and folks will be able to purchase books individually or subscribe for 3, 6, 9, or 12 months. Brilliant!

Victoria creates an original book in each of 6 designs, scans each page to create a digital file to be printed by Spoonflower on 100% organic cotton sateen fabric and creates cloth books from this fabric. What a wonderful gift this would be…

Have a peek at the video.

Superhero: Ms. X

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With a few colors, some simple bits of cardboard and a red Mao star, we were able to come up with a last-minute Superhero costume for Spirit Week.

Starting with the turquoise blue bustier, we contrasted that with the red star, belt and tights.  The black skirt and boots [not shown] matched Ms. X’s hair and the silver cuffs, crown and emblem sparkled against the whole outfit. Perfect!

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Trip Print Press

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Way back, I learned to hand-set type, run an offset press and even a Heidelberg press. I loved working with my hands, getting ink so deeply embedded into my fingernails, it took weeks to get off and the sound…ah, the clinking of wood and metal as row upon row of type was set.

Matt at Trip Print Press does this every day and he’s a work of art in motion. Watch here.

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Getz and Gilberto Perform ‘The Girl from Impanema’

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The arrangement is from the classic album, Getz/Gilberto, which launched the bossa nova craze of the early 60′s. The album was primarily a collaboration between Getz and Astrud’s husband, the guitarist and vocalist João Gilberto, but when someone got the idea of including an English translation of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “The Girl from Ipanema,” Astrud was recruited. She had never sung professionally before. The recordings launched her as an international sensation.