let's make something like a book;

:::how to: make a hotdog book
     This is a folded book requiring a single cut. It's quick, fun and quite fulfilling for something so simple. It has a "hidden" page which can be put to great use ^_~

:::how to: make a minibook
     This minibook uses staples, but as I go on to say in the text, you will want to evolve into a true signature book. If you are scared of them, let this book start you off easily. It will whet your appetite for the streamlined appearance.

:::how to: make a match-stick book
     [info coming soon]

:::how to: make a taped signature book
     [info coming soon]

things you might need for these projects;

• critical thinking
  
• pens, pencils, ink, brushes, painting materials, crayons
  
• paper, plenty of paper: lightweight, printed, heavy, origami, natural, made by you, newsprint, old book paper, cut from magazines, just lots of paper
  
• gluesticks, glue, paste, adhesvies, tapes. You can use acid free if you like.
  
• staples. metal means the possibility of corrosion though, just in case the acid free was on your list
  
• a ruler. metal makes for nice sharp bends, but wood has the thrum of life in it, yeah?
  
• the ability to realise that perfection and the attainment of it is fruitless, pointless, and painful and if plato is right: impossible to achieve as the ideal only exists as an ideal, never to be achieved
  
• embellishments for the page, the cover, or the container
  
• waxed linen thread, cotton thread, silk ribbons, rayon thread and needles to use with them
  
• a nice box to keep things tidy. I like cigar boxes because they are so taken with being decorated!