ABW Postcard Swap

This past spring some members of Austin Book Workers exchanged postcards with a similar group of book artists in Minnesota. "Our hometown" was the theme, and we were to create six postcards about our hometown and to mail them to an assigned partner in the other state. Jen M. organized it here in Austin and was most helpful answering questions, encouraging, and cajoling. Jen, you are great!

Hope my exchange partner wasn't anticipating postcards about Austin, because I am from Indiana. A small town in Indiana, to boot. Sorry about that.

Blizzard fold binding holds the postcards together. If you've not tried blizzard fold, I encourage you to try it. There are excellent directions on the Internet. So what's blizzard fold and why should you bother? Well, it uses no adhesive nor sewing yet the pages stay intact unless you remove them. The postcards you see in the pictures above are firmly inside the binding.  Cool?

I added a cover to the outside of the binding to give the book a more finished look. The cover is glued to the binding. A simple book that's a bit different.