When I was studying in post secondary for my printmaking degree, I quickly learned how expensive paper can be… trust me, it is a rather valuable commodity. Because of this education in print media, I naturally developed a deep love and respect for paper. It’s easy to spot this passion in other interests of mine, such as thrift shopping: I often gravitate towards gorgeous bound books, unique paper ephemera or stationery.
During my last trip to a salvation army thrift shop I scoured the stationery bin and found a pack of 5 notebooks for only $1. One was perfect for mail art pen pal, another good for note jotting and 3 that were needing a little TLC. I searched through some of my patterned paper scraps, coloured hemp threads and washi tape to pretty them up. 
I love how each one turned out so uniquely different. They look so much nicer than before! Can’t decide if I should list these little cuties in my etsy shop, since I sold my last mini OOAK journal a couple weeks ago, or if I should keep them for tucking into some special mail art reply packages?
salvaging precious paper
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13/04/2012
[...] with teal blue writing, a 3-D fish skeleton and some real stamp beauties. Inside was one of my re-bound thrift shop notebooks along with canoe, cooking and underwear references.Nicole Palmer‘s reply to this envelope [...]
They are gorgeous, no matter what you do with them they will end up in good hands I’m sure :)
I did not realize (actually I ignored the high cost of good stationary) the cost of stationary — good stationary like paper, envelopes, notebooks and cards — until last summer when I returned to the use of a fountain pen. I was forced to look for good quality stationary to avoid ink bleed through and feathering. Now I understand my grandparents telling me to save paper when I was a child. It is expensive. Your post is great with a very good point; paper can be expensive. Nice notebooks.
Oh, definitely tuck it into an envelope bound for a certain BC mail art pal. Hehe. I LOVE a good repurposing, especially when the results make the item more beautiful and useful.
TheSe are fantastic jess!!! Super cool!! :)