DIY Business Tools

Have you ever gone to an office supply store to find a tool you needed and they just don't seem to have it? As a small business owner, I collect email addresses from my customers and I need a place to store them. No store sells email sign up books!

Years ago I used my Bind-it-All to create my own email signup book! I created the "pages" in a word processing program, completely personalized with info for my unique business. Then I printed the pages, cut them apart, and then bound them with my Bind-it-All. After I took the email book with me to a few events, other business owners wanted one of their own! Here are some of the books I have made over the years for other business owners:

It's been super fun to make these books for some of my fellow vendors at Crafted as well as friends in the past. The book above was created for Rain Hannah of Honey & Ollie, a fabulous jewelry shop at Crafted. 

Here is another book I created for Laura Miller of Dove Chocolate Discoveries:

If you have brick and mortar shop, are a direct sales consultant (like Close to My Heart or Miche Bags), or just an independent business owner, email lists are essential to growing your business!

Guess what? Whenever you need a slick and classy business tool, look to your Bind-it-All for a solution. Think of your Bind-it-All outside of the craft room!

Happy Creating :)

Visit my blog at:

http://hydrangeahippo.com

My Favorite Recipes

Hi everyone, Nancy Keslin here today to share with you a project I made using my Zutter Bind-it-All, some cute Melissa Frances supplies and my Zutter Display-it-All.


I was so thrilled when I ran across this cute little kit at the Scrapbook Expo, covers and insert pages for a fun, kitschy, recipe album.  I knew it would match my kitchen and with a little help from my Bind-it-All I made a simple book to hold some of my families favorite recipes.

White 1-inch O-wires hold my little book together.  And bits of lace, trim, sequins, (from the Hydrangea Hippo store) and a few Prima flowers, as well as a bit of stickles, complete the covers that I rounded with my Zutter Round-it-All.

I painted my Display-it-All with an off white crackle finish so that it would coordinate with my kitchen, adding more flowers and a cute little doll tea pot I had from my daughter's younger days to embellish the base.

I really love how the Display-it-All keeps my recipes within easy eye site and up off my prep surface.

Now all I need to do is get in there and cook.

Thanks for stopping by the Bind-it-All blog today and be sure and come back soon.

Zutter Items Used:

InLinkz.com

Other Items Used:

• Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen Recipe Cards
• Sequins, Trims, Flowers Hydrangea Hippo Etsy
• Prima Flowers, leaves
• Folk Art Crackle Medium, Acrylic Paint
• Pleasant Company Teapot

Hugs.

Nancy

Facebook Zutterista: Stefani Chastain

We love finding new Zutteristas on our Facebook Page and that is exactly where we discovered Stefani's amazing handmade, upcycled journals!!

Isn't this cute?! Stefani stamped sentiments on the bandages printed on the package.

Now we know what to do with all of those board games with missing pieces--turn the rest into mini books!

If you can cut it, you can bind it!

Thank you Stefani for sharing your inspired creations with us on our Facebook Page!!! We're proud to call you a "Zutterista"!

About the Artist:

I have been paper crafting for the last 15 years and mostly just make things for other people. I like making and giving unique gifts. I have been married for 8 years and I am the mother of a 4 year old Boston Terrier named Liberty Belle. I got a Bind it All 6 months ago and have enjoyed making smash books and notebooks with it. As my next project, I am going to make the first scrapbook for me and my husband since we started dating 10 years ago. I'm starting with our recent trip to Disney World.

Please check my blog out at www.stylesbystefani.blogspot.com and follow me on Facebook at Styles by Stefani.


Want your work featured on the Zutter blog? Just share your projects on our Facebook Page we just MIGHT be contacting you sometime soon :)