your 2026 analog notebook can be a dollar-store DIY ✿ (sketchbook zines)

the world is dark, let’s talk about using affordable supplies and what you have on hand to make really cool sketchbook zines you can send in the mail. I made this video to get you making and sharing your art with friends and online communities off social media!


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✿ supplies:
Paper Assortment - construction paper, lined paper, grid paper, drawing paper
Bone Folder or old gift card cut to pointy shape
Tape or glue
Collage Materials
Stapler and Staples OR yarn and needles to bind books
(for cutting paper to size, use scissors or a paper cutting machine)


✿ books I mentioned in the Video:

Art & Fear - David Bayles and Ted Orland
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9780961...

Emergent Strategy - adrienne maree brown
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9781849...

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9781571...

California Field Atlas - Obi Kauffman
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9781597...

This is Water - David Foster Wallace
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9780316...

A Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9781250...

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
https://bookshop.org/a/101972/9781580...


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