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making the most of my weekends!
Every time i visit a new city, my favourite thing is exploring and hunting down all the coolest stores, galleries, bars and haunts. i live on an island so trips are few and far between and i always manage to forget where these places are the next time i visit! to save myself some trouble, i decided to put together all my little discoveries in one place where i could add notations at will. i think it would be pretty cool to trade with friends too. now everythings all in one place that fits in my purse and doesn't look as geeky as a giant map covered in pen marks!

Posted by Soviette Union from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada • Published 3rd October 2008 • See Soviette Union's 11 projects »

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Step 1
fold two sheets of computer paper in half and cut along the folds
Step 2
then fold those four sheets in half
Step 3
cut a piece of thin cardboard slightly bigger than the paper sheets
Step 4
with a sewing machine, sew down the center of the paper, cardboard on the back. use a medium length stitch
Step 5
now you have a small book! slap some pleasing motifs on the front and you're officially your own publishing company!
Step 6
use your mad scrapbook skills to put together all your favourite places to eat, addresses of stores you like, art galleries, business cards, phone numbers etc.

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Abby W. · St Louis, Missouri, US · 16 projects 26th August 2011

I had a similar idea but lacked the sticktoitivness to actually try it. Love what you did--it's a city guide, a scrapbook, a travel tool...awesome. (: