Stacks o' Tape
As I was setting these up, I kept thinking, "I hope we don't have an earthquake!" Seth over at the Altered Page posted a call for stacks of inspiration. Here's my contribution! Tape! Above is a photo of every roll of washi paper tape that I own. This is my personal pile (though some have been brought to share with students occasionally. I usually have a pile of tapes for class use and one for personal use. It does make it easy when it comes to travel and storage!) You can tell the ones that I use the most. My favorite designs are usually solid colors (like hot pink, orange, gold, cream) or anything with text on it (especially the pink text that comes in the French set from Marks that Ginko Papers sells.) Fyi, for more tape (and where I buy it) click here. When I buy the washi paper tape, I usually prefer the regular size rolls (I'm not a huge fan of the skinny rolls) that I can tear down into the sizes that I want. When it comes to storage, I have a small black, zippered soft case (that used to hold small computer stereo speakers) for on the go use. At home, I have an iris case and a 12 x 12" scrapbooking paper case. I have also stored the rolls in baskets and on pant hangers. |
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I also like the solid tapes b/c I can use it to write on.
Emie
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I gasped when I saw your stacks! I would love to see how you use it.
I gasped when I saw your stacks! I would love to see how you use it.
I'm taken to making my own tape, though it's not as magical as the real deal! Yum!
What kind of camera are you using? I see that you are using the flash. Have you tried "bouncing" it?
I used to do this (back when my flash wasn't broken...). You take a piece of white paper, and hold it in front of the flash at an angle so that the light bounces off of the paper, so it hits the ceiling or wall. It's like magic.
But you have to be careful!
Hold the paper so that it's at least an inch away from the bulb because the bulb might get too hot and fry up.
it takes a bit of practice to get it to bounce at the same time as holding the paper in the right place but it's totally worth it.
I used my cellphone (droid x) in my very dark living room at nine at night to take the picture. I knew if I didn't do it then, I would not get a chance to participate!
Fantastic stack, thanks for sharing :]
Fantastic stacks, makes me want to carefully dig to the back and see what I come out with