http://www.kreativling.at Creative bookbinding, mostly leather journals, also known as Kreativlink Wed, 16 May 2012 12:56:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tomorrow I'll have the real thing in Istanbul! But today I finally went into the turkish bakery we have in our town now. So good! When I'm back then, I'll know where to get my fix ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2684 I'm going on a little trip to Istanbul on Thursday. My next possible shipping trip will only be on Tuesday next week. May 22 to be precise. Very much looking forward to meet some friends, have a good time and discover Istanbul together :) My shops will stay open, but I'm ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2682 My latest obsession is bringing together my love for growing things and symbols. I do have a lot of fun with it, yes. More ideas are boiling in my head already ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2681 I'm getting lots of comment spam from the blog lately. Will turn off the comment option for now ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2677 I like it hot. But these little suckers ruined just another dish. Think it's Habanero Chili. I used not even half of one for a Risotto. Too much already. You have been warned! http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2676 Was asked to make a cover for DIN A5 notebooks. I did that already, but never was very happy with the results. With this request now, I decided to give it just one last try. And again - I don't like it. Even if the "wrap over" piece wouldn't be ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2674 My guitar obsession is still strong, but only playing the few easy pieces I can play will not bring me any further I fear. I want to be able to play this: But I just can't. I need to go back to the start. What I learned 30 years ago is ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2670 Today I had to drive to the next city for my physical therapy. I started good in time I thought. Became a bit nervous when the city streets where full. More nervous when I saw the long queue in front of the parking garage. Because if I can't get ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2667 So, I finally found a paper company here in Austria with paper I like. Smooth paper, acid-free, off-white, different weights available. Perfect. Only - it comes in sheets of 70x100 cm. I can have it cut into "my" size. But that would be a waste somehow ... If I'd use the ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2664 I'm looking for new paper to use in my journals. Got two nice ones to try. But now I can't decide. The choices are: Off-white, 70gsm (or g/m2), would make my usual 240 pages in the journals White, 200gsm, would be only 120 pages   Both are very nice, acid-free drawing papers. 70gsm sounds ... http://www.kreativling.at/?p=2661