This looks like fun - learn how to bind journals with the Wish Journal Workshop, courtesy of The Journal Girl Shoppe. And it's completely online (my kind of convenience). You can hear a lovely song in the intro video: Absolutely Nothing by Lilly Allen. Ooh, and she also has a zine called Page by Page.

fine fabric

Amy at badskirt was the lucky recipient of this prize. The prints and colors speak to me in so many ways. What fabulous combinations: typewriters and fabric, strong red and moss green, with a touch of vintage cream.

You must find time for reading

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
- Confucius

This, and other sage advice about improving our relationship with the printed word can be found at this amazing blog: The Mental Fitness Center.