August was a roller-coaster. A good roller-coaster. I started the month by installing new shelves on my Studio. I did it by myself and I'm quite proud of that (although at least one of them is very crooked). Since I started to make screen printing that my studio has to serve a lot of purposes, I had to make sure that everything had...
In July I had to do a few constructions works in my studio so I would better apt to do screen printing in my workspace (you can see a few images of it on my stories on Instagram). During the month I got a new printer, an inkjet printer that prints A3. I've been playing the idea of offering more prints and reproductions...
June was Nuts for Paper 6th Birthday! I started to (slowly) launch a new branding image for the Brand. I felt after 6 years I need a little refreshment in the image. The implementation will be slow because I still have cards and other merch items that I want to use before creating new ones. Did you notice that the logo of the...
My personal library | Gallery wall on my home studio May was a month full of important decisions but especially I felt that there was a change of mindset and priorities. In May I launched three new organizational Notepads A4 MONTHLY PLANNER | LIVE IN THE MOMENT BUSY CRITTER TO-DO-LIST - PLANNER NOTEPAD LIVE IN THE MOMENT - A5 WEEKLY PLANNER At the...
A little video update with I have been doing. ...
Day 25 | How it's made Last year I share a few vlogs on YouTube about how made some products. Photos of the process are harder to have, I'm usually so taken with the making and process that I seldom remember to photograph it. This is a halfway process of making pin badges. This was an older design that it's not available anymore....
Day 19 | Dream collaboration It already happened - my dream collaboration was to design/illustrate books. Recently I designed and illustrated two activity books for young girls for a national publisher. Previously I had the opportunity to design a couple of books, but these two where the first fully illustrated and designed by me. - O meu Diário Superfixe - O Diário das...
Day 16 | Workspace This is my Nuts for Paper Studio 2019 version. I can see that throughout the years my studio is getting more full and colourful (just like a well-used Nuts for Paper notebook). This is the main area of the studio, on the left is glueing station and my ream guillotine. In the front are the two main desks -...
Day 11 | Reducing Waste For the most part, I've always tried to be true to the name brand and have more paper packaging instead of using plastic. Maybe the most relevant recent change is wrapped my products in tissue paper and replace the bubble mailers for cardboard flat mailers. It's not a big change, but small steps go a long way. Day...
Day 4 | Tools and Materials I could talk about a lot of tools and other essential resources for the things I do Nuts for Paper but I choose some of the basic tools for bookbinding especially the saddle stitch that I usually go for my paperback notebooks and planners. Needle, Awl, thread, bone folder (don't let the name fool you, mine is...
Bites & Bits August 32-35/52
August was a roller-coaster. A good roller-coaster. I started the month by installing new shelves on my Studio. I did it by myself and I...
