PROJECT: I Can Make My Own Washi Tape

Actually, maybe this isn't washi tape? I think "washi tape" specifically means those strips of decorative paper with really, really weak glue, so you can reposition it on your paper without damaging either surface. This stuff that I made, it's kinda a "Stick it down perfectly the first time, 'cos this shit ain't coming up again- not without a fight' Tape.

Ingredients:

• Fancy paper

• Double-sided adhesive tape / sheet

• Ruler

• Xacto knife

So, you just stick your double-sided adhesive onto the back of your paper, right? Personally, I recommend doing this with a double-sided adhesive sheet, as opposed to the tape that I had to use, because it's way easier to do the slicing step on something that's wider than just a thin ol' strip.

Then sliz-ice your paper strip out, using your Xacto blade and ruler.

Pull off the adhesive's backing and voila! Go to town decorating your journal or scrapbook or what-the-fuck-ever!

This is me taping some plane tickets into my sketchbook/journal/life organizer.

The green smudgey marks behind the tickets is the reverse side of this marker illustration I made of one of my plums:

I teach myself how to do this kinda bullshit instead of learning how to do basic adult life skills, like taxes or triaging my inbox ¯\(ツ)/¯