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I'm Jane Foster, illustrator, published children's book illustrator, textile designer and author. I want to share with you my creativity, inspiration, work, projects and the creative world I live in.

Handmade miniature stamps books

Wonderful illustrated vintage Dutch stamps

Jane Foster Designs

May 9, 2023

Creating miniature match box size books had been a long obsession of mine which dates back to when I was a student in Manchester. I’d make them as gifts for my friends.

I’ve recently been creating some more books using some wonderful colourful vintage stamps from the Netherlands. I buy these for the beautiful graphics and illustrations.

The first step is to create a concertina folded long piece of card the correct size for the stamps. I then stick the stamps onto the pages before I create strong card covers. I then love to cover the front and back pieces of card with patterned paper before adding a yellow card spine. (My trademark yellow!)

I have some of my little books available to buy from my web-shop here.

Please leave me a comment below if you like these.

Thank you x