I am trying to find vintage/retro images from old childrens' books and other sources for my wedding invitations and save the date cards. Specifically I am interested in bunnies, deer or anything wilderness related and children with butterfly nets. [more inside]
posted by madmamasmith on Feb 10, 2009 - 18 answers

Where can I find practice sheets for a student of Chinese/Japanese calligraphy? [more inside]
posted by TheyCallItPeace on Jan 5, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm researching a very specific time period in American history for a paper and I need some help finding sources of information! [more inside]
posted by Funky Claude on Jun 4, 2008 - 8 answers

Don't publishers waste a significant amount of money and paper by including blank pages at the begining and end of their books? I have seen as much as six blank pages included at the begining and end of books. Now if the book becomes a hot seller and sells let's say 500,000 copies, that's 2 million blank white pages if it has as little as four blank pages. Don't publishers keep this in mind? Or is the cost of paper insignificant? The environmental factor should be considered as well as the monetary one of "wasting" so much paper.
posted by princeofpersiaxz on Jan 25, 2008 - 22 answers

I need to learn about paper. Specifically, I need to know where, if you were trying to write a medieval-looking text (Like a prop Necronomicon for an amateur production of Army of Darkness), you would get that thin, wispy parchment type paper. [more inside]
posted by spiderwire on Jun 21, 2007 - 17 answers

What are the best books I can buy to learn how to become a proficient newspaper copy editor?
posted by dead_ on Jun 20, 2007 - 12 answers

Where can I find completely blank marble cover composition books online, or in the Chicagoland area? [more inside]
posted by cusack on Oct 2, 2006 - 6 answers

I need a paperweight to hold down my cookbooks while I cook and the books I'm reading while I multitask. I have never shopped for a paperweight, so I don't even know where to start. [more inside]
posted by scazza on May 3, 2005 - 12 answers