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Show To Make Book Plates. One way to make effective book f'.stes is to have a stencil, through Men yon can work up the slips in 7ater-colors. Stencils are cut from :M stencil paper or board, but if ;m are going to make very many, Bight be well to have a metal stencil sten-cil cut, as the paper or cardboard will 'Jo wear out Look through the maga-;aes maga-;aes for some appropriate design or roup and trace it to your stencil pa-Cut pa-Cut it up Into little portions, as would a jigsaw puzzle, so that all design is in parts, all joined by '-all "bridges" to each other. Cut t the design, leaving the bridges nn, with, a sharp knife, holding the ncil over glass or marble as you cut. 7" complete proceed to color -rough the stencil onto thin cardboard ater-color paper. A dozen or so of bookplates at a time will not be a tenuous task and the result will ml repay labor. |