October 2026

A bone folder is a smooth, flat hand tool traditionally crafted from real cattle bone that creases, scores, and burnishes paper, cardstock, and lightweight materials without tearing or leaving marks. In Canada, you’ll find quality options priced between $5.69 and $13.80, with this 6-inch tool serving as an essential companion for bookbinders, origamists, cardmakers, and increasingly, sustainable apparel entrepreneurs who package their products with the same care they put into creating them.
Unlike metal tools that can bruise delicate paper fibers or leave unwanted shine, bone folders offer a naturally smooth surface that …

Saddle stitch binding creates staple-bound booklets by folding printed sheets and securing them with metal staples along the spine fold. This method delivers professional-looking promotional materials, lookbooks, and catalogs in under an hour with minimal tools: a long-reach stapler, folded paper stock, and a ruler. Unlike saddle sewing, which uses thread, saddle stitching relies on two or three staples driven through the fold, making it faster and requiring no dry time or adhesives.
The technique works best for projects with 8 to 60 pages, and your page count must be a multiple of four. That means you’ll work with 8, 12, 16, …