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Although today is the official first day of spring, the plum trees and magnolias up the hill in Berkeley honored the season early on Februa...

This tutorial is a long time coming! About two years ago, Becca Feeken at Spellbinders came out with these great Vignette dies where yo...

Reprinted Japanese edition (2005) of an antique tunnel book (aka peepshow book) originally published in 1830s. * As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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My Dad has collected magic lanterns and optical toys my whole life. You can see some of his beautiful collection on his website. Many years ago he wrote a book on peepshows. Not the seedy kind you're thinking of. Here's a bit of a review of the book he wrote: Peep show connotes cheap, coarse, illicit entertainment, but Balzer points out that a peep show is just "a closed, or semi-closed, box having at least one viewing hole." Originally a medium of itinerant exhibitors, the peep show was…