Retail - Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
Real books, handcrafted into hollow book safes with magnetic closure.The first chapter of Secret Safe Books was written in 2009. After founder Kara Witham graduated from art school (where she happened to take a fortuitous book arts class!), she had a long string of odd jobs while I worked on painting and drawing, including horse-carriage driving, counting out drill bits, teaching simple book-binding, selling luggage, working at Barnes & Noble. It was at Kara's most recent day job as an art gallery attendant in 2009 that she started dreaming of making hollow books in between the "Please don't touch" moments at the museum.Kara had always been a shy bookworm, so carving out secret spots inside books (starting out with just a utility blade!) was a very fitting hobby. After crafting several books, she popped a Nancy Drew Secret Safe Book for sale on Etsy just on a whim. Soon Secret Safe Books were selling so well that John developed a way to craft more quickly (and more beautifully) with a scroll saw.After the plot was clear that crafting hollow books would balance the books, John and Kara wrote off their day jobs to dive into Secret Safe Books as a full-time business. The story continues as you, dear booklover, go on with wishes to keep under cover your treasures and your secrets - dark, deep, or lighthearted, funny and sweet.
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