vampire sweetheart

I recently got into bookbinding, and I was really excited to do a Twilight-themed project. So what better book to rebind than Dracula?

My middle-school-self would be happy to know that all those hours practicing the Twilight font did not go to waste. I did the title in silver nail polish, which was nerve-wracking, but it ended up looking very bright and sparkly. The author and pull quote on the back were done with paint markers. The rosary on the cover is a glossy paper with a slight shimmer to it that doesn't show up well on camera.

I wanted to incorporate blood splatter somewhere, but still keep the minimal aesthetic of the original covers, so I opted for the suggestion of blood drops in the rosary beads, and tiny blood drops in nail polish over the d and l of the title that kind of look like fangs.

The endpapers are taken from an out-of-circulation (har har) library book about the circulatory system that had really cool pictures of blood cells. I used scraps from the endpapers for the endbands. And I had the perfect red ribbon for a bookmark to finish it off.

Carlisle has a separate photo album with mug shots of his children, taken when they were in trouble. With captions like "Edward, speeding, 1986" or "Jasper, card counting in Las Vegas, 2000"

A Creature of Blood: Chapter 2, part 6

words adapted from pp 457 of midnight sun. image descriptions in alt text.

Edward: flannel pants, white tshirt. Plain and boring like him.

Bella: the grungiest, nasty, ratty clothes she can find. She also starfishes and Edward winds up laying on the bench at the end of the bed curled up like a cat.

Emmett: boxers or basketball shorts

Rosalie: whatever lingerie she can find. When she's mad at Emmett she gets pj's with bears on them and Emmett goes to Alice like a child asking to sleep with her and Jasper.

Jasper: Nightgown and night cap like Ebenezer Scrooge. Complete with a candle stick. He walks around local neighborhoods late at night haunting the locals.

Alice: Girl walks around in Sabrina Carpenter like teddys.

Carlisle: Classic, button up pajama set. Designer ofc.