#22 cards

Bound: 22 Cards: A peu_a_peu collection ft. Rookie Moves and 6 other delightful tales.

Typeset and bound by: me, @phoenixortheflame.

Art by: @the-forbidden-forest

One day, not so long ago, I made a vow to myself: "I'll never bind four copies again."

But then, a couple months ago, I cornered myself into co-hosting a small binder-artist collab exchange (shout out to my co-host, the talented @maleekamolscreates).

Which means I was already on the hook for two copies (one for my amazing artist partner @the-forbidden-forest and one for my recipient).

And of course I had to make a copy for peu. So that's three.

And then I saw the art Amelia was making and, well, you can see why I needed a copy for myself.

Did I regret it? Instantly.

Was it worth it? Absolutely.

I mean... just look at it. Look at the illustrations. Amelia did all of them. Every single bloody one. And this is only the dust jacket. Just wait til you see the typeset.

But first...

Because we went for a monochrome dust jacket and typeset, I really wanted to make the rest of the bind pop — and I think I achieved that.

The cover material is Verona bookcloth with Cricut brand metallic iron-on foil in light gold.

And because I like to make things hard for myself, I did four different back cover designs, each one representing a tarot card.

But wait! There's more!

Hand-sewn chaos endbands, gold-painted edges using acrylic ink, and the most beautiful chiyogami endpapers.

Of course, I insisted on including a few signature details "my followers expect to see from me." (Yes, I really said that to Amelia, and cringed as I did. But also: Its true!!!! Luckily, she humoured me. And anyway, I think it turned out awesome, so, yeah.)

Also, I should say, peu does not write for Hacks. But it's my headcanon. She absolutely could.

Okay now onto the typeset, featuring the most beautiful and perfect art I could possibly imagine for this bind. (Amelia, if you're reading this, you're a real one and I am so happy we had an opportunity to collab on this and ILY ILY ILY.)

I have literally been staring at that one of Harry (probably) getting a blowjob for weeks. God, I'm so happy for him.

And a few more details from the typeset, including a nod to the original Gay Hypnosis design in my Rookie Moves bind (which also happened to be my first bind ever).

This project was such a big undertaking, but I couldn't have asked for a better, more lovely, more talented artist partner. And the material is literally my lifeblood, so...

Thank you, peu. Thank you, Amelia. Thank you everyone who participated in this exchange. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on.

Love,

I have made a few copies of this bind, but not one for myself yet, so I decided not only would I make one, but since it was only for me, I'd try spine rounding for the first time.

It went…fine. I can see how it might drive me insane in the future because it's hard to get even and then my fore edges ended up being too large because it's hard to measure the boards. Or something. Anyway, I'll probably do it again with a larger book, one of the big chonks of a 200k fic or something.

If I was smart I'd have foiled the spine BEFORE I rounded it but apparently I am not smart. So.

And then I went and spent $20 getting a dust jacket printed and now you can't really even tell. (But I bought a wide format printer so now I can print my own!)

Hello, and here is the promised Giveaway! The winner of this will not only win the promised 22 card spread, that is either general or focused, which is usually $15, but they will also get priority readings and a half off discount for a month, as well as being able to choose two other spreads for free.

Second place (there will be two of them) winners will get a celtic cross spread as well as one other reading up to the cost of $8, priority for a week, and 25% discount for a month.

Third place winners (there will be three) will get a 6 card general reading spread and one other reading up to $5.

To enter, you can like or reblog. You can reblog up to once a day, and if you mention you’re looking to win the giveaway while asking for a reading you will get an extra entry, and if you have a paid reading done, it will be 3 extra entries. Do not add giveaway or other tags. The winners will be notified August 1st.