#celestial record

You are interested in how I did it? Here goes! What you need: - two blank notebooks (or one if you can find one in the right thickness) - black tea, lots of it - sponges - adhesive tape - lots of patience - a hair dryer - one water-proof ink pen - optional: print out of the mural found on google - some gold/silver colour, brown colour - some extra material for the cover (you can choose which material to use), some cardboard paper for your bookmarks - hair-dryer - cutter - hot glue - ironing board and iron 1) creating the book itself For making the actual book I got two notebooks and cut off one cover from each of them, fitting them together to form one bigger book. I basically glued them together with hot glue and created the spine with adhesive tape. Don’t worry if you have to re-apply glue later on. 2) filling the book! I then started to fill my book with entries - I based mine on the discovery locations in the game. My entries consist on text on the left side and a little sketch on the right. As you will dye the pages later make sure you use waterproof ink or your writing will become illegible. Of course filling it is optional - you can leave it empty if you want. 3) dyeing the pages For dyeing it I used black tea. I put three teabags in one normal mug. Let it cool down a bit before starting. I used a sponge to soak up the tea and then spread it over one page at a time. You can use the teabags as little “brushes” to add droplets of tea here and there, making the pattern more unique! Make sure you dry each page with a blow-dryer thoroughly before continuing. Count in a lot of time - this takes ages! (3.5) covering up the part where the two books become one Because the page where my two books join didn’t look too pretty I glued in the picture of the mural, which I had printed out and dyed and dried the same way as explained in 3.!) 4) Doing the cover The cover isn’t exactly hard to do - paint the front and back in a brown you like. For the gold part I looked for the symbol on google, flipping it vertically and transferring it to your material. Either use something golden from the very beginning or use anything you want (cardboard paper, adhesive paper, even foam rubber should work!). With scissors or a cutter you can cut it out and glue it on :) The same goes for the silvery parts! 5) The bookmarks The easiest of the whole prop - just cut out cardboard stripes in the shapes you want. No need to draw on them - I just did because I was in the mood for it. ;) 6) - will probably add some protective layer later on. Writing this I realize I should have taken progress pics...next time I shall try to remember! But if you want to try yourself or have questions with the reference pics/entries I used don’t hesitate to ask!