#hand bound

I keep forgetting to post this and I know the recipient has gotten it now so there's no chance of surprises getting spoiled in case it made it's way to them lol. I'm rather out of practice bookbinding, but hey, we got here (don't pay attention to the old reblog chain from myself at like, 4am).

I drew the cover in Procreate and exported it as a transparency; that got put through the Cricut with the foiling tool which required the lines to be simplified a bit. The cover's just a textured cardstock and the pages are Strathmore drawing paper. I didn't take a picture of the paste downs inside the covers, but they're scrapbook paper that looks like kinda grungy gold paint over typewritten text, which, if you know anything about Malevolent, its the vibe.

Yes, the quote is Robert Frost. However, it is regularly referenced in the podcast by the main characters so I thought it a good centerpiece. Here's the original drawing I did:

I hand bind blank books and am doing a sale for American Shopping Weekend! Use code #SHOLS2022 for 25% off your order!

Each of the books pictured above has a genuine semiprecious stone set into the cover. See below for more photos and full details!

K2

Fluorite

Red Agate

Eudialyte

gravity falls 

{Open on Instagram to see more photos!}

"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."

- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Renovated collection of Jane Austen's novels.

The original cover showed a photography of wild flowers, which reminded me of Austen's descriptions of the English landscapes, so I tried to keep the same aesthetic with the embroidery art on the new book cloth cover (I'm not an expert at embroidery: I know that it's not perfect but I tried my best!)

I love the bucolic feeling that the finished book gives, I find it to be peaceful and graceful and it makes me want to read all these incredible novels again and again. Do you agree?

I finished binding @somekindofseizure’s amazing When the Ink Dries!!

Made myself a custom little notebook for reminders, passwords, etc. I can be a bit scatterbrained at times so having somewhere to gather and set info is great! Even just writing something down tends to make me remember it better!

Notebook is entirely handmade from cutting and folding all the signatures to making the covers and hand binding it! I love making books with the signatures exposed on the spine, it’s not something you get to see often!

Aaaaaaand it’s done~!

Not my first time binding, by a long-shot, but definitely my first BOOK~

This is the fic “Rejoice, Because You’re Trying Your Best” by @jabletown​ and one of the best Pikelan fics I’ve ever read~

Still kind of experimental with the leather dying and embossing- I’m still getting and playing around with tools and materials (and ugh those end papers) but I’m super pleased with how they came out~~ (And I DO love the uneven edges..... Maybe something about Unfortunate Series of Events got me on that textured edge train but I dig em way too much)

Many thanks to @armoredsuperheavy​ and @renegadepublishing​ for the resources on formatting the actual text, and inspiring me to take the plunge with binding written word~