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Bound: Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats/@norelationtoatticus

When I joined the binding community, predominately on Instagram, it became clear pretty quickly that exchanges are the place to be. I couldn't find quite the right exchange to take part of, most of them were of ships I don't read, but then.... Oh then. the 2025 Binds Go To Pride exchange. Make it big, make it loud, make it glitter sparkle and shine. Say no more. This was everything. When I was assigned my giftee, a fellow drarry lover, I know I had to bind Soup. I already had an idea for it, all that was left was make it rainbow and shiny. So I did.

I used AB rhinestones for the prints on the front, back and spine. The letters were painted with black acrylic ink and the wings with clear acrylic mixed with holographic black glitter.

The end pages and cover itself is actually glitter too.

I used acrylic ink to paint the edges and glittery thread for the end bands

This fic was written for a food related event, and every chapter has at lest one dish mentioned in it. so I decided the each chapter will have it's own recipe, and sourced actual real recipes (Including for butterbeer!) from the web, including each recipe in it's relevant chapter as a chapter head.

Ah yes, the gutter is also rainbow throughout.

I was privileged enough to get permission from @ivmaruva to use their gorgeous art for my typeset including a commission made for @holygnocchi. this art is truly inspiring and we are so lucky, as a community, to have such talent amongst us <3

This fic is so fun and has so much details which gave me such a huge freehand to play around with. This was the typeset I enjoyed making the most.

In the fic, Harry gives Draco a mug. When I laid out this chapter I needed something to fill an empty part of a page, so I "designed" (using canva) a version of how I imagine this mug will look like. It turned out so freaking cute imo.

When I saw it on the page my brain did a small summersault, and I realised I could actually send this little drawing to a printer that can actually make a real mug! I tell you this was once-in-a-lifetime spark of brilliance. AND it's pink inside. I sent it together with the bind to my giftee.

When I finished this bind back in May it was my favourite one to date, I'm still considering making myself a copy.

Alright I think that's it! I think it turned out super fun and according to the assignment - rainbowy and glittery!

I hope this is a finger in jkr's eye, and I hope she'll end up a lonely bitter pruned lemon. Maybe she already is.

Fanfiction is a gift!

Those were my 5th, 6th and 7th binds. I accidentally stumbled upon this, what I though was "cute little fic" just to have hit kick me in the stomach and the heart in the best possible way. I fall madly in love with the story, with the are. I knew immediately I had to bind it, and I was so fortunate to get permission from the author and the artist, and made copies for them as well.

It took... months, I think. Not sure why, first I waited for more art, than I was just stunted, but at the end it all came together,

This fic has such strong 90's vibes, the boys are practically my age, their experience and behaviours in this fic is so much the same as my life at the time. That's why it made such an impact on me.

It was also my first quartos and full wrap binds. Also the first time I was happy with my and sewn hand bands.

The cover was heavily inspired by the iconic 90's Jazz Cup, the original MSN messenger design and some... questionable WordArt. I have also incorporated quotes and some... personal opinions while designing it.

The end papers were designed, for obvious reasons, according to the vibes and music which is played all through the fic, which I could literally hear even if I wasn't listening to it.

And the art... OMG, the art. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to show all of it in this corner of the internet, but I urge you to go and check it out on AO3.

Phanta is a freaking genius.

I wanted an all out, full page paint chapter headers. Since each chapter is named after a 90's hit, I took the single of each single and designed the chapter head according to the specific single an added different 90's icons.

Eight chapters, eight different chapter heads.

Ummm... I think that's it. Read the fic! fckjkr, and fan fiction is not for profit.

I do must admit, I have a tumblr phobia. Scrolling back on my fee I posted a few, really sill memes back in 2011, and probably changed my password back in 2023. Not even a whisper in between. Anyway last August, pretty much to the dat, I finished my first ever bind. It was meant to be made as a throw away before doing the REAL bind, a fic for a friend's birthday, but I fell in love with it and the craft in the process, and now I'm here.

Oh yes, I'm here because the author of this beautiful. masterful, filthy little fic gave my the privilege of bringing this little slice of heaven to life. They were so excited and asked if I were on here so they can share, and deep down I'm a pleaser, so here we are. If that wasn't enough, the incredible artist also gave me permission to use her art in the typeset, and here are the results. So thank you so much @yiiiiiiiikes25 and @eleadore for this beautiful, little feisty story.

So, as established, I'm new to this whole tumblr thing, so I have no clue if I'm doing this right. Anyway, I was inspired by @sits-bound's tiny book spree to bind a tiny book and honestly this was the only option for me. So - here's my first octavo. My brain was blank for so long about how on earth does on fold these things, but turns out - not so complicated. After that things went pretty smoothly. I think it was the fastest bind I've ever did, not sure if because of the size or the pure dopamine all this cuteness brought with it.

The other thing was, that I got to use my own self made marbled paper in a bind for the first time. This was a major exciter as I've collected quite a number of theme and was starting to doubt I'll ever use it. Anyway. The same sheet (White, A3, short grain, canson by Oxford 120gr, highly recommended for beginners) was enough for the end papers, the teeny tiny headbands and the quarter covers. Amazing. To cover the spine I sued suminagashi paper that I made in a workshop a few months back. I have to admit - suminagashi isn't really my thing, and I was pretty sure I will never use it, but I didn't want to make cloth just for the spine and it seemed like the best option. So. Not mad about it honestly. It was my first quarter bind and I'm really happy with how it turned out!

The dust jacket was a whole other story. I REALLY wanted to use this ridiculous glittery laminate I saw and fell in love with, and then spent WAY too much money on, having bought it in the worst website ever which I sore to myself I'll never buy anything off - didn't help - but when I tried using it for the first time was a total bust. But I decided that I will use it now no matter what. I did a few more experiments and it worked! Just cut the design the dust jacket and print and cut to size! Right? RIGHT??? I guess not, It took 5 tried I think until I got it to print and measure correctly. Don't ask, I don't know. But hey, not it glitters and shines like a polished Malfoy signet ring. Here's a video.

I went the the fire motive for reasons of content, and the double-meaning tagline, which is an ingenuity in an of itself. The palm pattern was perfect for it (also I tried to nail it for hours, and now I don't know that I'll ever be successful again), and the three quidditch posts, well... When reading this fic it becomes glaringly obvious why. For the inner text I used holographic glitter vinyl from teckwrap craft, and I only list the dot above the i! Huge win. Oh, I was cool with vinyl on the inner papers because I used soft touch laminate on both the marbled and suminagashi papers.

For the typeset I want with simple typography, and use my favourite Crimson Text, size 8, Grid spacing 11, Tracking -25% cause it's just better this way. Perfectly readable (I was a bit surprised, honestly). 9,165 came down to 67 octavo pages.

Ok that's probably way too many words, I will try to also post my other binds.

Thank you and goodbye.