#whentheywrite

Oh gosh I should have written this description back when I finished the books, let's hope I can remember/find everything! 👏

The two fics I bound were: The Little Mermaid (starring Stiles Stlinski) By whentheywrite Blinded by You By DaughterofDarkness

My recipient for this exchange was @when-he-writes-stuff ! (I am frequently bad at discord, I hope you enjoyed your books!!)

I finally got a shiny gold HTV I like, woohoo! And I had a much higher success rate with chisel trimming on these books! (Which, having to trim 9 different textblock sides was great practice 👌)

Materials: TLM: Made with Cialux bookcloth in 1259 Violet, and French P Marbled Paper #2202 for the endpapers. Cover graphics are Siser Metal Gold HTV. BbY: Made with Cialux bookcloth in 1521 Maroon (listen Cialux bookcloth has such a lovely texture to it, I'm hooked), and a locally made handmarbled paper. Cover graphics are Siser Metal Gold HTV with a window insert of a printed graphic.

Both are bound using linen thread and archival pva glue, endbands sewn using single strand embroidery thread in a double core style. Printed on Hammermill 20lb cream paper.

Cover: TLM: This fic starts off with an inconspicuous-totally-not-cursed take out coffee cup that felt the most fitting for a cover object. Of course, replacing the Starbucks mermaid with a howling wolf to befit the Teen Wolf theme. I tried for an overall more fantastical storybook style with fancy framing and little wolves inside said framing.

BbY: Food (or lack there of, as this partially takes place on Tarsus IV) is a bit of a reocurring "theme" in this fic, with almost all the chapters having a specifically mentioned dish/snack. So pulling from that I tried to give the cover a sort of family cookbook vibe. With the family trio inside a cutout window (my first attempt at something like this woo!) Then each chapter page has a small colored pencil drawing of a referenced food.