Befores and After: restoration of a more modern hardback

This is how this book came to arrive in my bookbinding shop:

 

held together by duct tape

 

not even hanging together by a thread

 

with damage to the interior pages

 

The finished, restored book!

Javamom

More examples of hand-bound books

One of my favorites: Exposed spine binding. Both decorative and practical!

 

 

 

This is an example of one of my students binding her own stories for a Christmas present for her grandparents:

A more traditionally bound hardback of Blessing Letters for a graduation book. I have made many and many of these for different families. It also includes printed photos for some of the pages.

This was a graduation gift for one of my Spanish class students a few years back, a blank, Coptic-stitch bound journal:

Teaching younger ones to make simple journals:

Watching them and their variety of choices is a delight!

 

 

 

Inspired, yet? I hope so!

 

Javamom

 

Planning for Christmas

I've made these before, and I am planning to make more this Christmas ~

 

Exposed spine binding blank journals

 

 

 

This Coptic stitch journal is a larger sketchbook size

 

 

 

Are you, kind reader, already working on your Christmas projects?

 

 

Javamom

 

 

Restoring a Bible

I wanted to share photos of another restoration/Bible repair that I worked on this past week.
I was able to fit it in on the days my daughter and almost son-in-law were not visiting to go through more wedding plans and prep. This is a creative diversion from everything else I am working on these weeks!

Enjoy the photo-journal ~

I forgot to get a photo after pressing, but it is stunning and I am so pleased with this restoration!!

Javamom

Snowflake Patterns

Make your own snowflakes! We've already tried these, and they are beautiful. Boys and girls alike will enjoy these. They look great hanging in the windows!


Enjoy!

Javamom