So the reason behind not getting my own BOS made for the Practical magic blog party…(see previous post) was that I was making this book for a friend of mine who is leaving for France tomorrow. The community took part in making a memory book for the family to take with them.
There are photo’s of our area, front and back on some sturdy cardboard
An old town map, and some art with a book blessing on the front page.
the rest of the book is filled with photos and memorabilia from the last 10 years, we put out the word wanting photos and images and messages and I bound them all into a book
Four signatures have been stitched to a cloth spine which is two inched thick.
I used waxed cord to bind with, and attached beads and stones to the ends of the cords. If I had had more time (and more beads) I would have put beads on the stitches as well. We had a pot luck dinner tonight to say farewell and it made a great gift. There were a lot of comments about wanting one the same.
The good part about making your own book like this is that you can choose the paper for your pages. They don’t all have to be the same size…or colour. This book even had fabric pages in it.
4 comments:
oh wow that looks awesome - so hope you share basic instructions of how to make one.
Love Leanne
Beautiful book! A very nice gift!
What a wonderful and special gift! I love how you did the binding.
This is a fantastic gift and I a Im sure it will be well treasured!
Looks like you did a fantastic job binding it all too!
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