Books. Cakes. Design.
A while back, Kendra, an old co-worker, found several books that she wanted turned into journals. They all had such awesome titles, so I was excited to redo them for her.
Here’s a photo montage of each title and its inside facing pages. My main goal was to match colors and, if possible, theme.
This last one [...]
The following is a project I did in college for my Experimental Bookmaking class. We were to use the Venetian Blind binding technique and here’s my result, a book that commemorates all the trips I’d made to different parts of the world at that time.
The covers were made from .5″ foam core board wrapped in [...]
For Christmas, my friend Sarah wanted some custom-designed photo albums for the women in her family. I was exciting to take this project on, as I’d never re-covered existing photo albums before. Below are the final results.
To start, I found several inexpensive albums that held at least two hundred 4×6 photos. Needless to say, I [...]
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s time to start considering a thoughtful, handmade gift for your sweetie. ((I can help!))
Two years ago, I made this book for my (then) boyfriend, who is now my husband!…not that the book caused that transition, mind you, but I’m sure it didn’t hurt either.
It was a [...]
A sweet gal I know named Deleise wanted to order her friend Amy a “biggish” sketchbook for her birthday. Amy and her husband Josh run an amazing ministry called “The Tapestry Project”, which, as described on the site, “is revitalizing a deteriorating neighborhood through renovation, restoration, and connecting people in need to the resources that [...]
While sorting through some old back-up CDs, I found one that had pictures of some of my first books. Here’s a sampling of what I was making about 4-5 years ago:
My friend Kelly’s first job after college was with Lenox, the fine china/dinnerware company. She was a product and pattern designer, and one piece she [...]
Back when I was in college, I bought this book at a thrift store in Savannah, GA:
At first, I was drawn to the retro illustrations and the analogous color scheme.
Equally as amazing as the dust cover illustrations were the illustrations that had been stamped (or done on a letterpress, perhaps) into the hard cover.
And though [...]
My friend Lisa Branson contacted me shortly after I wrote this post and asked me to make a correspondence book. Lisa and her husband Chris are best friends with the Blanchards, who moved to California a couple years ago. The families have done a great job of keeping in touch, and Lisa wanted a book [...]
…wait…no, it’s not! But that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start thinking about Christmas and all the gifts you’ll be buying for your loved ones!
Why not invest in a unique, hand-crafted book that will easily become a treasured keepsake? For this holiday season, I’m offering two options: Custom or Collection
CUSTOM: I love creating one-of-a-kind [...]
Remember this post from last week? That book was a simple mock-up that I made to practice the buttonhole stitch. The following project was my second attempt at buttonhole binding and box-making.
I created a box from Davy board and covered it in some very swanky flocked (fuzzy) paper I found at the SCAD bookstore, Ex [...]