Digging

I'm about to make a guest book to match the wedding announcements I just finished. It's been a couple of years since I bound a book so I went digging through my boxes to remind myself how to get started. Here are a couple of fun examples I found from my bookbinding class.

Made from Japanese paper (found at Kate's Paperie in New York) the journal below is bound using a coptic stitch.

Somehow I messed it up a little and I actually doubled the loops. The correct stitch is the one on the far right. See how the two on the left are a little thicker? Although incorrect, I think I like them better.

Inside front cover.

Below are some papers I dug out of my stash from Kate's. So pretty. How can I cut them up?

Below was my final project the bookbinding class. Our teacher told us we had to learn a new binding technique on our own and somehow incorporate a box into our project. (She'd taught us how to make simple boxes.)

I made an album using a Japanese Stab stitch. The book comes encased in a green box of my own design. It turned out great for never having made anything like it before.

Found!

I saw this little video many months ago (which of course made me lust after this book) and over the holiday I was lucky enough to find it at half off! It's an ABC3D pop-up book by Marion Batalle. Click here to view the video—but be warned, you may end up wanting one too.

Recommended Book

Color: Messages and Meanings by Leatrice Eiseman, is old news, but I still need to put a plug in for it because it's good reading and oh, so helpful with color combinations. I refer to it often.
The first part of the book talks about color and messages it can convey, next it shows color combinations and talks about different moods. In the back of the book there are even PMS conversions to CMYK, which is very helpful if you don't have a Pantone booklet at your disposal.