AIB (Adventures in Bookbinding) #2

C&P'd from LJ

Hi, I'm back again with more AIB. Thanks for all the lovely comments to my first post.

I must say I have done many crafts and hobbies over the years: sewing, knitting, Crocheting, needlepoint, cross-stitch, soap-making, candle-making, writing stories, etc., etc; but the bookbinding has really grabbed me. It probably helps that I am retired and have the time. And I also have a dedicated space to work in so I don't have to get everything out and put it all away every time I want work on something. (which honestly right now is nearly every day, for a bit anyway).

As I mentioned in one of my replies to the previous post, the very first time I held a completed book in my hands that I'd made myself, I felt such a huge sense of accomplishment. (I think I actually even teared up a bit). LOL I think maybe I'm loving it so much because reading and books have always been a part of me, important-you know?. And I credit my mom for that, she read me a story every night, and every week or so when we went to the store she'd buy me a Little Golden Book. I must have had hundreds of them--now I wish I'd kept them. (I stupidly sold them off in a yard sale when we were clearing out my parent's house).

Anyway, I got sidetracked there, back to today's post.( Read more... )