AMANDA'S BASKETS: Bookmaking Revisited Part Two

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Bookmaking Revisited Part Two

It's a cloudy, rainy day outside, but in the mid 40's so the snow is actually melting. I can just barely see some of the lawn around the edges. Not in the center and definitely not by the piles and piles of snow. They will take some awesome temperatures to melt.

Well, as promised, here is part two of bookmaking. This is where we left off from the first part...

The covers are completed with the exception of decoration on the front cover. And they are attached to the accordion folded spine.

The next part is easy. It's just picking out paper to put inside and attaching to the spine with permanent double sided tape. You can choose anything you want from scrapbook paper to regular bond, etc. You can also vary the size. So, for my first page I took a letter size piece of handmade paper, folded it in half, creasing it with a bone folder and placed the tape on both sides of the fold.

Then I attached it to the first complete (valley) fold of the spine...

This is great paper but not easy to write on so I took a yellow piece of bond, folded it in half, creased it with the bone folder, added the tape and placed it on the inside of the green handmade paper...

You do not have to have paper big enough to fold, you can simply use two sheets of paper and place the tape on the decorative edge...

I took a similar size piece of paper, added the tape to the opposite edge and placed them both in the same (valley) fold of the spine. One piece attached on one side, the second piece on the other side...

You can add other things like paper bags, magazine covers (Magazine pages may be too lightweight and easily torn.) I took a white decorative paper bag and left two sides open and two sides closed so the bottom and inside sides were closed. I attached it with tape in one of the valley folds of the spine...

You can add envelopes. I added one in front and one in the back...

So this is how my book looks so far...

For now use bull clips to help keep the book flat...

Next time, we will complete the book by covering the spine and decorating the front cover.

Thanks for visiting...

Enjoy yourself...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

MAGAZINE IDEAS

(New) One article in the Farmer's Almanac 2024 is a list of trends. One I knew about is the trend to downsize in just about every area. Another trend that I was surprised about was called ''The Human Library' which offers people on loan to talk about specific subjects. Finally, more folks are adding pets to their family and as a result, stores are adding more pet food, toys and medication to their offerings. There's also a nice garden article which suggests mixing vegetables and flowers together for success.

RECIPE IDEAS

Have you every made Cherry Dump Cake. It calls for 2 cans of Cherry Pie Filling (21 ounces), a white cake mix, 1/4 -1/2 cup butter, melted & 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans. In a 9 by 13 pan, spread both cans of cherry pie filling. Add the melted butter to the cake mix and break apart the resulting mixture and crumble it evenly over the pie filling. Sprinkle the pecans evenly over the mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 - 45 minutes until the topping is golden brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Fast, easy and very delicious.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What if you want to establish better habits, then decide what habit you want to work on. Again, try an easier one first for that good feeling of success. Let's consider more exercise. Start small. Don't try to run a marathon right away. Set the amount of time, the type of exercise and when to do it to begin making sure that it is within your reach. If it works for you each week add a bit more. Walking is one of the best ways to get good overall movement but there are many exercise videos on YouTube of varying lengths and difficulty to check out. Change your exercise routines to eliminate getting bored. For hardcore exercise with weights, give yourself a day in-between to recover. Even on days you would rather not exercise, do it and see if you feel better. It takes an average of 66 days to establish a habit. Just think 66 days to establish a good habit for a lifetime. Sounds like a good thing to me...how about you?