New Cookbook

Hi all,

I recently made a cookbook for my boyfriend filled with all the recipes we've done together. I have been making many things recently, but I can't post as most of them were gifts and I'm unsure if they've been received yet. Without further ado:

Here are some screen shots of the pages as I was designing them, so that there's no yellow light and you can actually see what I made!

Although I think the screenshots turned out quite pretty, the book itself is really great and probably one of my best yet. Quote: my boyfriend. Yay!

Keepin' Busy

Indeed.

Rebound old poetry book made into a journal. See details and buying information here.

Bound old French perfume cards into a coptic book.

First Leather Longstitch ever!

Gang's all here.

Rebound Goethe's Werke

So I found these old book covers at an antique shop and couldn't help but think how they'd make a great book. This has been a project I've been putting off for a while. It just felt so good to finally get it done. Coptic bound with rose and cream Ingres papers, this is a really nice journal. Hope everyone likes it!

Edit: Interested parties may purchase here.

New Album for the Friendship Circle.

I made this album for the Friendship Circle, a non-profit in Philadelphia. They work to help developmentally disabled children in the area, both the physically and mentally handicapped. It was made for a gala that they had celebrating two of their donors. The inside pages were also decorated by yours truly.

Best Planner Ever

What do you do when you hate all the planners in stores? You make your own. And that's precisely what I did. I don't think these pictures do it justice. I'll have to get you guys some real pictures soon.

Designed, printed, and bound by me.

Deets: inkjet printed, designed in Adobe Illustrator, none of the pictures nor fonts are owned by me, I mounted a cabinet card on the front cover. Pasted the paper over some cardboard to give it a border around the edges. Sewn with waxed linen thread.

Oh, and did I mention it's all in Italian? Sí.

Italian Album

So for Christmas I kind of pulled out all the stops. I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures of the absolutely awesome wrapping job I did. It involved buttons sewed on ribbons. 'Nuff said. Anyway, I made books and stationery for everyone, but this post I'll just focus on my Italian Album.

I made two of these albums - one for my Aunt and one for my Grandmother. They loved both of them! And here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Some info about the album: It's filled with old family photos that I re-printed on HP Premium photo paper. It's bound with a weirdo combination binding that I made up, consisting of coptic stitch and a maple leaf stitch that's normally reserved for stab binding, but I adopted it to fit this. Because it's coptic bound it lies flat when opened. I cut slits in the pages to hold the photos in.

Major update

So I've been busy, really, I swear! I've also been working a lot. But here's a picture dump to prove I'm still working!

I started making a series of stationery that I sell at a local store. Here are a few:

Next up, I made some flowers for my boyfriend. Here are the pictures. Unfortunately it didn't make it to him :( but it was pretty.

Made an album for Square Peg...

And, lastly, I made a guestbook for local restaurant Vetri. Used old menus for the covers!

Finally, I also work at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania! I can't post what I do on the blog yet, though. Top secret. You'll see..eventually...