Another update today
Wins:
-cutting the chipboard for the covers
-cutting the end papers fucking finally
-attaching the endpapers, headbands and bookmark to the text block
-setting up the chipboard on a temporary paper cover
Fails:
-spouse saw me working on it and asked what I was doing.
Wins:
-cutting the chipboard for the covers
-cutting the end papers fucking finally
-attaching the endpapers, headbands and bookmark to the text block
-setting up the chipboard on a temporary paper cover
Fails:
-spouse saw me working on it and asked what I was doing.
Reposted from
R.G. Navarro
“Rebinding a book into hardcover for my sweetie’s bday” update:
Fails:
-Gilding page edges, bc I can’t read (“htv foil” =/= “htv”)
-Preserving the original cover to make a bookmark
Wins:
-Made a ribbon bookmark that goes into the binding
-Painted the edges, looks p cool
-Made headbands
Fails:
-Gilding page edges, bc I can’t read (“htv foil” =/= “htv”)
-Preserving the original cover to make a bookmark
Wins:
-Made a ribbon bookmark that goes into the binding
-Painted the edges, looks p cool
-Made headbands
Comments
Spouse: Did you buy me that one book?
Me: I bought myself a copy so I can read it, yeah. (A lie)
Spouse: I already have a copy!
Me: I looked on the shelves and didn’t see it????
Spouse: it’s in my office.
I am concerned that my plan has been discovered.
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