Super Orange Sketchbook
This is a recent project that I created for a friend who is a designer and artist. The cover is upcycled from a discarded children’s encyclopedia and the straps from a secondhand belt. The pages are sewn onto straps for the binding. I always find this binding to be a bit of a challenge, but it looks great when finished. I made sure to fill it with plenty of goodies… papers selected from old books, papers I printed myself, envelopes and a variety of other papers.
Here are a few ‘behind the scenes’ images of the creation of this book:
May 29th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
That is lovely! I wouldn’t want to write in it, but then it wouldn’t be serving it’s purpose would it? =)
Wonderful workmanship and I adore the orange color.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:00 am
such fun to have creative friends who will appreciate this wonderful creativity. makes life so exciting. i love the music on her site
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
Hey, I know who that’s for! It still looks great, can’t wait to get it. It should be here any day now I hope.
June 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
whoah! amazing book!!! the cover, the pages, & most especially that belt! super retro & fun! i love it :]
June 5th, 2008 at 5:44 am
This is the most incredible book! I’m in awe! I think you did an incredible job, especially with all of your upcycled pieces and finds!
What creativity!
June 17th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
wowza! very impressive and inspiring.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:51 am
This is beautiful! You are so creative!!
June 18th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
k, first of all I have to say, love your site, love your stuff! secondly, what an awesome binding here, I love it! i can see what you mean by it taking a bit more work, but beautiful result!
June 19th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Great blog! I found it through Alie Edwards’ blog. I just loooove this journal!! I wish I knew how to bind books (: Can’t wait to see more of your posts, I’ve linked you in my blog roll!
June 29th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
*Love* this book!! Did you print the crisscross paper yourself? It’s beautiful!
June 29th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Thank you so much for the kind comments! I did print the crisscross paper myself… I chose a nice drawing pad and cut it down to a size that could run through my inkjet printer. I ended up trimming the printed pages to just the right size for the book.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Awesome. Thanks so much!