It's the day after Thanksgiving and I didn't have a stomach ache yet! But on an even lighter note, I am nearing the beginning stages of taking on a new project/ambitious design I haven't done before.
I am going to make a book, from scratch, based around flowers.
Now, for those who are reading this, I did take a class in college called "The Art of the Book" which is basically learning how to make books, stitches, folding techniques, all of that. My teacher is a great book designer and creator, she is also a great photographer, and has her own space at the Stutz building.
I randomly chose 12 flowers (Daisy, Boutonniere, Hibiscus Flower, Crateva Religiosa, Poppy, Christmas Lily, Calla Lily, Orchid, Sunflower, Rose, Lantana and Tulip) and on 6x4" notecards, wrote key notes and information about each flower... on the back has a photo of them.
I found 2 sheets of book binding board that I plan on using (saves me from buying a large quantity of it at Hobby Lobby) and now all I need to purchase are some watercolor papers, bristol paper, some kind of decorative paper that's 18x24" so then I can cut them down to the size of the boards: 6.5x9.5"
And for those who want to see if I actually can make books:
The brown one was done with decorative/textured paper as the cover, inside codex. The bottom book was Japanese stab binding (from the book making class), inside paper is ordinary computer print paper, yellow ribbon, and decorative red paper on the inside panels, and the cover is made by creating paste paper.
Wish me luck!
