Finally figured out how to bind a book

January 23, 2009 - 8:29 am 3 Comments

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Remember I talked about the binding machine that Mister got me for Christmas?  I’ve been practicing and finally got a good one made.  It’s a journal that I made for my creative ideas.  I put different kinds of paper in it – watercolor, black paper, vellum.  It is so cool to be able to make my own books!!

I painted the cover of the journal.  I wanted to name it something that implied  a place where ideas percolate.  I always loved the room in the game of Clue that was called the Observatory.  So I made up the name Creatory.  I thought it was so cool.  Then when I saw it painted, I realized it looks a lot like crematory.   That’s pretty funny, isn’t it?  But I still like the name :)

3 Responses to “Finally figured out how to bind a book”

  1. trish Says:

    I like it:) what kind of binding machine is it? i’ve been wanting to learn to bind my own books-good job!

  2. Zura Says:

    Hi Trish! It’s a Zutter “Bind it All” machine. The only complaint I have about it is that it doesn’t come with any instructions. I’m having to figure it out all on my own. But the results are great.

  3. trish Says:

    thanks! I will add it to my wish list
    ;)

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