A quiet day

Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 07:06

Today was rather quiet. Bughead and I slept in until around 10 am which was nice after yesterdays more hectic schedule. I fell asleep early last night but apparently he stayed up until around 2 am and even though I was lying right beside him I didn't hear a sound.

I spent the afternoon at the library yesterday getting my book fix. I feel so lost without several books beside me waiting to be read but I can't get any books out of the library until we pay our overdue fines and at the moment, I don't have the money to do so.  

Anyway, I am researching book making and paper making because I want to try my hand at it and frankly, it looks simple enough that even *I* can do it. Don't kid yourself, I can't knit or crochet or sew because alas, I am a person of little patience and have a tendancy to throw myself into something that I really like, do it to DEATH and then bore of it completely. Ok and the truth is that I am a little cheap when it comes to getting journals. I love Winners because they have great journals and they are inexpensive. If I couldnt get them there, I am gonna make them darnit!

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bookmaking

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 2, 2006 at 06:56 - Link

There are several ways to make a book - not sure about the quality of paper making... if you want a journal that will last, you may not want to go that route. BUT... if you are into scrapbooking, it would be easy to take acid free paper, fold in the middle, and SEW together - just a straight line, maybe double stiched. Super easy, cheap, and fun. I did this for my girls for making "family history" books... they wrote and illustrated some family stories I told them and then we bound them like this. You could also get them bound at an office super cheap, or if you have a friend that has a spiral binder maker (I did this) just determine how much paper you're going to use, buy the right size spiral binding, and do it yourself. It's easy and cheap, but you need the equipment and hole punch - which is why I suggest finding a friend who has an office that does lots of their own binding to use. :) texasblu Good luck!