So we got a new kind of candy for the store. But not NEW. Rocky Road used to be my favorite candy bar when I was a kid and I didn't even know they still made it until we saw it in Sam's the other day. Had to grab it. And of course, I had to grab the box for a book.
After I cut a single piece of the box big enough for a smallish journal, I lined the piece with heavy card stock. I creased it with my bone folder and folded it to create the spine. I folded the signatures and punched the sewing stations. Then I cut slits across the spine to correspond to the stations. I stitched it with a variation of the long stitch binding through the slits.
I don't quite have a handle yet on this stitch. I'm constantly having to stop and talk through the binding in my mind to get it right. And as you can probably see in he pix, it's still not exactly right. Need some work on this one.
But the graphics are fun. And I added a big square chocolate brown vintage button for a closure.
That was and still is one of my favorite candy bars, and the chocolate button is a great add on. I missed you. Glad you are back and all is ok.
ReplyDeleteFrances - thanks, you are such a trooper and great support and butt-kicker (though subtly and gently). We're in the home stretch and it's a sprint. Lots of finished books to post and a lot more to finish.
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