BookGrrl Bindery

Very meta! Here’s a book that my dad bound about bookbinding. Look at where the ribbon was! Didn’t help though, this spine is as flat as a pancake. Sloppy binding runs in the family.
Today’s distraction-‘Leaves of Grass’ by Camden County’s hometown hero, Walt Whitman. This volume, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, is a reproduction, but I still feel lucky to own it. #ohcaptainmycaptain
Today’s distraction- George Washington Carver
Today’s distraction. Otto of the Silver Hand.
My distraction for today
Some scraps of my dads old end papers from 50’s, early 60’s. Some of these I’ve found modern versions of, a lot of them I have not. As the years go by it gets harder and harder to use them, even for books for family and friends. #se
William Morris in the house!!
I have never come across a commercially produced book like this before! Every page is folded in half. Anyway, this book is totally weird for other reasons....it says it’s a book of haikus, but they are all rhyming couplets (like, rhyming in En
Now get to work!
My New Years resolution? To actually list stuff on Etsy, rather than just complaining about how hard it is to list stuff on Etsy (it’s not that hard). And look!!! A new batch of pencils boxes has arrived. (Use code INSTAPALS on Etsy for 10% off
I have this taped up in front of my desk, very mature I know.
So....it’s kinda clean, and it’s kinda organized. I’m done tidying up, I can see the floor and I can see my desk. I’m ready to get back to work! #messystudio
Did you misplace your book friends? The book council knows where they are
I’ve got lots and lots of flowery inscriptions written in fountain pen. Nice to see a doodle here and there.
Another day of cleaning my studio. I can find stuff now! And boy do I have a lot of stuff. Some classic stuff, some boring stuff, and some things that are just plain weird.
Can you tell I’m cleaning my studio? I find all kinds of crazy stuff. Here’s some helpful advice from 1980
George Bernard Shaw lookin pretty OG