Mmm. Paaaaper.

Colour has always been something that has brought joy to me. It's funny, because I wear so much black, so often, that it does feel a little strange to say that with conviction. But so much of what I do has colour about it - calligraphy, my wool-dyeing, cross stitch, and now my newest discovery, bookbinding. Oh, the Familymas prezzies i have planned! I've cut all of these sets of sheets, ready to put into lovely coloured casings, and each bookling I make I learn something from.

Like this one, for instance. My biggest lesson from this one? Well the biggest one was the simplest one, and the one that my brilliant tutor Linda stressed time and time again, and which of course when it came to the crunch I completely forgot... "mark the head (top) of the book so you dont put it in upside down". Um, yeah. Lucky for me I didn't have time to print anything on the corners of the pages like I intended to, and just did a plain one. Unfortunately the top of the book looks quite messy (you can see it in the photo if you enlarge it), and the bottom is lovely and neat. Ooops. I'm planning on making a few other bits and pieces, including a photo album for David's parents and a visual diary for my calligraphy class's secret santa person :D