The round robin books are all packed up and sent to Somerset. It will be interesting to see what they will chose to print from these four books full of art.
My own has a front and back hard cover, taken from a large vintage book and embellished. I wanted a sturdy cover for my own, and also wanted to bind it with rings, so it would be easy to flip through. I tied a bundle of soft ribbons to the top ring to soften the look.
When I bind a book, I first punch the holes in the top cover. Next, I line each page up, one by one, with the top cover, and draw a dot of ink onto the page through the punched holes of the cover.
Usually that works pretty well for making all the holes even.
The other artists' books are not bound. For now, they are simply stacked, bundled in lace and tied with a ribbon. I just wanted mine finished as an example.
They would be pretty as wall art too, so leaving them unbound is a good idea. But I think I'll love flipping through my book when the round robin flies back home to me again!
These are so beautiful, thanks so much for posting pics!xo
Posted by: Kim | March 16, 2012 at 06:40 AM
breathtakingly beautiful! I loved the journey of you gals making these books and look forward to seeing them all in completion upon their return. (are you kidding me??? they will have to use all the pictures...lol...should be one big issue!)
Posted by: Gypsy Rose | March 16, 2012 at 06:52 AM
Your journals are beautiful and romantic Karlal! Have a wonderful trip in Texas!!
I can't wait to see the pics from your adventures and classes
:)
xo
Kay Ellen
Posted by: Kay Ellen | March 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Those books are amazing. How fun it must have been.
Posted by: Tina | March 16, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Gorgeous Book. Hope you are having a blast in Texas. Grace xoox
Posted by: grace | March 16, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Nice job Karla. They are beautiful
Posted by: Sharon, Morrison Mercantile | March 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Stirs the heart... what a beautiful book to create with friends... they are so Beautiful!
Posted by: Tami Hacker | March 17, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Ohhhhhh Karla....absolutely gorgeous. You have inspired me once again to try my hand(and lace collection) in making something like your beautiful book. I have learned so much from you!
Thank you !
Posted by: nancy thompson | March 17, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Karla, the pages are gorgeous and I'm looking forward to seeing more. I always wonder how Somerset chooses which ones to show and wish they would write back and say why they made the selections they did. It would be nice to get that critique.
Posted by: Kathy | March 17, 2012 at 01:13 PM
That was such an inspirational project. I'd love to do something like that one day!
Posted by: Laurie | March 25, 2012 at 07:57 PM