So's arts and crafts

hello, My latest project is a custom made notebook, intended to gather up the memories and good thoughts of a family.   It is a single signature A5 notebook, sewn together by hand. For the front cover I used a piece of painted aquarelle paper, left from other projects of mine, a stencil from Tim Holtz for the gilded spots.

hello all, Here's my first experiment with hand bookbinding...under the watchful eye of my good friend Paula...:) Thanks for teaching me :) The covers are made of chipboard covered in gift wrap paper. The book contains 12 signatures sown together by hand. As the idea was to make a cookbook, on the first page I have drawn a sketch of a countryside  kitchen inspired from some card making toppers I have. The signatures are A5, and the cover is slightly larger. This cookbook is a very special gift for my best friend  :) representing the beginning of her new healthy life! :)