in which i start a craft project on a whim at midnight
So, I have decided (a little last minute, of course) that I am going to cosplay as River from The Big Bang one of the days of SDCC. And of course if I'm cosplaying River I need the journal. So last night at midnight on impulse I started making a journal from scratch. Because, you know, just printing out the cover from the BBC website and slipping it on a journal I already own is just too simple! :P
I tea-stained some computer paper for the pages, and then just used plain ole sewing thread folded over twice to sew the resulting signatures together; I cut up the cardboard back from an old sketch book for the cover and spine, and covered it with some dark blue handmade paper I had lying around. Some rubber cement and lighter blue acrylic paint later, and here it is:
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It's hardly perfect but it's not too bad, I think, especially since I've never made a journal from scratch before. :D
I tea-stained some computer paper for the pages, and then just used plain ole sewing thread folded over twice to sew the resulting signatures together; I cut up the cardboard back from an old sketch book for the cover and spine, and covered it with some dark blue handmade paper I had lying around. Some rubber cement and lighter blue acrylic paint later, and here it is:
(Click any pic for larger view)
It's hardly perfect but it's not too bad, I think, especially since I've never made a journal from scratch before. :D