Hello all, I’m trying to raise money for my LIS master’s thesis defense, and I’m opening commissions.

I spent most of this year in chemotherapy, and while we have universal healthcare, my pay was cut since I was on medical leave, and I couldn't work at my second job. As a result, I had to use my savings to pay for additional meds and bills.

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I am so sorry you guys - I've had some cards I had started for New Year that I meant to send to people around the world, but a setback in my health and bunch of other things kicked me on my ass so hard it's not even funny. I will finish each and every one of them and send them out ( Read more... )

Here is my second design for today: a daily planner with an hourly breakdown.


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Dear friends,

I've been quite neglectful with posting on both Dreamwidth and LiveJournal, and lately I've been trying to rectify that. I've been working on brushing up on my bookbinding skills so I can put up more of my works for sale.

I've also been designing diary pages and weekly/monthly planners to be used in any Midory-style leather notebooks ( Read more... )

Last night I made another journal in the style if the Japanese Traveler's notebook. It is basically a piece of sturdy leather and elastic cord, but the stringing system is what makes it ingenious and enables you to add several notebooks at once.

Since my leather is quite flimsy (where do I find good quality leather at cheap prices?!), I glued some ( Read more... )

In an effort to get back to posting regularly, here are some photos of the latest notebook covers I made. They're still unfinished, missing their pen loops, and of course, the pages that will be sewn to the covers.

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I'm terrible at keeping up with LJ :( and I've missed so many people's birthdays - nesmith, kayim, slavelabour - sorry guys! It's the damn job you see: first they cut my hours (and pay, of course) to half, so I had to find another job and I've been working night shifts plus making notebooks for sale. Now when they see they have to have someone there full time, my hours ( Read more... )

I really have to post more about my bookbinding efforts here -  I've been learning how and hope that you'll like what I've done so far ☺

As a way to battle my depression, I've taken up an old/new hobby - bookbinding. I even made some specialized tools for it, such as my own bookpress:

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