The Shipping News book

[boywhocameback]

Good last day of the year 2013. I have been a member of this community for a long long time, so long that it almost feels a bit nostalgic to browse here, but I can't remember ever posting anything myself. I might as well change that. Here are two pictures of my combined visual journal diary thing. I always keep one journal at a time, along with a

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[cosmosduvet]

it looks so beautiful!

[tooiebird]

Oh you made that?! It looks absolutely beautiful! Do you possibly have a tutorial that you followed for that?

[boywhocameback]

Yes I did, thank you! This is just based on what I have learnt about various historical structures during the years. Keith Smith has written several books on "non-adhesive" binding, which you might want to look up. They are rather useful for beginners too because they come with lots of easy-to-understand illustrations.

[xfridays_childx]

I would love to see more!
Slightly digressing...in the city I live in, there is this boy who writes in a journal much like yours. I often see him sit at a corner Starby poring over pages and pages of his already thick leather journal. He rides a cafe racer because I see his helmet and goggles on the table next to him.

[boywhocameback]

Oh gosh, I wish I had a cafe racer too :D

[akikotree]

What an elegantly made book!

[brokeneyeball]

That looks like such an awesome journal! I wish I had the discipline to keep only one journal at a time.
I have too many. I imagine that with keeping only one, it'd be totally different from what I'm used to. I'm fascinated by the idea of one at a time.
Lookin forward to seeing what you post!