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intrepid-mystic-bindery · 26 days

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Once upon a time, as a wee child, I dreamed of writing a book and getting it published, of seeing it on shelves and hearing of people's reactions and excitement for what I wrote.

One fanfiction in particular is near and dear to my heart, so when I got it into my head to bind one of my own fics, there was really only one clear choice: Green Sarabhas.

The first big decision was whether I'd do the series in four volumes or in one. Because I was making two copies, I opted for one volume because I really didn't want to make 8. 😅 The typesetting was a pain in the neck and the table of contents is four pages long, but we survived.

Shout out to @purplephloxpress for hosting me for a weekend and spending about twelve hours at their dining room table with me, lending me tools I didn't have and helping me troubleshoot such a large undertaking. 🥰 I still need to get one of these punching tools.

This is the first bind where I used book cloth, and it was a dream. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but the book is sewn with four different colors of thread, one for each section of the fic. I contemplated doing four different colors in the end band too, but that was a step too far for me for this one. 😅

squiiiiiiiiiiish

I bought my own foil quill after playing with phlox's, so I did Claude, Sylvain, and Felix's Crests on the cover.

Now, here's the part I'm arguably most proud of and that made me cry for many different reasons: the dust jacket. I designed it in Canva, complete with end flap summaries and comments from the fics on the back, and printed it on poster board. I had to set my printer and computer to print a custom size paper and print on the non-glossy side of the poster board, but after much trial and error we got there. And when I say I cried, I am not kidding.

This fic was a labor of love, this bind is a piece of my soul, and I gave half of it to @astaraxion because we became friends due to this fic, so be sure to take care of it. 😉 I look forward to losing it together over the revisions and art that I did!

#bookbinding #fanbinding #green sarabhas #intrepid mystic bindery #mystic binds #claudesylvix #fe3h fanfiction

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intrepid-mystic-bindery · 4 months

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Welcome to my first bookbinding project!

Background:

My best friend is pregnant, and I got it into my head that I wanted to get her a baby book. This presented several issues: 1. I wanted it to be calendar style, more like a journal of dates as opposed to a traditional milestone book, and 2. I wanted it to span five years of the child's life, because milestones don't stop after the child exits toddler-hood. So, naturally, I had to make it myself.

Designing the pages was easy enough with the help of Google Sheets. However, I went into this with absolutely no knowledge of how to accomplish it, so I ended up with a sheaf of loose-leaf paper to bind. According to my research, I had two options, and I settled on doing a double fan bind.

Here's the result:

The cloth spine could have been tighter, but you live and learn.

While that was drying, I called upon my intrepid leatherworking venture for the cover:

Don't tell her, but I'd never done a buckle before this. 😂

Next came actually attaching the pages to the binding, and when I couldn't find a tutorial for what I wanted...

...I settled on gluing construction paper to the pages and then gluing THAT to the leather.

The right pages are in color because after I finished printing them I ran out of colored ink! I think it's cute, though. 😅🤷‍♀️

The hole for the buckle gave me fits, and it's a little effed up, but it accomplishes its purpose.

I stitched her initials into the belt because I needed to affix it to the cover and I'm extra as hell.

And then, to complete this intrepid, homosexual audacity-fueled venture, I adapted my fanfiction logo into a bindery logo and ordered stickers from Canva.

Once the bun is out of the oven, I will decorate it with their name. For now it is only marred by a minor glue mess up. 😂

And there you have it! Mistakes were made, but I learned a lot and have no regrets! I hope she loves it. 🥰

#mystic binds #intrepid mystic bindery #homosexual audacity #bookbinding #journal making #baby book

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intrepid-mystic-bindery · 3 months

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Okay! I finished @starsoforionwrites's The Nature of Purity, and I have some things to say.

I love this fic. The joy the author experienced when writing it really shines through in the text. It ducks and weaves through canon in just the way I like. 10/10 fic. I couldn't put it down and I still find myself picking it up just to reread a favorite scene. All in all, *chef's kiss*.

Now, for the reason we're all here!

This is the first fic I've ever bound. It's the second book I've ever bound. With my limited experience I've decided that double fan binding is so much easier than sewing, but I sewed it and I only had to restart twice. Yay me!

I went with a leather look because I was going for the pureblood history books Draco tells Hermione about. I'm really glad I went with a faux leather, because I cannot imagine how difficult it would have been to do with real leather.

*squiiiiiiiiiish*

I had some fun experimenting with my stencils, which is why the cover got messed up. 🤦‍♀️I'm super proud of the lettering on the spine. Not pictured is the fundamental flaw that caused the case to somehow be skewed from the text block while appearing perfect, but that's okay. It still opens and reads perfectly, and I'm really pleased with it!

@starsoforionwrites, when you read this, DM me. I have a surprise for you. 😊

#bookbinding #intrepid mystic bindery #fanfiction bookbinding #thestarsoforion #the nature of purity #i learned so much doing this and had a freaking blast #mystic binds

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