#that's why I like bookbinding)

[obsob]

mmgngm i was all excited tellin my mum abt me wanting to start bookbinding n she was just like well. what about your portfolio. are u sending it to people? youve been working on it for ages. yes i know!!!!!! im slow and disabled!!!! and want hobbies!!!!! bites you!!!!!!!!!!!

#barks #i will deleted this later my brain jus has bees in it #bites bites bites maims #n then shes like :( why do u feel pressure to work all the time n feel guilty when u dont :( HMMM #anyway. im gna start bookbinding fanfic KSJJEJEODJ #i have. most of the materials already which is nice i will need paper and a guillotine n card but i got everything else! #i'll probably do smth short first n then...progress #i might also buy a new printer bc good lird #our printer is maybe 7 years old n buying new ink on god is more expensive than buying a New printer. incredible stuff

[roseserpentpress]

Long time no post, but here's a post of a fanfic originally finished near new years... technically earlier, and then didn't like something and changed it which took. About a month and a half to get around too... and then promptly continued to dilly-dally in taking photos and posting it (I've also got another book I've bound that I finished in the early summer that I, uh... Still have procrastinated in posting. I do intend to do a yearly recap as well for my bindery fingers crossed as soon as I get the other one posted).

I personally fell in love with this Ginroki x Hijikata fic as I adored the writing style of the author since it is so incredibly beautifully and poetically written. I actually had a conversation with the author about the bookbind, which is why it was higher on the priority list (and since it was easily themed and shorter) but since I had first contacted them the fic had been instead switched to anonymous. As a result, I had to change some typesetting to represent the change, but nevertheless, thank you to the author for letting the fic stay up and a gentle reminder that choosing to orphan, rather than delete fics you don't want associated with you anymore is always an option!

Link as always below the read more :)

Lilac (17k, E)

Gintoki remains quiet, but there’s that twitch to his mouth that Toshirou recognizes as amusement. “It’s true what they call you, then.” He says, “A messenger of the devil.”

“No one has ever called me anything like that.”

“A demon.” Gintoki digresses.

“Yeah, that— I’ve been called.”

#rose serpent press #rose serpent bindery #bookbinding #renegade bindery #fanbinding #sakata gintoki x hijikata toushirou #gintoki sakata #sakata gintoki/hijikata toushirou #sakata gintoki #fanfiction #gintama hijikata #gintoki x hijikata #hijikata toushirou #gintama #ginhiji #gintama gintoki #still not entirely pleased with the gold lettering on the back augh #so it goes i suppose #rather pleased with the typeset though #if youre like why is the purple so many different colours its because for some godawful reason i couldn't just do one photoshoot #of the damn thing #also AGAIN using the lotus pond paper makes it seem like i have no other paper when in fact i hoard and buy paper like its a life raft #for my declining sanity #instant gratification monkey take the wheel every single time im in the vicinity of a fucking stationary/art store. AWFUL.

[lemonadebombery]

Kunikida's Ideal Notebook

the pages are dotted bc i like dotted notebooks marginally better than lined notebooks bc i can organize and put stuff in little boxes and stuff

has 40 leaves total which is enough for my personal needs, i can always make another one when i need to

#god i love bookbinding #i made my friend 5 notebooks but with 80 leaves each #3 fukuzawa themed notebooks 1 dazai and 1 chuuya #it was adorable ngl why didnt i take proper photos of them #lemonade stand #lemonade bindery #<- new tag for my bookbinding stuff #bc i have 'i was screaming your name through the radio' in progress but just the first few chapters printed bc that's a thick book #bungo stray dogs #bsd #kunikida doppo #bsd kunikida #bookbinding #also the actual type of binding for kunikida's notebook is called a japanese stab binding #but i like my notebooks to be able to lay flat and stuff

[moregraceful]

actually one thing causing severe sunday scaries is my former coworker said she'd front the cost of me submitting my writing to a pretty prestigious contest that includes mentorship and publication, and while i'm not afraid of being judged, because i know the value of my poetry and i know what it means to ME, i am deeply afraid of winning and someone being like do you have chapbook material, and me having to be like. well i have a pantoum about nathan mackinnon, some blackout poetry about being transgender from an article about the new jersey devils, and a really good poem-comic about grief and love and queer found family but it's also about witches and also it's kind of distantly fanfiction about the baltimore orioles but i don't have the art skill to pull it off. like hello? no. i don't fear anonymous judges disliking my poetry because ultimately i do not care about their opinion, i fear being asked to seriously consider publication of my nonsense poetry

#someone SHOULD publish the gay witches baltimore orioles death comic though. i will tell you that for free #the poem about sorrel and m is gonna hit tho. i just know it #my biggest thing abt my poetry is like i have a lot of raw talent imho but only college-level training so there's like. huge holes #i did consider an mfa in poetry at one point and then i was like. god i'd have to interact with other poets. i can't do that #so now i just write my little poems abt my friends for my friends and sometimes a pantoum about sports when i am motivated #actually post cancelled i just remembered i wrote a haiga abt california's fire season and william eklund last year #and now i'm furious bc i don't know what i did with the paper (my sister's master thesis is my poetry notebook except it's all loose leaf #so i never really know where my poetry drafts are)(this is also why i cannot get an mfa they'd tell me to try drafting in a slightly less #insane way. but i CAN'T.) #fresno oilers.txt #if i were smart i'd at the very least bookbind my sister's thesis so i'd have a notebook so i stop losing drafts. but i'm not smart :(

[hms-tardimpala]

I GOT MY BOOKBINDING GEAR BACK

We're back in business, boys!

#I don't have the endpapers and boards and hammer for my current project yet but I can still do everything up to the sewing step #on that project and the next one #I'll get what I'm missing on tuesday or thursday at most #I'm gonna have so much fun and frustration (which counts as fun for me #that's why I like bookbinding) #bookbinding #my bookbinding

[00queasy00]

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#ive started printing out my fave fics for my own personal collection #AKA stories to bring while i play the waiting game doing adult responsibilities #and holy shit idk why i havent started doing this soon - ive read of people feeling emotional of holding their fave fics in their hands #feeling it in the physical world and bruh i get it now. i get it. holding 'sola fide' and 'burnt ice cream' in my hands had me feeling #so many things - mainly emotional and idk i just feel so strongly about fics and feel so grateful to exist in the same timeline where #writers share their stories with us. and holding it in my hands like my fave books got me feeling emotional #i did not do fancy bookbinding - but i dream to do so one day #its also insane how many pages many of these are in the physical world -- like the stories i want to print are 150k+ word count and i plan #to slowly work up to that but man that is insane (w/ authors out here writing big volumes of stories + me reading with pure dedication) :O #kudos to those that read till the end of these tag rambles filled with mistypes :0

[sweetsweetloverlover]

mourning the entire box of books from the 30s to 60s that were kinda falling apart but that i was going to bring back home but have apparently been taken already (not unlikely that they could have been thrown in the trash)

#guys i am entering a BOOKBINDING COURSE why are u throwing books im abt to learn how to fix them.. fucking hell #plus they were literally fine like. the cover and back was in pieces for most but the pages were fineeeee #im literally so upset lol. i better learn that someone else took them or like that they hid them somewhere bc wtf is that #txt

[snek-panini]

Things my next bookbinding project has taught me: regular-ass office paper has dye lots apparently?? Ran out of paper during printing, opened a new pack, and now I have three signatures that are a totally different shade of white.

#i mean i don't know why I didn't think of this before #everything has dye lots #fabric paint beads yarn everything #i just never noticed it in printer paper till now #i actually like the new color better #but i wish it didn't kick in in the middle of the book #and I don't want to reprint the other 9 signatures #bookbinding #snek makes books

[screechfoxes]

i also went to an upcycled notebook workshop yesterday and made one little booklet notebook and one stab-bound booklet made from old risograph posters from the studio running the workshop

(the stab binding is unfinished because the needle broke on the last step, but it's sturdy enough for the moment)

#i'm really hoping this will spur me on to finish the two ficbindings that have been sitting unfinished for like. a year at this point #this is why i've never offered author copies - because it takes me An Age #i've got a week off this week so i might do some work on it then #may i say -- FUCK trying to get an awl through greyboard #bad enough having to cut the stuff to size (this is why i have two unfinished projects) #bookbinding #my bookbinding

[rugessnome]

B/

I hate this canon (affectionate) but what I really loathe is the expectation to emotionally process new additions that I won't like (derogatory)

#tfw i am just. so. contemptuous of an ongoing canon grrrrrrrr #me reading summaries of Dooku Jedi Lost: you are copying the Darth Plagueis(novel) homework just altering it #me: *Tenth Doctor voice* hate Planet of the Hats. most of the time. #me: that is to say WHY must you backstrapolate that all ancestors are vaguely sinister #me (re Ramil): why the fuck is EVERY-freaking-BODY into racing? why couldn't he have a Different hobby like #model trains or amoebas or bagpipes or extreme ironing or cat photography or sprouting or bookbinding?! ... #me: I do not believe this is how the concept of count works this could be actually worse than Is There A College IN YOUR COUNTY? #(he's gotta be like... ahem. “Fifth in line for the throne” technically. it's just the rest of the succession is ~defunct. shhhh) #... you've lost touch with the original PT This Is How Anakin 🙂 Falls... #*bared teeth* jedi propaganda #(I think I could better like a crack fic where his “brother” is. hell. a cricketing Valeyard and he is technically from a different planet #*cough* Shparoi *cough* except his only contact with its famous export is they once both touched the same goose by incredible coincidence #*checks notes* technically and philosopically Yes connected but of Insignificant magnitude granddaughter Rey) #this started when Rakkety Tam was the most recent book I could procure. far more calmly with But It Won't Be As Special #after I um. ficced wildly for certain characters #'S absolutely full fledged very much how I have felt practically always about H/P after I read as far as I could then #loved the fic community but! I didn't have to care for very long if they Got My Blorbos All Wrong #bc you see they don't have the power to far-reaching wreck canon or go ardently transphobic and claim fandom of #books that scarcely address the topic is support for it :/ #I do not feel like I Can Fan Correctly! 🙃

[chintzwife]

okay i saw people on here mention cinderwings one too many times and i streamed it all day today all like 181k words or whatever and. GOLD

#FIC TO BOOKBIND IF I KNEW HOW TO BOOKBIND #will have to learn for this one oh my GOD #i hear yall also talk about beat sheet and down to agincourt and komodobits where do i go next #i havent read any komodobits ones yet i dont think? #but cinderwings surprised me because it has SO much charm of the old like 2014 era AU fics but is so charmingly 2017 like #what was airing in 2017 was that carver era? #google says s12 which is SO fun oh my god #explains why mary is in it like that really really surprised me #idk to see a fic released like post s8 airing date where john and mary are both alive and present? and JESSSS??????? #SO surreal so fun so cool #and ANGEL SIBLINGS??? MY FAVORITE CAS TROPE ANGEL SIBLINGS??? #putting hannah in as a sibling was so good too #and honestly killing off anna good call bc i do love her w all my heart and immediate heartwrenching effect #like. FIC OF ALL TIME #very surprised it was just rated M i did expect dick action #but it was fairy taley enough that if we'd gotten any more dick action than that i woulda been like ?? dick in my cinderella retelling??? #anyway cinderella retelling was SUCH A HARD SELL OH MY GOD BUT IT WAS SO GOOD #mio.txt #cinderwings #spn

[reploidbuddy]

Man sometimes I wish ao3 had some DMs

Not all the time but today absolutely

((oh my god I rambled sm in the tags I reached the 30 limit oh my GOD JFBSJCBJD

#Found this new bookbinding tutorial #one that FINALLY explains the logistics of printing the text idk why I couldnt find one before #and while my old method was extremely simple and fun the minute you have smthn a lil bigger it's hard to open #like At Hope's End is MASSIVE for the simpler technique #and even though I knew how to play with my pages enough to make it all functional it #*it's hard to open and feels like it might break or you see the prong and idk #it's a great trophy but the functionality is meh #but yeah found an understandable tutorial on the sewing thing and I'd like to make one like this at least for At Hope's End #bc it would benefit most I think #AND SO THE POINT I WANTED TO DO WAS: #The tutorial gave the brilliant idea of putting art in some pages and stuff #and like listen I got 1 single fanart through the entire journey of Light on the Horizon #by dragonswirl on DA and insta (go look at their art btw it's pretty) #and BOY. #I LOVE IT #it was the reason I smiled all week #I showed it to anyone that had heard I write fanfic/like sonic #heck it's my phone's home screen #I go look at it sometimes randomly bc AGH IT LOOKS SOSOSO GOOD #I'll do just 1 copy of it as trophy but like a functional readable one #but I'd love to put that fanart in it #like at the beginning where in published books theres some random stuff #just put it there all like LOOK AT IT even if it'll end up being @ myself #idk I'd like to ask them if they're okay with it #and if so like actually have them know how much I love that one art and want to put it in there #IDC IF IT'S BEFORE EVEN CHAPTER ONE IT'S AMAZING AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY OK /positive /lighthearted #so yea they dont seem to have tumblr so there isn't really a mean to ask sadly #rambling #light on the horizon #at hope’s end

[bigkettle]

not a single thought going through my head all day then 2am hits and I'm like. need to make a mold and deckle right the fuck now

#I could never need to buy paper again...just one more thing to recycle at home... #I love the company dodgy paper why not b just like them... #and then bookbind more yayyy cause I don't have to buy paper to bind with... interesting

[puddlejumper38]

Branderson's leatherbounds are testing me. I swear to god, I've been eyeing the mistborn leatherbound for years but I just can't justify it to myself - the postage makes it insane. I have a hard copy of all the mistborn books already.

But I don't have a hard copy of warbreaker. Just the ebook. And that leatherbound is beautiful :'( .

BUT I also want the bookends.... I'm holding out hope that they'll eventually become available on their own. Might be a slim hope, although Branderson did say there's some merch announcements in November.

Anyway the point of this post is just to complain about the pretty things that I Want but definitely don't Need.

#the 'buy all the leatherbounds' bundle makes me want to cry #do I want them? #Yes. #look #I like bookbinding #I appreciate pretty books #I appreciate pretty books when I love the story Even More #but the bundles a hard no #individual books? particularly mistborn 1? unfortunately tempting #I love that book #I want the leatherbound #it is $100 US #WITHOUT POSTAGE #and I am not american #AND I HAVE THE BOOK ALREADY #otherwise in all honestly I would already have the leatherbound #I don't love Warbreaker as much as mistborn #but without already owning a hard copy....... #in other words: argh why!!!!

[schwazombie]

In my ‘I just want a fenced in garden to grow shit and hang out with my dog’ era

#zombie thoughts #seriously #i can't think of a single job i could do because human interaction is SO DRAINING for me #half an hour with even just one person makes me want to curl up under a blanket for the rest of the day #even if it's people i like! i like K! geddy likes K! and i like Mrs Upstairs! she's a very sweet lady! but human interaction is too much!!! #i thought bookbinding would be good but like... i'd have to complete an ausbildung and i'd probably end up in a factory #0/10 i do not want that #factories are too loud #why are there no autism friendly jobs #i want a kleingarten. #i will grow fruits and veggies and flowers for bees and hang out with my dog

[wickedlittleoz]

an artist i follow got an ask about whether it was alright to use their art as covers for fanfic bookbinding and i'm. sorry i must have missed this discourse but since when are people outright printing out other people's work and binding them into books? do you contact and get author's permission (sure as fuck hope so)? and how do we writers feel about that, because i certainly feel very uncomfortable with that idea. i mean not to spoil the artistic expression of bookbinding because it's beautiful work that i most certainly could not do, but. you can access them stories any time you want on the websites where they were originally posted. why print them? again i mean i get the pleasure of holding & reading physical books, i much prefer that too, but like. get some books i guess? sorry i come from a place of honesty and tbh surprise and confusion about this whole thing. someone tell me how we're feeling about this. someone explain to me why it's being done. i just wanna understand

#wicked little talks #wicked little rambles #tbh rambling like crazy i been thinking about this for like 12h now #& i bet i sound like an asshole but it's not my intention #i respect the work but why use other people's work is what i don't understand #hopefully they have permission but i'm terrified by the idea of being contacted by someone who found something of mine #on someone else's shelf while i'm sitting at home in my pajamas painfully unaware #anyway might delete later