Fri, 12 Oct
I am totally into books - making them. Today I'm feeling somewhat accomplished, because I just completed a little (ok, maybe not so little) project that I really like a lot: a photobook filled with my favourite pictures of J1 and J2.
It was inspired by this post (ain't she a talented woman?) and I went scouting around for local printshops that can do this for you. That was a couple of weeks ago, but somehow, I just did not get around to doing it. Then, a couple of days ago, the inspiration to assemble this book all from scratch hit, and I began the rather tedious process of putting the book together. This is the process, simplified:
1. Select and edit photos.
2. Add quotes, brushes and digital scrapbooking elements.
3. Prepare page layouts for print.
4. Print, trim and glue pages.
5. Design and cut book covers.
6. Assemble and bind book.
Sounds simple, and really it is! It just took a long time to edit the photos (there were about 40 of them!) and because everything is made by hand (trimming, assembling, gluing etc), it's a little bit raw in quality. Add to that my impatience for seeing the final product - I did not wait for the binding to dry completely before flipping through the book - big mistake! Nevertheless, I'm still enjoying seeing the whole thing put together and the photos finally in print. I'm very pleased with the printouts - very, very pleased. I really worked my printer for this and it didn't fail to deliver.
Also on the matter of making books, I made these handy little notebooks out of an assortment of blank, lined and grid papers. There are so many fun cover possibilities for these!
4:15PM · · 15 Comments
oh my goodness! im totally blown away by the books you made! extremely gorgeous! (: printer quality is excellent as well! thumbs up! :D
weiyen · Fri, 12 Oct · 6:51PM
very cool, brenda.
Jennifer · Sat, 13 Oct · 3:59AM
Waooo! Realmente hermoso! Gracias por mostrarlo, tus fotografias realmente son bellas! Eres una gran fuente de inspiración.
xoxox
From México.
Maricarmen Maza · Sat, 13 Oct · 9:04AM
Wow! I love the photobooks and the notebooks! How do you do the notebooks? They would make really snazzy gifts for Christmas!
michele · Sun, 14 Oct · 12:24AM
wonderful books that you've done. :) I saw her post sometime back too. Indeed she's very talented. I love her photography and p-editing skills as well.
btw, if you are keen to print, here's another link to share with you,
pixart heard good comments about them and they do delivery to sg.
have fun!
Marr · Mon, 15 Oct · 1:49AM
I'm a lurker here, but I had to comment today. I love the book, I too saw it and was inspired. But you made your own. How did you do the binding?
Mye · Mon, 15 Oct · 7:27PM
Wow, this is amazing. I am totally inspirired to play now. Thanks for sharing and great work.
Giosmama26 · Mon, 15 Oct · 9:44PM
Hi Bren, lovely books. have been wanting to do my own notebooks but haven't gotten down to doing it. I'm so inspired now! :) but yeah, how does the binding work? just glue?
Felicia · Tue, 16 Oct · 11:12AM
these are beautiful! and i love your photography. just wondering, what printer do you use coz the prints look really great.
Kath · Wed, 17 Oct · 11:09AM
that is amazing B!!! those notebooks make great gifts too!
Sasha Farina · Thu, 18 Oct · 4:50PM
wow.. these books are nice!
Irene · Fri, 19 Oct · 1:41PM
Hey sweet Bren,
You are one truly creative guru!!
Amazing! =)
Very impressive and delicate hearts and hands you have =)
janie · Fri, 19 Oct · 7:08PM
hey brenda, your photobooks are totally wonderful! :) would love to know how you did the binding.
michelle · Sat, 20 Oct · 1:57PM
Brenda, your notebooks looks AWESOME!!! The pictures of the boys are great too! Always love your photography skill!! Really appreciate if you could share the method of binding the book. I could make some of those myself!! :)
Leena · Sat, 20 Oct · 10:13PM
Brend aur notebook is really UNIQUE !! LOve it !! Reaaly appreciate if u could share how u actually bind ur notebook cuz i have lots of those gaffer tape not used
siti · Tue, 23 Oct · 9:03AM
