Book in Miniature

I'm slowly making my way through a list of crafty projects

that need to be done,

along with projects just for fun.

One of the fun projects was to make a miniature book.

This miniature book measures approximately 3cm x 3cm.

Each page is held in place under flaps

which also allows them to be taken out to decorate or write on.

According to "Making Handmade Books" by Alisa Golden, this method is called 'Crown Binding'.

This shows the size of the book alongside a regular pen.

The spine and the pages are made using 200gsm water colour paper,

with the cover being Tim Holtz 'Distress Watercolor Cardstock' which is a little heavier.

The cover was coloured using Ken Oliver Color Burst powder paint spritzed with water

leaving a unique mottled pattern.

I have a couple more things that need to be made

and then I guess I should make a start on this years Christmas cards.

Happy Crafting!

 

Diary Musings

When I started this blog, I wanted it to be a bit of a craft diary for a couple of reasons:

 (1) to share with others and

 (2) as a record of what I had made. 

These days it seems that blogging is waning somewhat

and that facebook and instagram have taken over.

Although I don't comment as much as I used to, nevertheless I still enjoy reading blogs

as quite often there are instructions along with a list of what has been used to create the project.

 

Anyhoo, enough of the chatter.

 

 I've been playing with miniatures .....

..... miniature books, that is.

These are my first two attemps, both with leather covers.

They measure 1 1/2" wide by 2" high and have one signature of 6 pages,

which are held in place by this gold thread.

Admittedly these are both fairly plain and need a bit of tweaking

but they were fun to make.

I quite enjoy working on small projects and hope to make more tiny books - stayed tuned!

 Happy Crafting!