Making a Book

Our business looks like it is picking up already. I took a sample of a book to a local scrapbooking store to show them what we could do and the owner absolutely loved it. On the spot she asked me to get pricing to her for three different sized books. I was a little surprised at her response, not because the book wasn't of good quality, but because she responded so favorably. Many times, it takes several attempts to get a person to realize the full possibilities of a new product. She grasped it immediately.

The book was really quite a simple little thing to make. Here are some pictures.






The inside pages are from an Anna Griffin line of papers that I adore. I took a 12" by 12" sheet, cut it into four pieces and trimmed it to the size I wanted. The cover is a piece of heavy cardstock with a few small embellishments to dress it up.

The binding machine takes about 15 - 20 minutes to warm up, so I was working on trimming the pages while that was taking place. Once it warms up, a book can be bound in less than a minute (more like 30 seconds). It's amazing to watch.

Once I finished the binding process, I decorated the cover of the book and now I have a cute little journal or a book for pasting pictures, writing quotes - well, you can imagine all the possibilities.

Creative endeavors are the best.

~Carla