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[frenchshark]

"Important Answers to Stupid Questions" and "More Than a Memory", Gilmore Girls fanfics by deepfriedcake ☕️ Typeset, printed, and signatures Sewn between yesterday and today, and now going back into a press for awhile 📖 Fanfic can be read on fanfiction.net and is being bound for my personal collection only with the authors permission #fanfictionbookbinding #bookbinding #books #fanfics #gilmoregirls https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmhh1XnPZiO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bittzenbobbes]

I normally only post my binds on instagram, but since the great @mightbewriting is on tumblr I’m posting here as well.

Bindiary 8:

Wait and Hope, mightbewriting

First fic to the gram! Not my first fic bound but that will be posted later. I went with a 1996 Romeo and Juliet theme for this bind and I love it. Had so much fun making the end page collages and ugh so fun with this whole bind.

#bookbinding #bookbinder #bookstagram #bookbindersofinstagram #bookbind #dramione #draco #dracomalfoy #hermione #hermionegranger #fanfic #fanfiction #fanfictionbookbinding #fanficbinding #mightbewriting #waitandhope #romeoandjuliet

[drangercore]

Love and Other Historical Accidents by @pacific-rimbaud​

Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy never intended to blow up their life's work, but that's rather what they've gone and done. Now they're trapped 200 years in the past, with a broken Time Turner, a missing snuff box, a handful of overly-eligible daughters, and a House-elf in a cable knit cardigan. It will require the combined power of their keen intellects to get them home, if they'd stop arguing long enough to use them. As it turns out, history is just one damned accident after another.

Fandom: Harry Potter

Relationship: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

Art by @gingerhuneybee​, @jjuuppiter​, @jaxxartbox​, & yours truly

My first fanbind! 

L&OHA is an impeccable story and is so very dear to me. This was the fic that made me go “I want that on my shelf!”, so here we are. 

keep reading for more binding info and to see my gushing on the fic.

QUICK SPECS

153,854 words | 571 pages | 5″ x 8.5″ 

Binding Method: 3 Piece In Boards Bradel  Body Font: Adobe Caslon Pro Decorative Font: IM Fell English

I am very proud of this book, having accomplished many firsts with it. My first book that I rounded and backed, sewed double-core endbands on, painted the edges, and used toner reactive foil and HTV on!

ON THE STORY

Sighs. What more can I say? It’s simply brilliant. A unique multifaceted story with incredible dynamics, clever foreshadowing, great character studies of Draco and Hermione, and such beloved original characters. It’s comedic and refreshing but it also takes on grief and goodbyes, and heartbreak. It’s fucking romantic and also So nuanced. I dislike stories that spoon-feed every little thing about the character, so the parlor tricks on this one? Ate every crumb of it. It was filled with implications and was misleading in the best sense. You’ve got to be an astute reader to catch some things the first round (which I definitely wasn’t). 

While it doesn’t entirely shy away from typical lovey-dovies, the regard for mundanity and the inconsequential, I just find more inherently romantic. The exploration on time travel and the vivid prose further underscores the depth of PR’s talent. She captures so eloquently, the mind of an extremely logical person in a very illogical experience. I saw myself in Hermione so many times. The story demands to be read again and revels upon doing so. Pacific Rimbaud is such an incredible writer *sobs* all her works are simply a masterpiece. 

That said, this beautiful story deserves to be turned into a physical book.

DESIGN PLAN (or lack thereof) 

This is my first fanfic project and my third book overall which I must say was quite a leap considering my very little binding experience. I think the demon small niggling part at the back of my head got the best of me and positively thought she could make a relatively fastidious book despite the lack of skill. BUT nothing can stop me when I am overly enthusiastic about something, thus began my 2 month research, soaking up every gobbet of binding info in reach. As far as my book binding journey goes, gathering supplies was the hardest part lol. Bookbinding is not a common hobby in the Philippines so it was tedious to to look for materials and/or to settle on alternatives.

I credit 70% of the 4 month stretch of this project to my indecision. The novelty and sheer excitement with a new hobby, I think, divested me to properly conceptualize heh. I redid my typeset 1 billion times because I kept switching softwares: Word→ Pages→ InDesign. I probably have 8 versions of the typeset that will never see the light of day. Anyway, I did finally get the stuff done. Here’s my little design dump:

Nothing symbolic about the design really. I just worked around elements I thought were appropriate with the regency era and time traveling aspect: vines/ flowers and the time turner. I tried to reflect PR’s elegant writing in the book so hopefully I did it some justice. I added my fave works for this fic too and even drew fanart myself. Arts 1 through 3 are by yours truly, fourth art is by jaxx in a box.

BINDING

I watched DAS bookbinding religiously during my research phase and I knew then that I wanted to someday follow his in-boards 3-piece bradel tutorial, but it wasn’t supposed to be so early on in my binding journey. One look at this book however threw me off course. It was incredibly ambitious of me, so I guess I deserved all the stress I endured in the process. I was supposed to trim the edges in between glueing the spine and rounding/backing, but I only had my poorly sharpened Php145 wood chisel to finish the task. That and nursing the finger my chisel wounded took enough time for the glue to dry, so I was fiddling with a stiff textblock the entire time after. I learnt along the way that a blow dryer and bone folder would be my best friends (and plenty of patience). I’d also like to apologize to my neighbors if they heard any hammering at 1am. 😳 

The covers were... finicky. For some reason, midway, I decided to make either covers differently, and all to the good because the one made following DAS’ tutorial ended up slightly warping. DAS’ was made with two 1.25mm boards glued together, while my experimental one was with a single 2.5mm board of which I peeled layers off of to reduce its thickness in half as needed.  (see pictures below for reference)

A lot of how the book looks like now is either born out of impulse or a desperate remedy. The book in turn is very gold. Chapter headers were impulsively foiled with gold laser reactive foil (so much for illustrating the headers only to cover them up haha *eye twitches*). 

I accidentally stained the edges while smoothing with black sandpaper so I covered the mess with an admix of Sakura acrylic paint in black and Liquitex acrylic ink in iridescent gold (Paint order: 1 layer gold- 2 thin layers black- 3 layers gold).

 I am very proud of my sewn endbands as this was my very first attempt at doing a double-core. I used DMC cotton threads in cream (712) and gold (E3821). Below is a close-up because why not. (as you can see, I had some flaking on the paint, luckily this was on the bottom edge so I fixed the issue on the more visible sides.)

I don’t like the bookcloth selection where I’m from (if there’s anything at all) so I made my own with pastel blue eco-ramie cloth, flour paste, and 80gsm paper. I ordered my fabric online and the shade was too icing-like. It looked tacky so I bleached to lighten. The white cloth also came from the same fabric which I bleached till it paled to white.

Titling was one of my biggest worries because majority of binders I saw were using a cricut to cut HTV. I almost entertained the idea of cutting it manually or even painting or embroidery, but to my luck, I found a local shop that offers vinyl ! cutting !! service !!! I sent them my design and they cut and weeded the vinyl for me. I chose white for the title and metallic gold for the vine detail. I messed up applying the word “historical” though, but let’s pretend i did it on purpose for the vintage feel.

Four months of faffing later, I have this story in corporeal form! Overall, I’m overjoyed with the outcome and I’d like to thank PR for the opportunity to have such a wonderful story on my shelf (and free to be read by anyone!)

If you made it this far, thanks for reading! 

[nocturnus33]

When I found this canvas with lemon trees I instantly thought of Grounds for divorce by #Tepre.

"A window, overlooking the garden, and through it came the branches of an old lemon tree. It was heavy with fruit, yellow jewels dotting the green" Ch. 8

I consider that this is the best book I've done since I started. At least has a lower mistake rate than my previous ones. I didn't want to add a title to the cover because I haven't really grasped the technique yet.

[paste-n-paper]

While I try and wrap up a few exciting new things to share at the end of the week, please enjoy this double bind I did over the holidays. The story is co-written, and both authors chose the same cover paper just in different colors. Typesetting this one was very enjoyable. If you're interested in your own bound book, my commission slots are open! Send me a DM or submit a message using the form on the Custom Designs page of my website. #bookbinding #bookbinder #handbound #selfpublishing #bookdesign #fanfic #fanfiction #fanfictionbookbinding #ricepaperdesigns https://www.instagram.com/p/CbagQg8u3Pn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[barnettdidit]

Manacled by Senlinyu

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

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The illustrated version is not available anymore.

[frenchshark]

Snagged some scrapbook paper and charms on sale at JoAnns for endpapers and ribbon bookmarks. Picked out the white floral for Important Answers to Stupid Questions/More Than a Memory and the beige sort of cotton flower one for The Ghost of Culloden Moor. Dragonfly charms for Gilmore Girls, mini Potion bottles for Harry Potter, and mini photo frames for general use. #bookbinding #fanfictionbookbinding #gilmoregirls #Outlander #harrypotter #books #bookmarkcharms https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm0FT0nrZAl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[frenchshark]

First bookbinding project update: gluing spines for "The Ghost of Culloden Moor" and "Important Answers to Stupid Questions/More Than a Memory". Next will be building on the spine layers with more glue, mull, spine stiffened, bookmark ribbon... #bookbinding #fanfictionbookbinding #gilmoregirls #Outlander #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CmvZSxtgreT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nocturnus33]

Heart and Soul by SSHG316. Archived at fanfiction.net

Bradel binding. Set in Sabon Next LT 11 pt. Titles in Fontdinerdotcom Sparkly

Summary: A prophecy says Luna and Draco will one day fall in love. That was six years ago, and Luna is tired of waiting around. It's time to take matters into her own hands. Draco has plans of his own.

Awards: DMLL First Place Winner, Draconian Measures, 2007 OWL Awards

[barnettdidit]

Isolation by Bex-Chan

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

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[barnettdidit]

ill be posting about my bookbinding from now on! please check out my website for more info: https://t.co/C7aEeuuoWO?amp=1

i bind all fandoms and ships for commissions!

[barnettdidit]

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Olivieblake

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

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[barnettdidit]

How Lady Vengeance Takes Her Tea by Olivieblake

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

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An author gift for the lovely OlivieBlake for giving me permission to bind so many of her fics!

[barnettdidit]

Breath Mints / Battle Scars by Onyx_and_Elm

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

flatback

An author gift, so this cover was chosen by the lovely onyx_and_elm herself!