Hey, @sea_lemon! I was inspired by your Junior Mints notebook tutorial to make a cover from an old print-on-demand photo calendar I was saving. I didn’t know exactly what I’d do with my calendar photos, but it seemed a waste to pitch perfectly good prints. Now they have purpose!
Yesterday, YouTube recommended a video by Sea Lemon about binding journals by hand. Me being me, I fell down the bookbinding video rabbit hole and learned just a little about a lot of different bookbinding techniques.
Today, I gathered up some scrap paper, needle and thread, and a few other supplies, and tried my hand at it while my son watched the Cartoon Network. I’m definitely not super adept at sewing by hand yet, and there’s a very important element of precision involved… but I could see this sort of thing possibly being part of a thoughtful handmade gift or three.