Hi everyone! 👋🏻

So, a few months ago I found a new hobby: bookbinding/rebinding I think, it's been going pretty well so far. I started off with old, damaged books and have now practised enough that I can continue with newer ones or rebind my own, favourite books. Speaking of, I have mentioned on here that I've been waiting for my Heated Rivalry/The Long Game paperback order, so I can rebind them. I got my package a while ago and have finally found the motivation (and courage, lol) to get to work. So, this is my rebind of Heated Rivalry/The Long Game for my own personal use. ◇ All materials bought by me/cover design made in Cricut Design Space. ◇ Artwork/fanart used for endpapers and cover by bluegiragi: Instagram and Patreon and Racheldoesartstuff: Etsy and Instagram

Edit: there's also a few other binds I did over the last few months, for personal use, if you wanna take a peek 🤗 Edit 2: Thank you SO much everyone for the awe, praise/compliments and general positivity. I'm always pretty anxious how people will react to my creative endeavours, so it's VERY much appreciated! I'm grinning from ear to ear and my heart is full over here. 🥹🥰💚

Make the comments look like we're locked into a book printing facility. And you bet we have access to the sprayed edge machine, the foiling machine... everything

What special edition are you fixing? What regular book are you turning into a shiny one of a kind special edition? Are we taking book pallets? Taking book merch? Or grabbing a new release?

Does anyone else feel like their opinions on books are less valid/relevant because they don't have as many critique points or don't pick up on as many things? Because I'm very much a vibes gal and while I sometimes notice that a certain writing style or excessive use of stylistic devices is bothering me, or that I dislike the main character or, more often, like the atmosphere an author creates, I usually like most books I read for what they make me feel, if they do make me feel something which is like 90% of books. And while I love some books a lot more than others, I usually can't really tell why, at least not without thinking about it. Like I usually don't pick up on style elements while reading, I just like it. And I sometimes feel like that makes my opinions less valid because oftentimes I like a book and then I read people's reviews where they point out a bunch of things that bothered them or how they hate the way a certain topic is explored, and then I have to rethink my entire opinion on the book 😭😅 A good example could be "A Little Life," I read it because of the hype obviously and I knew it to be a tearjerker, and I sobbed the whole time, I felt so much with all the characters and it really broke me, and then I read a lot of reviews that tore the book apart, saying how it's just misery p*rn and how it's a terrible story and so illogical and far fetched, and that also rang true. And that changed my mind about the whole book.