Book binding for the soul
Tonight I write not about travels, good eats, nor exercise. I write about a little activity that is great for relaxing and in the end you get something that also comes in handy, a little notebook or sketchbook. Every since I can remember, I've always loved books and stationery. I could spend hours on end in bookstores, browsing through the titles, flipping through titles and feeling the paper between my hands. This love for books included a love for stationery. Fine writing paper, beautifully crafted notebooks and calligraphy pens were my thing. As I grow older, it now involves a love for books that have been handcrafted. I have a sketchbook that I handmade in highschool and it still holds up find. Everytime I use it, I remember sitting there making the cover and cutting up the paper. Drawings inside date from the 1990's, but each one holds a memory. Happy memories. It's not surprising my first drawing is o...