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August 01, 2008

Brain? Dead.

Why, oh why, can I not think anymore? I swear, it's like my neurons are swathed in cotton and the resulting thought processes are all fuzzy. Given that this happens to me at this time every year (every year since we moved here, at least), all I can figure is that there must be something in the air. Wouldn't allergies make a person's brain slow down? Or maybe just mine?

After getting so much done at Idyllwild, I've sort of hit a wall. Part of it, I know, had to do with the distruption of the past weekend and the roiling emotions associated with it all. Those can be exhausting. But seriously. I've had trouble getting motivated to do anything, and when I do, I make stupid mistakes.

Yesterday, I finally got around to making a book. I'd been putting off the binding stuff mostly because I didn't have everything I needed. The PVA finally arrived just before I left for Boise, and it was the missing ingredient in the whole book binding process. (Four yards of book cloth came yesterday, and I can't WAIT to start playing with it, but I had some snippets from the workshop that I could use until it came, so I wasn't waiting on that, just the glue.)

Anyway. I was working from notes to do the cloth bound single signature book, since I only made the one at Idyllwild and I wanted to practice it before I tried anything more ambitious. To make sure I knew what I was doing. I made one mistake that was an "Eh, I'll do it right the next time, it wasn't in my notes and now I know/remember" kind of thing. No big deal. The book's not destroyed by it. And besides, this is practice. No. The ANNOYING bit was when I very carefully thought out how to do the cover, knowing exactly what I wanted and how to make it look fabulous and perfect and professional and then, in a moment of not thinking at all, DID IT EXACTLY BACKWARDS, so now it looks stupid. Sigh.

You think I'm being overly picky? Bewitness this:

first solo front web.jpgfirst solo inside web.jpgfirst solo back web.jpg

See the problem?

On the other hand, it is a sweet little book. Nice size (2 3/4" x 5"). 24 pages. It fits in your hand. Or mine, at least. However, in taking the pictures, I realized I really need to clean the house. There's not a single area in the entire place that could serve as a background for photography. Not. One.

Which didn't stop me from taking this picture of four Sweet! yards of book cloth:

book cloth web.jpg


Let's just all agree to pretend to not see the dirt on the floor. 'k?

Posted by sally at August 1, 2008 10:11 AM

Comments

Hey there! Roll out some of that book cloth (or other fabric) and use THAT as a backdrop for photography. See? No cleaning required!

Why do I know this? Because I am LLLAAAAXZZZYY in the housekeeping department.
-Laura

Posted by: OohLaLaura [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2008 03:25 PM

I can't believe I didn't think of that. Oh. I didn't think of that because I don't want the book cloth to get dirty. I vacuumed last night instead. I just couldn't stand it anymore. And I cleaned the bathroom. Today, I cleaned the kitchen. My office is still a hellhole, however.

Posted by: Sallyacious [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2008 04:48 PM

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