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Thank you for checking out Scrolls 'n' Sketchbooks! This blog serves as my portfolio, as well as an archive of all my finished projects and inspiration for future projects, and a directory for my shop and commissions info.

Purchases, commissions, and donations are all very much welcome, and every dollar I receive is put toward getting myself a proper studio someday.

Feel free to have a look around!

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Dragonskin Book

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Just in time for RenFest- a dragonskin book!

The cover is made of cowhide embossed & finished to look like crocodile skin, with a piece of carved labradorite for the centerpiece.

I used gold cardstock for the endpapers, and tea dyed… far too many sheets of sketch paper for the text block. I’m very happy with the end results though!

Now to go pick some vendors’ brains…

[Originally posted on September 11 2021]

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Red Batik Journal

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The bold colors of the fabric were very eye-catching, and I couldn’t resist snatching some of it up! Also quite fond of how the marbling of the endpapers almost looks like fire.

[Originally posted on April 13 2021]

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Cocina Al Minuto

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I got a request to rebind a cookbook that had been passed down in the customer's family. Printed in 1970 (or thereabouts) and obviously well-loved, it was about on its last legs when it came to me.

I removed the masking tape as gently as I could, saved the front half of the original cover, and scraped off all the old glue from the spine before putting it back together with like 20 coats of fresh pva glue and some mull, so hopefully it'll last at least another 50 years of heavy usage now.

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Silver Swirl

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This one was a fun design to come up with. I hadn't even had an idea for a book in mind when I bought the acrylic gemstones (I thought it was really neat that they flashed from green to blue or orange depending on the angle & lighting).

The gems looked really good against some distressed brown leather, too. So I coffee dyed a bunch of sheets of sketch paper, got those sewn together, glued on some metallic teal cardstock for endpapers, and made the design in silver metal leaf.

[Originally posted on May 17 2022]

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Green Fern Journal

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I don’t know about you all, but I’m definitely ready to see some green return to the world! Nature’s not quite ready to wake back up yet though so have some green in book form.

It contains 300 pages of blank cream-colored paper and is bound in some lovely vibrant green leather and sun-washed lokta paper.

You can now find it in my shop here!

[Originally posted on February 11 2023]

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Red Marble Sketchbook

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Another book I didn't say much about when I first posted it. I'd absolutely fallen in love with that marbled paper when I first saw it, and seeing as I already had red bookcloth & metallic red cardstock on hand when I bought it, I thought this would be a nice, bold book to make.

[Originally posted on August 22 2021]

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Sunflower Journal

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This was another journal that I enjoyed making. The sunny yellow of these sunflowers always cheers me up to see!

[Originally posted on April 8 2021]

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Green Batik Journal

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I've been working on finishing a bunch of old WIPS and using up the paper and fabric I bought years ago for them. First up is this brightly colored batik journal! You can claim for your own it here!

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Red Marble Pocket Sketchbooks

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New pocket sketchbooks for the shop! Made with leftover marbled paper & metallic cardstock.

[Originally posted on November 22 2021]

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Red Cherry Silk Sketchbook

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Small sketchbook I made as a thank you for the artist that drew my pfp.

[Originally posted on May 2 2022]

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Coral Sketchbook

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A nautical-themed sketchbook similar to the notebook I made for my mom for Mother's Day last year, this one featuring coral print instead of seahorses. This one's available in my shop!

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Leather Filigree

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This book was made to celebrate reaching my first 100 followers on Tumblr, though the design was an idea I'd been tossing around for a few years (I can't remember what it was originally meant to be for, but it predates me getting into bookbinding).

This book was my first experimentation with dyeing papers- I think I used tea for these, so the pages aren't as dark as my more recent books with dyed papers. The front cover was especially fun to make. I made a section of bookcloth with green crepe-back satin to show through the filigree punched into the leather cover. I still like the idea enough that I plan to make more books like this one, in different colors and designs.

[Originally posted on November 2 2021]

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Brown Palm Journal

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I fell in love with the look of the fiber paper and wanted to do something tropical with it, and the brown palm leaf fabric works so well with it! This is another one I plan to make more of in the future.

[Originally posted on April 6 2021]

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I'll have something new up soon guys I promise

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Silver Spiral Art Kit

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I finally finished something! This is an art case I made as a gift for a friend for Christmas this year. C:

The case is 2 pieces of leather glued together. I riveted the straps onto one and sewed the pocket pieces onto the other before attaching them together. The right side of the case has a slot cut into it so the sketchbook can easily be removed and replaced once it’s filled.

As far as prototypes go, I’m actually really happy with how this one turned out, and am debating making more. 🤔

[Originally posted on December 13 2022]

Addendum January 20, 2024: These are now available for commission!

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Gold Ferns

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Finished a new book yesterday! Gold screenprinted ferns on green lokta paper with green linen bookcloth for the spine and filled with sketch paper. C: You can find it in my shop here!

(Also don't mind the first photo, I had to alter it for Instagram lol...)