For A Dear Friend’s 70th Birthday
The kind of friendship one has, is one of the most valuable relationships to treasure. My customer came to me, with a grand idea of making a book for her friend on her 70th birthday. It was to be filled with dedications from people who were touched by her friend. The tricky bit was that, all these dedications were sent from all over the world.
The book starts off with a poem, beautifully handwritten by Clarence, a calligrapher from Craft Varies. It was quite a feat designing the layout of the dedications as they came in all sizes, but it all turned out very beautiful. It then ends with a hand drawn/written heart, also by Craft Varies.
For the cover, I printed on canvas, of a piece of artwork provided by my customer of photographs of people who were touched by her friend. The endpapers was made up of a scan of her friend’s grandmother’s dairy farm name card from the 70s.
Presents like these, let us know, how as humans, our gift from our hearts can show a person how much they mean to us. Books are worth investing in, as they carry not just words, but the immense love that is laid out of paper, for all to see, remember and treasure.
