Time to make the making work from all the ingredients acquired from the specialty shop (with a little rabbit trail blessed with caroling performance)!
The print and bind was easy; however the front wordings with the special fabric glittering cardstock was the challenging one.
It took me a while to figure out how to cut with minimal intervention of my blade, but somehow by the 4th cutting process, I have to complacent with the fact that my arm is getting a lot more exercise while turning those handles to press the cut deeper, even for the 26th time!
Overall the work was time consuming, making sure the title front was good, and beside that, cutting off the edges with just a blade was definitely another level of challenge! Good thing I was only making 10 instead of 100 (like the old days)!
With the book wraper I got, I was able to protect the lettering at the front, and it does look like a proper journal with water resistance cover.
I actually only had 9 of the darker versions, so the 10th journal I went for a totally different colour theme because the cover was from an old stock card collection that was not tarnished by dust
I will be selling this 31 day prayer journal entry in my online thrift shop soon in 2024 for newly acquired material's cost price + 10% (workmanship handling fee) which will definitely be affordable, unfortunately this will only availble in Malaysia at the moment until I can figure out the best postage service for international shipping, then I can offer it to the #HIVE community and can be bought with HIVE / HBD.
