Monday, August 8, 2011

The Line Up

The Line Up
A colorful array of longstitch books.
All the covers are painted with watercolors and ink.
The spines are sewn onto leather for added stability.


The Red one with a black leather spine.

The Blue one with a brown leather spine.

Bookbinding is always a fun summertime project.
I have many more waiting in the wings.
What have you been working on this summer?

The Summer of Color is ending this week so I have
added my colorful books to their list.
Have a great week!

42 comments:

~*~Patty S said...

WOWEE WOMAN!!!
your books are each so beautiful...you are so creative and get so much done

I am doing a little summer reading...something I miss...once I get my nose in a good book that's all I want to do

still catching up with you here in blogland dear Cyn
oxo

Harvest Moon by Hand said...

Your work is amazing! The books you made are absolutely beautiful. What a delight it would be to write and draw in them. Great work!!

I participated in the Summer of Color as well. It was lots of fun, wasn't it?

Els said...

Ah! I always love your handmade books! These are no exception, they're fabulous!

Ellie Knol said...

They are all gorgeous! This is something I haven't really started on yet, but there is so much I still have to give a try LOL

Sandy said...

Wow wow wow Cynnie, die sehen toll aus. Einafch umwerfend. Klasse.

Anonymous said...

What I always say, your books are artisan level. This is beyond crafting, this is art.
Stunning.
Wishes
Lynne

WrightStuff said...

Gorgeous books with such lush colour. They look wonderful all together too.

Netty said...

Loving your books, the binding is amazing and fab patterns on them all. My summer is spent mainly with the 10 grandchildren, although not all at once, thank heavens......lol So crafting and art are on the back burner for the moment. Annette x

johanna said...

eine fantastische sammlung, gefallen mir sehr!!!

*jean* said...

i agree with patty, WOWEE!! your books look fantastic!

Linda Vincent said...

They look great. Attractive AND useful....the best kind of art.

This summer I'm mainly taking photos!!
XX
PD Took your advice re: Peachy eye. It will be on my blog shortly.... :-)

Evelyn S. said...

What beautiful books, Cynnie! Are these sketch books? Journals?

Dymphie said...

oww cool books, love your line-up. Wonderful colored papers for the covers. Thumbs up!

Unknown said...

These look amazing.. what a fun summer project..

Petra Tillmann said...

Your books look great! Love the colors!

Kristin said...

Oh Wow - these are gorgeous! What talent - thank you for sharing them with us, xo

Jenny said...

Oh wow Cynthia... your books are amazing... LOVE the beautiful covers... so lovely...

Jenny x

Svetlana said...

The combination of our strengths, painting and bookbinding, make your work incedible. I love the books.

Sonja said...

These are awesome! I love book binding. I always find I take so long to do it and make such a huge mess...and when you're doing all that in your bedroom, it becomes kind of inconvenient haha. Your books look beautiful.

Carola Bartz said...

Wow, Cynnie, these are beautiful books - I like all those bright colors. So what are you going to do with them - sell them? Blank paper inside? That would make great sketchbooks.

Hermine said...

Totally awesome. Love all of them, geat covers

Femmy said...

your books are beautiful!!

Jeany said...

super!! The first one and the last, i love especially, but they look all great!! Love to make them to some day, but I want to make so much more, hahaa, have a great week , glg. Janine

Mandy said...

these are really gorgeous...what a wonderful way to keep your patterns...so pretty...xxx

Liana Yarckin said...

these are gorgeous! are they for sell? i would love one with watercolor paper inside!

Daniele Valois said...

these are wonderful! Really really nice!

penny4thoughts said...

Your books are WONDERFUL, Cynnie!! I can't think of more fun than making handmade books - I like constructing them much more than decorating them. I especially like when you can see the stitching on the spine - truly beautiful books!!

Caroline said...

My how creative you are! The books are lovely individually and look great together in their line-up too!

Amanda Dilworth said...

These are lovely, i think the blue one is my favourite:)

JaN's ArTy JouRneY said...

Wow!... your books are amazing... Adore the beautiful covers...
What a wonderful line up :)

Unknown said...

You have a beautiful collection of books. I love all those covers.

Rod MacGregor said...

These books are beautiful Cynthia! Each with is own original watercolour! wow!

Sandy Byers said...

You are so creative; these are beautiful books!

Ella said...

I love journals like these; yours are beautiful~ So happy n' vibrant!
Congrats on finishing the challenge; it was great!

Anneke said...

Wow, wow, wow Cynnie! An awesome row of books! Love that long stitch binding! You chose beautiful papers for the covers too! Beautiful!

Elizabeth Golden said...

These are beautiful! I love the covers. Simply gorgeous!

Gaby Bee said...

Die sehen echt genial aus, Cynnie! Tolle Farben!

Ich wünsche dir eine kreative Woche:)

Gaby xo

Sharon Wagner said...

You are the first blog/artist I've visited that did book binding. Very cool.

Unknown said...

Love seeing your new books! Great color combo's and bindings :o)

Anonymous said...

Fabulous Cynnie. I still have the gorgeous one you made me. A real treasure.

Yvonne said...

OOOOOH WOOOOW!!!!! These are all stunning books! Lovely covers, great colours and bindings, so beautiful!
Greetings from Yvon

Heidi Krimshandl said...

Wunderschöne Bücher sind das, die Du machst, komme aus dem Staunen nicht mehr heraus :-)) LG Heidi

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