Bookbinding course.

Hi what did you get up to this Easter Monday....

 I spent mine in this wonderful creative kitchen......

It belongs to Hesta of Bodkin....

And she was running a book binding course....

We had a dandelion petal cake and rhubarb and lavender cake....

I fell instantly in love with these Alfred Meaking Brixham trios.....

Everywhere you looked........

 You saw something new.......

 and creative......

Even the tea was special Lavender Earl Grey!!!

After introducing ourselves and nattering away , we finally got down to book making.....

It was a very stimulating atmosphere, as we were all getting loads of ideas....

Nina was a really inspirational teacher.....

And it was really good fun!

 I struggled a bit as I kept stopping to take photographs and then fell behind!

 It was really interesting deciding what papers to use....

There were many to choose from, different textures and styles I loved these maps.....

I chose a dark brown cover....

Tiff chose a yellow jacket.....

 Hesta found an old 40's children's  book and I loved the illustrations....

 They were vaguely art deco....

 Nina took us through step by step.....

Everyone loved making their own personal books....

I can't wait to get cracking on some of my own at home...think everyone will be getting books for Christmas!

Here we all are at the end of an enjoyable couple of hours...well I am behind the camera! It was also great because I got to meet lots of lovely like minded ladies and  Dottie  Angel!

thank you sooooo much Nina Fenner and I can't wait to do it all over again next week, as Bodkin  are running another bookbinding course next monday ,but  there are only  a couple of places left. If you are interested in signing up for one of Bodkin's courses please click here x