March 25, 2025

Here is a quick peek at a project that has taken me a while to complete. There are four sections to this video and I think the pencil box at the end is the best part. It all started with an old book that I purchased years ago that was missing about half of its pages. I think that someone took it apart for the beautiful animal prints. I used some of the illustrations as my focal points in this project. Although I would have loved to have seen the full book it would have been too valuable to use if had found it in better condition. It has taken me a long time to work on this project because I needed to first learn how to repair the leather cover and stabilize the leather so it would not continue to deteriorate. After watching many book restoration videos and purchasing some new supplies I put the cover back together and turned it into a lap book.