A Brand New (familiar) Project.

Books of Shadows are my specialties. I love making them...either writing mine out, or making books by hand, regardless, it's my favorite past time. It's like therapy for me...it gives me time to let my creativity flow and relieve stress I may have.

Anyways, I have found instructions on YouTube (bless YouTube) for making a "Charmed" type Book of Shadows. I have been looking literally EVERYWHERE for ways to make books like that, and finally found a tutorial. I am going to make attempts to make one...however it's not going to be filled with the same old "Charmed" type information (personally I think it's cheesey and overdone). This book will be filled with MY info from my rather large book. I will try my best to document this creation, and whatever I get recorded I will add to here. Perhaps keep an eye on this post, it may be just easier for me to just add the info as I go to this one post.

Wish me luck!!
:) :)

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Materials List and estimated* cost:
Project board, thick card or thin wood - $2.00
Binding Screws - $2.97* (pack of four sets)
1 square yard leather or velvet - $9.00*
Cardboard paper towel tube - $0.50*
PVA Glue - $1.51*
Cutting knife - $1.13
Sheets of paper - Varies depending on the type of paper you want...but can go roughly for about $10.00* for a pack (if you're looking for parchment)

(just about everyone has the following):
Scissors - $0.00
Pencil - $0.00
Ruler - $0.00
Endpapers - $0.00 if you're printing them from online OR $10.00 for a package of 100 12x12 scrapbook pages.

Total cost to make Book of Shadows in the form of a Charmed replica:
$27.11
(How do those who make and sell the replica books online for almost $500, justify this? Is time and labor really worth 472.89?)
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Part 1 of my videoed book making


Part 2


(Link to YouTube "Charmed Book of Shadows" tutorial channel. This includes far more detailed information if you're looking to make your own (I fear I may have left out a few details in my vids)).