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And so I spent much of my holiday vacation spare time in a menage a trois of me, my computer and the Blurb bookmaking software(free to download from their site). We easily spent about 30+ hours together, pouring over photographs for the book, editing them, and laying them out in the book--then writing the text. And the end result was this: Beeper Bebe Plushies--Handmade Plushies from Secondhand Stuff. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLXJRWKIFiHXD3nUHHPWo_SQ7bNfWADc0wvY4jclHZAGTK05H0tZr14Jj2KeVqBgsJDkke7L4TTblbW4FWXZ0QNtuBIK925E1UwR-5K5HhCAlixdwpaauwnfFhcvZTioJBhXD6KtLcO4/s400/Beeper+Bebe+Book10.jpg)
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It is a retrospective of my plushie design work since I started making them back in 2005. Not that there is any practical purpose for this book other than forcing it into the hands of people I know and making them peruse it--and also, it makes me feel all warm inside to have this nice and tidy little view into my plushie design efforts.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVmq-GyHTgHuXeo0jXBx8Ro4jYlVc_eXFtd0et0E8ndh6tibRO-HUchbeTEAUuDmn-pZrdjy49lgmIuzfU0UFFHQjzCNKfZNBROEzhX3hpMuWCbbVeGjP71cINibr9jk2crOesM06L_U/s400/Beeper+Bebe+Book4.jpg)
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I organized the photos my design type: mangy menagerie, bitty bebes, babies on a stick, two-faced friends, etc. Then chose those I thought were the best representative photos of my work, and added a little text of that particular design--keeping it light and not too technical. I had this one printed hard cover, and used the premium paper option--I mean, why not when it is only a few bucks more (especially when you just like Blurb soooo much).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyVTC-dvik5jdIbPD4RSpugn3O0EMiP37igg_6IR3hcG9telW6laX6p32zkZmSddZIvVX8uQn01kbAakhTLqkXrkalECEoClDPjOYnqs2WVp7OGlVkAX7kX_tUY21Oj03fqE_7E9jFpo/s400/Beeper+Bebe+Book15.jpg)
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And I have to say, I am really, really, REALLY happy with the end result. Oh, Blurb, I love you for making my stuff look so good when bound all up together like this. I could just caress the hardcover with its sweet little dust jacket and kiss the inside book flap. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRjmdY94R5-n-VoEKiOxbEAszY7MZk9QUl7BsX_COb4LfXXlCzDtP4tBfq_HULiLZ56Wq1K0rGc40Rln9i03Mi1E59q8YaUewW4yrSZenM5qV7gZyOQg461t7JS2aMqlNSN70AKofD2g/s400/Beeper+Bebe+Book22.jpg)
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And like I mentioned, I did have my first foray with Blurb last spring when I made two hard cover books with photos of Beeper for my mum and mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Then I made a cheap little soft cover for Beeper as a birthday gift with photos of just his friends and family--goofy photos abounded here.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNsdJL_cSt-d6SNl-Xc1V_pMFw8bKdKFOpCPGu96h7SdCZihEaIUo_bepJiyhj2YUXtugaIrFeYvNjLMsIi2JsLwQMW_akdTvFhAFxhVQPkhfWifN5BtmBDIdwFjvo9_RpNrlNVkzoO78/s400/Juni+%26+Friends+Cover2.jpg)
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You can see the book is little crinkled with reading and use because Beeper loved it. And I think I only paid something like $12 for getting this book printed and it had about 40 pages (I am partial to the square book format--I like the handy size of it and its contemporary look).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSKYA4BlSomsvMGt22IwtaXERzXtTua0jO3OpkOVMCM7f87EETHVwU8S3HHK27Vz9bHZrJDcQlI0JAxCol0wkfS-mb2F1rx6QqFrA7tYManlKvOjnUHT6QPEIh1Hfp_SymSyY8BH-bZM/s400/Juni+%26+Friends+Content8.jpg)
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The other thing about Blurb--in case you do not know--is that you can list your completed books on their website for sale---and you name the selling price. And you know what? I listed my little Plushie book out there in soft or hard cover for whomever may be interested...because, why not? You can find it here.
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You can preview the first 15 pages on Blurb--mainly devoted to my Mangy Mengaerie designs--but you should know that there are a LOAD more designs in there because the book is 134 pages, for goodness sake (some would say excessive--but I would say merely obsessive about Blurb).
1 comment:
Oh Snap, I love Blurb too! I did a book last year for my little Smurf's first b'day. And I'm working on a family cook book at the moment. Ahhh blurb!!
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