Hide your reading habits from prying eyes
Usually when I start something, I like to complete it before I move on to the next stage, but that doesn’t always work out. My plan was to make a whole bunch of stuff and then photograph it and then upload it to my Etsy shop all at once, just because that’s the way I like to work. However, it occurred to me that while I am doing all that making/photographing/uploading business, there would be nothing in my shop to sell! Duh! So I decided today to upload the first of the products and then I could relax and get on with the rest of what I wanted to make.
So here we are, I give you Book Addicts Undercover (book covers)
The ones in the photo are mass market paperback size but I have a range of sizes available. Mostly in the US they have mass market and trade but just to be different (and irritating) in the UK they have three main sizes, plus just about everything inbetween! To cope with this I actually have four sizes, though at the moment only the mass market ones have been made. (I had a lot on this month plus a throat bug to shake off). All of the covers are made with vinyl (archival quality) and fabric unless otherwise stated ie some are made with paper like the pink and black design, but I prefer working with fabric and there are more options. All covers come with built in ribbon bookmarks in a contrasting colour.
I’ve been making these for quite a few years now. It started when I was studying conservation and preservation at Uni as part of my Librarianship and since I’ve always been a bit crafty, I began covering my books with something more interesting than just the usual boring old options. I used to give them to friends and family and then sold more through word of mouth. It’s only now (after a year of having it) that I am getting around to actually putting stock in my Etsy shop.
I like these in particular if I am out and about reading a book, because you can keep people guessing what it is you’re reading and foil the nosy parkers, plus protecting the book itself! I remember being on the tube when the latest Harry Potter came out and there were so many people on the tube reading it, some more furtively than others lol and I realised that they could all do with some undercover covers. The Harry Potter publishers have realised that to some extent by bringing out adult covers for the books but I like to go a step further and hide what I’m reading completely from prying eyes on public transport, waiting rooms etc.
And let’s face it with some of the books we are reading these days either the covers or the titles themselves might cause a few eyebrows to be raised on the commute to work!
It’s also good for added protection for those of you like me who like to read in the bath!
Zazzle Update:
I posted the other day about how I wasn’t getting any notifications from them and how they told me I should check my junk mail etc (not helpful) well it turns out that there was a problem with the email notification system and they announced today that they were now working on it!
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