Antuhsa's Bibliophilic Adventures

I’ve had a very productive, crafty, weekend and would love to talk about that today. But first, thank you all so much for your kind and encouraging responses to my previous post! It was good to hear about all your experiences with similar situations and how you dealt with them. It truly warmed my heart that so many of you reached out to me and I felt a lot better equipped to face my fears afterwards, so thank you all so much!

I’m very happy to say that I’ve some good news: I had my very first bookbinding class last week and I loved it! I had the time of my life there, the class exceeded all my expectations. The bookbinding studio there is great, very spacious, with lots of hidden corners and interesting machinery to explore. My classmates seem really nice. I haven’t talked to all of them yet, but the ones I did talk to were lovely. And then there’s the teacher, who’s fantastic! He spent a few hours enthusiastically talking about bookbinding and I wasn’t feeling bored or impatient for a single second. I really liked my previous bookbinding teacher as well, but her teaching method didn’t work for me and I found it difficult to communicate that to her. I don’t have to worry about that with my new teacher, however, because he already uses a teaching method I like! I can’t tell you how much of a relief that is. Having a teacher that works for you can make a huge difference.
On top of all that, I learned a ton in the first class. I didn’t think I would because I knew we’d start at zero, but I filled quite a few pages in my notebook with new tips, tricks and insights. I haven’t completely lost the fear I mentioned in my previous post yet, but I’m really happy I took the plunge and signed up for these classes!

And now on to the craft projects :D