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Obsessed with this!! 😍🙌🙌

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Thank youuuuuu

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Aug 28Liked by Jessica Maybury

These are so beautiful. I took one bookbinding class and even though the teacher was amazing, I left totally overwhelmed. You are giving me hope!

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Start small! Not with this one 😂

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Aug 28Liked by Jessica Maybury

I’m just dipping my feet into the world of book binding and will have to give this a try!

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ooo excellent! feel free to message me if you get stuck, okay?

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Aug 28·edited Aug 28Liked by Jessica Maybury

It seems you can find the gravestone of Violet Biddle.

https://billiongraves.com/grave/Violet-Purton-Biddle/10781810

And I love all your journal pages! That book looks so delicate and amazing. But a lot of work to bind - kudos to you!

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It's so cool you went hunting! I think I can glean where it's located without having to make an account: Kingston Cemetery & Crematorium Bonner Hill Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT1 3EZ, United Kingdom.

I also just found a description of the book itself, but the word choice is revealing, maybe? Why is she whimsical? "Garden lovers everywhere will enjoy Violet Biddle’s whimsical wisdom about caring for plants and soil, plant propagation, proper watering, weeding without backaches, lawns and paths, small greenhouses, the duty of making experiments, trees for small gardens, flowers, vegetables and fruit, and much, much more."

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