Working on the Book
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twilightponyDash brought in a pile of pictures which I sorted into chronological order and set them all out on the dining room table, along with the pictures from Pinkie's camera. It seemed to be the logical thing to do. Pinkie and Rarity brought her supplies which I set in the center of the table next to the four piles of paper from Canterlot, arranged by color, the five quills, in ascending nib width, and seven ink wells and blotters. Spike had bought black, blue, gold, green, purple and silver inks. He also set out a copper ink that leaked a blue edge. Very cool.
Applejack arrived with her apple wood hinged book covers and spine, along with wood working and wood burning tools, wood stains and polish. Fluttershy had her carefully pressed flowers, grasses leaves and blue jay feathers, preserved in transparent wax sheets. They looked to be dancing and bobbing to music only they could hear, but that we could all remember.
Spike set out the snacks and drinks on a separate table and we were all set!
Every book needs a beginning, so, working together, we composed a preface recounting the tale of the Party Pony of Ponyville who is really hard to surprise. Spike took notes and Rarity prepared the paper so it could be properly bound into a book after we'd filled them.
After a few drafts, during which Rarity snipped a few locks from our manes and somehow tied them into fancy lace-like outlines of our cutie marks, we were ready to have it written into the book. But first we each dabbed ink on a hoof and left a hoof-print here and there on the first six pages in the book, carefully tracing the outline of the hoof as well. Near each pony's print, Rarity glued the knotted mane-lace cutie marks. Spike left a scale and a claw-print too, and he filled in the rest of the space with the tale. He really is good with a calligraphy quill.
On to the pictures! We played a bit with the order and the narrative they made and I spaced them out so that there were pictures on all the pages that remained in the book. Then it was just a question of filling it in with anecdotes, descriptions, Fluttershy's hoofwork, glitter, paint, sketches, ribbons, scents and the like. We left a space for a poem from Maud, when it arrives.
Applejack and Rarity were hard at work on the book covers. Applejack had worked three balloon shapes into the front and the back, burning in strings for the balloons and staining the wood in shades of pink, yellow and blue. She carved out sockets for Rarity's polished rock candy facets, arranged to represent flowers, and together they scored the wood and glued in gem grit in firework patterns. The title, Pinkie Pie Spring Picnic Surprise Party, they spelled out in gold foil on the front and the spine. Inside the front and back covers, a rough map of Ponyville in gems, wood stain, wood burning, paint and inks. Rarity thought to bring tissue guards which will be tipped in to the inside of the covers when the paint, inks and stains are dry. The tissue guards keep the paint and stains from transferring to the book pages. The advantage of the wooden covers is that they keep the paper pages flat. Rarity made a pair of plaited silver wire clasps to hold the covers shut just for this purpose.
All the pages are resting on the table now, drying and waiting for assembly, Rarity will be doing that with our help on the day after tomorrow. Pinkie is all for the wait -- it's a party that, while it may not go on forever, it's not over yet. There is also Maud's poem. And Pinkie is going to get every pony in Ponyville to sign it. This party might just last for months.
Applejack arrived with her apple wood hinged book covers and spine, along with wood working and wood burning tools, wood stains and polish. Fluttershy had her carefully pressed flowers, grasses leaves and blue jay feathers, preserved in transparent wax sheets. They looked to be dancing and bobbing to music only they could hear, but that we could all remember.
Spike set out the snacks and drinks on a separate table and we were all set!
Every book needs a beginning, so, working together, we composed a preface recounting the tale of the Party Pony of Ponyville who is really hard to surprise. Spike took notes and Rarity prepared the paper so it could be properly bound into a book after we'd filled them.
After a few drafts, during which Rarity snipped a few locks from our manes and somehow tied them into fancy lace-like outlines of our cutie marks, we were ready to have it written into the book. But first we each dabbed ink on a hoof and left a hoof-print here and there on the first six pages in the book, carefully tracing the outline of the hoof as well. Near each pony's print, Rarity glued the knotted mane-lace cutie marks. Spike left a scale and a claw-print too, and he filled in the rest of the space with the tale. He really is good with a calligraphy quill.
On to the pictures! We played a bit with the order and the narrative they made and I spaced them out so that there were pictures on all the pages that remained in the book. Then it was just a question of filling it in with anecdotes, descriptions, Fluttershy's hoofwork, glitter, paint, sketches, ribbons, scents and the like. We left a space for a poem from Maud, when it arrives.
Applejack and Rarity were hard at work on the book covers. Applejack had worked three balloon shapes into the front and the back, burning in strings for the balloons and staining the wood in shades of pink, yellow and blue. She carved out sockets for Rarity's polished rock candy facets, arranged to represent flowers, and together they scored the wood and glued in gem grit in firework patterns. The title, Pinkie Pie Spring Picnic Surprise Party, they spelled out in gold foil on the front and the spine. Inside the front and back covers, a rough map of Ponyville in gems, wood stain, wood burning, paint and inks. Rarity thought to bring tissue guards which will be tipped in to the inside of the covers when the paint, inks and stains are dry. The tissue guards keep the paint and stains from transferring to the book pages. The advantage of the wooden covers is that they keep the paper pages flat. Rarity made a pair of plaited silver wire clasps to hold the covers shut just for this purpose.
All the pages are resting on the table now, drying and waiting for assembly, Rarity will be doing that with our help on the day after tomorrow. Pinkie is all for the wait -- it's a party that, while it may not go on forever, it's not over yet. There is also Maud's poem. And Pinkie is going to get every pony in Ponyville to sign it. This party might just last for months.
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Date: 2015-05-24 06:57 am (UTC)Which the party sounds like it's going to be, before it's done.
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