Thanks everyone who voted in the BEST Zombie Award over at the BEST blog- it was a tough fight with so many awesome entries, but I managed to retain my title!  Check out the BEST Blog here for a wonderful write-up on my Vampire Diary.  Best of all, I get to share the “horrors” (ahem, pardon the pun) or rather honors this year with Rhonda on MyHandBoundBooks and her super cool (and super creepy) “Trapped Inside a Haunted House” tunnel book!

You may well ask, Sara Hindmarch, you just won the BEST Zombie Award two years running- what are you going to do next?  Well, here’s a hint.  And here’s another one!  Keep your eyes here for more info soon!

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As you may recall, I am the reigning champion of the 2008 B.E.S.T Zombie Award- bookbinding Zombie queen supreme if you will.  And here it is nearly Halloween again, meaning I’ve got precious little time left to brag and use my coveted award graphic, eeek!  It also means that the 2009 B.E.S.T. Zombie challenge is just around the next spooky corner.  I’ve been working hard and have completed my book for your consideration again this year, a ghoulish and bloody little Vampire diary* perfect for chronicling any undead angst- whether you’ve been dead 100 years or just since home room.

Voting will open soon on the Bookbinding Etsy Street Team website, in the meantime be sure to check out all of the submissions already listed at Esty by simply searching for “ZombieAward2009″.   Who knows, you might find the perfect little tome for recording your search for the great pumpkin this year.  Happy haunting!

*Not to get too technical, but I can tell you that the book is created with the Secret Belgian binding,  adapted to create “fangs” on the cover. Each long fang is tipped wth a red eyelet (smaller fangs are tipped with white).  The cover is made with black satin, with red satin endpapers to invoke a vampire cape. The ext block features blank ivory and red pages with random pages printed with text from “Dracula” for extra inspiration.
UPDATE: Polls are now open, get out there and vote!

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Okay, no pun intended- but the fact that I made having to eat candy a central part of making my Sugar Skull Momento Mori “Zombie” entry book makes my winning the BEST Zombie Award even sweeter! Better yet, I’ve learned that my Sugar Skull book is being put to use this very moment by the talented Kjersten Hayes! Thanks everyone who voted, it’s really an honor to have won among such amazingly crafted and wonderfully imaginative entries! If you missed the contest, do yourself a favor and check out the Etsy shops of the talented BEST (Bookbinder Etsy Street Team) bookbinders who entered:

2BeUva

Cliff Landis

Flurrsprite

Kjersten Hayes

MoveTheNeedle

MyHandboundBooks

UberArt

UsefulBooks

Yatsu

Now it’s time for me to take a victory break to watch one of the best movies ever, and then back to work!

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