Celeste Conway
Well-Known Member
STARTING POST EDITED 27/03/2025 ORIGINALLY POSTED 16/11/2019*
"Dad's Grail Diary, Every Clue He Ever Followed, Every Discovery He Made, A Complete Record Of His Search For The Holy Grail, This Is His Whole Life"
These are my own story Grail Diary Pages I started working on in 2016, I haven't had as much time and passion to work on them much since 2023 but I've always keep them available here for anyone interested in starting their own Grail Diary Prop Project, this has since morphed into a larger group thread so I've updated this post to follow that and add some additional details and advice here.
1. For clarity each PDF file is a signature in a book, print each one double-sided short ways, fold in half, stacked from the first page inwards and sewn. the following link is an older guide I used in making my diary but I'm sure there are others that are just as good available:
How to Make A Diary by JAN
drive.google.com
2. Due to the age of this project I've forgotten where I intended all the inserts to be placed so the choice of inserts is completely up to you and since this is a story version you can freely add whatever ones you think flesh out the story, my own collection of inserts have since been rendered obsolete by the wealth of newer, higher res prop work created by others available within this thread and others on this forum.
Two inserts I'm particularly happy to share however are my Pinkerton Letter and Walter Donovan Letter that I've created which I'll also add to this post:
Pinkerton Letter
drive.google.com
Walter Donovan Letter
drive.google.com
3. Since originally creating this thread a number of newer Grail Diaries have been freely shared on this forum and I encourage you to seek out these additional threads for their wealth of content and knowledge. Additionally a High Res Vectorized Version of my Signatures has been created by Forum Member zachbanks547 which I'll suggest as well for those interested:
www.therpf.com
It has been a pleasure to see the attention and creativity that has spawned out of this thread and beyond and I very much look forward to viewing more and adding to it occasionally but of course life doesn't stop getting busy. When I started work on this project I was a 13 year old shut-in with a deep interest in Indiana Jones & Prop-making, and now I'm nearly 22 working on Graphic Design full time and honestly I wouldn't be doing the job I love now without starting with The Grail Diary.
Thank You most of all to Indy Magnoli, I still remember looking through IndyProps.com as a kid and getting obsessed with your level of detail and it's been a pleasure seeing you pop up in this thread occasionally.
Now as always, Enjoy!
Sincerely
Celeste Conway
"Dad's Grail Diary, Every Clue He Ever Followed, Every Discovery He Made, A Complete Record Of His Search For The Holy Grail, This Is His Whole Life"
These are my own story Grail Diary Pages I started working on in 2016, I haven't had as much time and passion to work on them much since 2023 but I've always keep them available here for anyone interested in starting their own Grail Diary Prop Project, this has since morphed into a larger group thread so I've updated this post to follow that and add some additional details and advice here.
1. For clarity each PDF file is a signature in a book, print each one double-sided short ways, fold in half, stacked from the first page inwards and sewn. the following link is an older guide I used in making my diary but I'm sure there are others that are just as good available:
How to Make A Diary by JAN
How to make a diary.pdf
drive.google.com
2. Due to the age of this project I've forgotten where I intended all the inserts to be placed so the choice of inserts is completely up to you and since this is a story version you can freely add whatever ones you think flesh out the story, my own collection of inserts have since been rendered obsolete by the wealth of newer, higher res prop work created by others available within this thread and others on this forum.
Two inserts I'm particularly happy to share however are my Pinkerton Letter and Walter Donovan Letter that I've created which I'll also add to this post:
Pinkerton Letter
Pinkerton H Jones Letter (Created by Celeste Conway).pdf
drive.google.com
Walter Donovan Letter
Walter Donovan Letter to H Jones (Created by Celeste Conway).pdf
drive.google.com
3. Since originally creating this thread a number of newer Grail Diaries have been freely shared on this forum and I encourage you to seek out these additional threads for their wealth of content and knowledge. Additionally a High Res Vectorized Version of my Signatures has been created by Forum Member zachbanks547 which I'll suggest as well for those interested:
Beginner's Grail Diary (Printable Pages + Discussion)
Well, since I have not used a printer in my own home ( really nice printer at my old job, made some nice Fifth Element, and Blade Runner paper props! ) in probably 15 years, I think I'm going to have to buy one! But it's worth it!
www.therpf.com
It has been a pleasure to see the attention and creativity that has spawned out of this thread and beyond and I very much look forward to viewing more and adding to it occasionally but of course life doesn't stop getting busy. When I started work on this project I was a 13 year old shut-in with a deep interest in Indiana Jones & Prop-making, and now I'm nearly 22 working on Graphic Design full time and honestly I wouldn't be doing the job I love now without starting with The Grail Diary.
Thank You most of all to Indy Magnoli, I still remember looking through IndyProps.com as a kid and getting obsessed with your level of detail and it's been a pleasure seeing you pop up in this thread occasionally.
Now as always, Enjoy!
Sincerely
Celeste Conway
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