handmade books

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Hi, for a photography final we have to make books with all of our pictures from throughout the year.
The photography part I have, but we have to physically make a book. Pretty muuch everyone is making theirs out of cardboard and fabric, but I want mine to be unique. Problem is, I'm not too crafty and am having trouble thinking of something to make the book out of.
I don't really want something that looks like a typical book, and maybe not something rectangular. I was hoping to somehow bind flar objects together with pages. Does that make sense?

Any ideas are both appriciated and helpful. :D
oh, and if anyone is interested in seeing the pictures I'm putting in the book, they are all posted Here