Living in a tourist town means that the year is divided in to two seasons – “tourist season” and “the winter” – never mind that “the winter” lasts nearly nine months, from labor day to Memorial Day.
If you spend all 12 months on the Cape like I do, you get the honor of being a “year round resident”. You take the good – beautiful summers – with the bad – frosty desolate winters where everything is closed early, and darnit, that’s how you like it!
The winters are a great time for crafting though, and I spend a lot of my time binding books by hand when the days are short and selling at craft fairs during the summer time. I also teach bookbinding classes locally (sign up for my newsletter at the right over there if you’re interested in hearing about new classes!) especially during the winter months.
I create all of my work with my own hands – the book covers are hand cut, the pages hand folded and the books are sewn together with my own two hands! I enjoy breathing life into an ancient craft (going back thousands of years!) and putting my own colorful, whimsical spin on it.
Recently, in March of 2011 I started my own stationery line called Concertina Press – I design vintage-feel nautical and botanical invitations and stationery, as well as “punny” greeting cards. Check out my Concertina Press Etsy Shop and my Concertina Press blog, too.
Want to contact me?
Ruth (at!) RuthBleakley (dot!) com
I go a little crazy with the social media – here are some of my links
Twitter | Pinterest | Etsy Shop |Facebook (under Concertina Press)
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