Something for Her + Something for Him Treasury

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Treasuries are curated lists of items on Etsy, and I thought this list called Something for Her + Something for Him that features my Red Deer Journal was [...]

Paper Triangle Giveaway! {ended}

Paper Scrap Giveaway

Hey you craft-happy cardmakers, collage artists and scrapbookers – Last month I made a post about how I just recycled my little miter triangles from bookbinding, because even though they are so fancy, I couldn’t think of a use – well several of you chimed in and said you’d be able to make a use out [...]

Paper Potluck! Scrap Packs for sale until Nov. 19th

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I’ve been working hard on packaging up one of  my most popular craft show items, the paper potluck! It’s a big scrap pack of assorted papers, color coordinated by me (most paper scrap packs are just a big handful of paper put in a bag, but I’m a little too crazy/fastidious for that) that I [...]

A little break to go sailing…

sailing

ahhhh…our awesome landlord lets us borrow his 23′ o’day sailboat and my husband and I have been taking it out for sunset cruises – tough times in Cape Cod My job is to hoist the jib sheet – how’s that [...]

Droolworthy Washi Tape Care Package Straight From Japan!

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Oh boy oh boy! If you somehow haven’t heard of the amazing craft/office supply product called washi tape then you are MISSING OUT big time. I’d drooled over it online for a while, but couldn’t QUITE get myself to pay $4-$5 a (teeny) roll – so I emailed my friend Yori who lives in Tokyo with the [...]

Octopus Notecard Giveaway

Octopus personalized notecard giveaway on Concertina Press – [...]

Fancy Gift Wrap!

I doubled up each color (it came from an old needlepoint kit), tied it in a bow then snipped off the bow and ends.

I’ve been hooked on Pinterest and one of my boards is called “Amazing Packaging” where I keep track of all kinds of neat gift wrap and packaging ideas I see. One thing I love about Pinterest is that it’s always inspiring you to new ideas. For instance, I’d never thought of wrapping up a present with [...]

Well awl be! A turk’s head knot!

Turk's Head Knot on a Bookbinding Awl

My husband tied this turk's head knot onto my bookbinding awl as a surprise

A couple weeks ago I was bitten by the friendship bracelet bug (maybe it’s because it is summer time, and I remember making friendship bracelets at summer camp) – anyway, I was knotting away on a chevron bracelet when my husband came [...]

Front page of Etsy – yay!

Yay, at 3:30 today I got an email from the very handy Featurator app at Statsy.org letting me know my miniature submarine book is on the front page of etsy! I took a screenshot because front pages are fleeting, but it feels nice to be loved!

 

Etsy front page on June 8, 2011 at [...]

Teaching Suminagashi at Clark University

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Book Arts class at my alma mater, Clark University where I was a guest artist and taught the class Suminagashi marbling. The class went really well – twelve participants marbled over a hundred sheets of paper!

Me demonstrating for the class

Check out the gallery to see some lovely [...]

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