Category Archives: boxmaking

A pretty, productive week!

I have about 7 drafts of blog posts started and several more ideas to get out of my head and on to the “page”, but for now I just wanted to share some of this week’s work, plus our beautiful spring (nearly summer) week here, and shots of my dad working on a project we’re

Silk, satin, chiyogami…and Canada Geese

Chiyogami papers and Japanese silk bookcloth (in blue/gold and in bronze) I don’t do “sitting still” very well so, in addition to cleaning and organizing things a bit this week, I’m also pulling out some materials to play with…and having a lot of fun. I have awesome supplies – and no doubt Charlotte will have

Gold Cloth, Hyacinths, and Daffodils

I know, I know, long silences don’t make for good reading! It’s almost certainly a testament to the focus I’ve maintained over the last week that I just now noticed it had been a good 10 days since my last post. Needless to say, it’s been a lot of hard work over here for the

October 10

As you might expect, it’s been a long, busy & productive week. I had a lot of reminders of just how great we have it around here. I can often find reasons to be frustrated, worried, antsy, and concerned, but I do try and remember, as often as I possibly can, that we are very

“The best thing that we’re put here for’s to see…”

I’ve been working on several more drop spine boxes for stationery this week, and am steadily sewing my way through a small mountain of books whose covers and pages fill my work table. A few of the baby books… This is just a taste of some fun things to come, and our philodendron enjoying the