February 2, 2010, 9:13 am
Our Strand invitation with Apricot Mums chiyogami paper
February! It’s prime time for wedding planning, so just a reminder that we have a great collection of designs to choose from.
All of our invite designs incorporate Japanese silkscreened papers – and you can even customize by choosing your own chiyogami pattern from the thousands out [...]
January 25, 2010, 10:53 am
(To see what in the world I’m talking about, here’s Part 1)
My dad is here this week and we’re (he’s) getting our apartment seriously organized and outfitted with much-needed shelving he’s built for us (although anyone can see he’s really made the trip to visit my 2 feet, 2 inches tall assistant!).
This year, [...]
January 20, 2010, 10:47 am
Last week was full of some planning for the year, making even more Valentines (!), and finishing up a couple of custom bookbinding projects.
This journal is a casebound (covered spine), traditional sewn journal with 86 pages of heavyweight printmaking paper. The covers are blue burst chiyogami (Japanese silkscreened paper) and chocolate brown bookcloth.
Here [...]
January 13, 2010, 10:26 am
Just a quick peek at yesterday’s work table, with the sliver of sunlight that comes through the front window for all-too-short a time in January. I’m working on custom books and Valentines this week, and getting ready to add a few new things to the shop in the next few weeks.
Even though it’s not really [...]
December 21, 2009, 8:48 pm
I don’t know exactly what it is about this time of year, but time manages to speed up even more than usual…and we already have a newborn, so we’re approaching warp speed here! Since most of my Christmas shopping and making began this weekend and needs to be done tomorrow (almost everything’s handmade or homemade [...]
December 10, 2009, 12:34 pm
This week, I’ve been finishing up a beautiful stack (if I say so myself!) of custom 10″ x 10″ Coptic stitch photo albums that will be given as bridesmaid gifts. Each is covered with a Japanese paper – mostly chiyogami, and one katazome (stenciled) print.
(Blue Plum Blossoms, Multicolored Blossoms and Rose Garden)
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November 20, 2009, 11:29 am
Monday morning work table, Tuesday afternoon, and Thursday afternoon…busily scoring and gluing calendars and just trying to juggle all of the constantly moving and changing piles! (Should these be filed under “doing too much with too little space”?)
The last few weeks and the next few weeks are jam packed not only with holiday [...]
November 18, 2009, 12:14 pm
Just a reminder that there’s still plenty of time to order personalized holiday cards! Maybe those little snow angels are calling your name, or champagne bubbles…or Orion in the winter sky?
Speaking of holiday cards, my Grandfather Bud drew a Christmas card every year that he would have printed and send to friends and [...]
October 19, 2009, 3:00 pm
Today is Charlotte’s and my first day sans Matt, who headed back to work bright and early this morning. I won’t lie, we’ve been dreading the day because we really both want to take care of Charlotte all the time, but we’re making the best of it!
For a first day solo, it’s going awfully well! [...]
September 23, 2009, 3:06 pm
The calendars are getting closer by the day – all of the interior pieces are now printed…just have to start assembling them!
Endpapers all printed and ready to be put together
I’ve also been working through a very steady stack of custom guest book orders…thanks in no small part to a couple of lovely posts on a [...]
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