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 …
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 …
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 …
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) (Dark Green …
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 card …
