Making snow angels in Marion square park Here’s hoping your holidays and new year are filled with as much excitement, joy, and happiness as we are lucky to have in our own little lives!
When it came to the holidays, Grandmother Maggie always knew just how to make every single detail sing. She had my grandfather raise the “Joy” flag in their front yard each December. Her dining room table was decorated with an apple cone she made of fresh apples, babies breath, and cloves. She & my grandfather …
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and that means our little workshop is buzzing with sewing, gluing, printing, scoring, packing, shipping, folding, and tearing. Boxes of cards and piles of covers in progress and books to be sewn are e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. and it’s busy, busy, busy, which is just how I like it! In the …
In the midst of prepping for the holiday season, I challenged myself to hone my drawing skills with a little exercise. I know that daily drawing, just like daily walks, limbers up the mind and body, and I wanted to start getting myself in shape. This New York Times blog post reminded me to share …
It’s absolutely redundant to say that I love the physical structure of books. If I didn’t love the structure, I wouldn’t be doing this work. That said, I have aspirations of creating books that beautifully and successfully blend text, imagery, and binding. That interest led me to The Fine Press Book Association and I became …
