Trip to Taurus Bookbindery

The Guild of Bookworkers is presenting their annual event, The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding, in San Francisco starting today. As my trip to Taurus Bookbindery was one of the stops on my bookbinding spree in San Francisco this summer, I felt it necessary to finally write about my visit.
Taurus Bookbindery [...]

Trip to the American Bookbinding Museum

So I finally sit down to write about my trip to the American Bookbinding Museum in San Francisco back in June – and I can’t find my notes. I can’t even express how so very irritated I am. I know I didn’t throw them out and I’ve gone through every inch of my studio. Even [...]

One more Dremel post…

I was so happy when I finished my last Dremel post. I thought that I could finally write about some new things. But after reading everyone’s responses to my posts, I realized that a lot of you have older Dremels without owner’s manuals – definitely a barrier to using one.
I did a quick search and [...]

Dremel resources for artists

If you haven’t already guessed it, I love my Dremel. It’s my baby. If I ever find that my hubby has used it to clean grout in the bathroom, I will have to kill him.
That said, welcome to the last post in my series of posts related to the use of a Dremel in the [...]

So now I have a Dremel…what can I work on?

Welcome to part two of my series of blog posts based on information collected from Jill Timm’s class, The Amazing Dremel at the 2009 Focus on Book Arts conference. As mentioned in my last Dremel post, this post focuses on tips for using a Dremel with specific materials.
I took six pages of notes during the [...]

What do those Dremel bits do? Well I’ll tell ya!

Yeah, I’m an overachiever.
I originally thought I could fit all of my notes from Jill Timm’s class, The Amazing Dremel, into one blog post.
Bwahahahahahahah!!!
I did not take into account how many notes I took during the workshop. In fact, my table neighbor at the workshop teased me for two days on how many notes I [...]

The envelope please…

Well I feel silly because I can’t figure out how to close the PollDaddy poll within WordPress. Poop.
I officially declare that the poll is closed. I mean it. Don’t even try to vote now, even though I can’t stop you.
You have spoken and I will obey.
Here’s the order of my posts starting next week:

Dremel bits [...]

For blog’s sake, what do I do next?

I have a backlog of blog posts that has accumulated over the past 2 months. Sometimes I get an idea for a post and start a draft, then something distracts me and I move on to a new topic.
I need help figuring out where to start and I’m interested in hearing about what grabs your [...]

The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm – Day 2

Day two at the Focus on Book Arts conference is now over. Well, not quite – right now I’m listening to Peter Thomas and Jim Croft doing a duet on a harmonica/ukulele and trombone, respectively.
Today was day 2 of The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm. The day progressed much like it had yesterday. Jill would [...]

The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm – Day 1

I just finished my first day at the Focus on Book Arts conference. After having spent over 12 hours traveling yesterday, it was so nice to get to play all day long.
Today was day 1 of a 2-day workshop with Jill Timm – The Amazing Dremel. The amazing thing is that I finally own a [...]