Peek-a-Boo Journal class – Day 1

Last Thursday I had the first of 2 sessions for my Peek-a-Book Journal class at Studio Place Arts in Barre, VT. Here’s what everyone is working on:
As I’ve mentioned before, I can’t write a post about a class unless I have the obligatory photo of my supplies looking all fresh and sexy:
I developed a [...]

The Sketchbook Project Library

After about a month and a half of studio avoidance, it seems that I have conquered the demon. Not only have I made books recently, but I have also created a fully-unrealistic production schedule to get me ready for the holiday season. Things are back to normal.
So of course, I had to throw something into [...]

Upcoming classes at Studio Place Arts

I’d like to start off by thanking everyone for the support I received after my last post. That post was really hard to write. In general, I am not very comfortable with being vulnerable. However, I’m really glad I took the risk. I never could have imagined the big, warm hug that has enveloped me [...]

Completed accordion books…music to my eyes

I decided that I would get two dozen accordion books done in time for Open Studio Weekend. You can see the start of my work in this post. I already had quite a few in stock, but sometimes I get an urge to set a deadline just so I can experience the feeling of having [...]

Accordion books

This weekend I worked on accordion books that are 4.5″ x 4.5″ in size. An accordion book is often made with one long piece of card stock. It is folded repeatedly, like a fan, to form the pages in the book. The colored slips of paper sticking out from the stack of covers in the [...]

Journal tip #1

I do a couple of craft shows during the holiday season and I often get people in my booth who tell me that my journals are too pretty to write in – they feel like they need the “right” thing to put on the pages. They don’t want to ruin them by messing up.
I offer [...]

Jason Bug Book – done deal

Today I was able to finish what I now refer to as the “Jason Bug Book” (I’ve never been great with titles). The sewing took a little over three hours to complete. I used burgundy and black linen thread to do the coptic binding – at the two ends and in the middle you can [...]