A Bookbinder’s Black Friday

I don’t know about you, but I’m a total Black Friday shopper. I will get up early and fight the crowds to get a good deal.
My name is Elissa and I’m a compulsive bargain shopper.
Thankfully, I’ve been notified of some great online sales that may be of interest to you bookbinders out there.
Volcano Arts is [...]

20+ Years of French Paper Promotions

I’ve never been shy about proclaiming how much I love love love the French Paper Company. In addition to making fabulous papers that I’ve been using for years, they’ve also been an inspiration for branding. They set a high bar – their design is infused with a style and humor that I really appreciate.
This video [...]

So a 5 gallon tub of PVA walks into a bar…

…and says,
This is a stick up! Everybody spread ‘em!”
Yeah, I bought a big-ass tub of glue.
Now I can finally say something that I’ll probably never be able to say again:
That tub is a few inches shy of an inflatable Jerry French.

Peggy Skycraft is so cool

I mean seriously cool.
Peggy Skycraft has been making the most gorgeous marbled and painted papers since 1970. She is considered a master marbler and if you look at her work, you can see why. I became acquainted with Peggy’s work when I worked at Paper Source in the mid-90’s. From the moment I saw her [...]

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 [...]

Super happy trip to Langdell Paper

I’m bad. I know I have a schedule of committed blog posts, but I thought I would squeak another one in here.
Last Wednesday afternoon was just one of those times when you feel all warm and fuzzy about where you live and what you do. I’m not sure if it’s a Vermont thing or an [...]

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 [...]