Monthly Archives: March 2009

Give Artfully

That springiness is definitely still in the air and I can tell that sequential warm, sunny days are in the not too distant future! In the meantime, I’m just cooking along around here with new books and as many new ideas as I can come up with in between ongoing projects. I picked up some

Spring!

It was almost as though a switch was flipped this weekend and the moment it was officially spring it became, well, officially spring. There were crocus blooming, tulips shooting up from newly dug tiny gardens, and daffodils nearly ready to bloom yesterday. The winter here hasn’t been as intense for us as for those of

Diamond Bindings and Drawing

I’ve been steadily working away on new albums, and have lots of other projects in the works, as well. I’ve been playing with the diamond binding some more and am really happy with how elegant and intricate the finished products are. Pamphlet binding with black satin ribbon, diamond binding in white, diamond binding in soft

Stan Fellows

While I was talking with my mom the other evening, she mentioned that she’s now showing the work of a wonderful watercolorist at the gallery. After reading her blog post and seeing a couple of images of Stan Fellows’s work, I went to his own blog almost immediately and am enjoying his paintings and sketchbook

Woven Chain Stitch and Diamond Bindings

In the spirit of having some new things in the works for spring (that it was around 65 degrees for a chunk of the weekend only helped things!), I have a few new binding styles that I tried out this weekend, along with a few new papers and colors that I’m excited about! This is