Just a few peeks at what my week is looking like: a stack of fun small journals using some of my favorite decorative papers for covers, plus a set of custom albums using a beautiful yellow rice paper with a pale green leaf print.
This custom album set is also the beginning […]
I finally got myself in to The Arm twice this week to print a set of custom invitations and some thank you cards that were a special order…which I ended up doing stacks of! I’m really happy with how they turned out. See for yourself!
I printed these on a C&P Pilot […]
After trying the Triple Chain Stitch a week or so ago, I decided to make a few new albums using this style, which is a beautiful and intricate decorative stitch, done in contrasting thread along a covered spine. Using three signatures of 6 sheets each, each book has 36 finished pages and they are […]
I’m on the lookout for a tabletop letterpress! Many people - including myself and my other half - would argue that it’s doubtful we can cram much more into this apartment, let alone a hunk of metal. I’m ready to find a tabletop press that’s in good shape, though. I’m prepared to […]
Testing out a few new binding techniques from the copy of 1- 2- & 3-Section Sewings Keith Smith book I received for Christmas. This is the triple chain stitch:
It’s not perfect (you can’t quite tell in this photo, but I definitely punched 2 extra holes in the spine that didn’t need to be there!), […]
I spent this afternoon at Memories Out of the Box, for the first of a few workshops I’m teaching there over the next few months. Today was all about Japanese stab binding techniques. These aren’t techniques I use often in my own binding, but they’re a useful way to start understanding the basic […]
While the new year has been great for creating lots of new books…we accidentally left our camera in Galena over the holidays. We should have it back tomorrow but, for now, I can’t get pictures of new work up for your perusal quite yet, and nothing new on Etsy. Soon, though!
Besides photos, though, binding […]