Category: book arts
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Ah, how I love the first couple of hours on weekend mornings, when I am allowed to slowly transition from dreams to reality. Theo is playing by himself with a wine cork, and another cat, probably Miss Jazz, hisses from under the bed each time he passes by. I have not had another dream about…
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Whew! Anyone in the southeast US can tell you – we have had ENOUGH rain from the remnants of Ida. I am afraid to look in our basement since I know from the last flood that our sump pump doesn’t work. But we actually did better than I expected then so hopefully we will luck…
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I took two classes from L.K. Ludwig because I love her book Mixed Media Nature Journals so much and I couldn’t decide which class I wanted to take. She is teaching a monthly online photo journaling class – it’s not too late to sign up because it begins November 1! Take a look at her…
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Dan Essig’s “The Exquisite Corpse Mica Book” class L.K. Ludwig’s “Painted, Knotted, Sewn” class L.K. Ludwig’s “Outside Inside” class
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This paper was made with any kind of brown paper I could get my hands on, leftover plant fibers, and lots of dried basil blossoms. It smells nice. The paper was a little bigger than the cover, but I decided not to cut it down to fit. I like it sticking out. The cover was…
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Finally took a few photos tonight. This one is definitely for me. It is made with both recycled handmade paper and commercial writing paper. The cover is made with an envelope that Rice sent to me – too precious not to reuse! The binding was a bit tricky because I used lots of different scraps…
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Let’s see if I can get in a quick SAMCPP before the fabulous Zha K whisks my dopey ass away to the farmers market in the next hour. Last night I finally dealt with the pile of tomatoes that were beginning to rot on the counter. Good heirloom tomatoes do not sit patiently for weeks.…
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Consumed with enthusiasm and a little uncertainty about my Etsy store. I sold my first book, “The Search for Peace,” today to one of my blog readers – thank you so much! The uncertainty comes partly from not being very secure about my art, not having the training or face-to-face contacts with many other book…
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With chocolate milk added! I had hoped to post photos of my newest books today, but I had also hoped that I could transfer the photos on my memory card from my printer to my computer. If it’s possible, I can’t figure it out. So I’ll have to borrow a camera again to transfer the…
slowly she turned 