If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
After watching a bunch of videos, I made my first junk journal this spring. I've made lots of things over the years, including books, but as usual, my creative process was full of lessons. Here are five things I learned that are important to remember whenever you want to make something: (1) Learning from others... Continue Reading →
While I was on break, I discovered junk journals. YouTube is full of inspiring tutorial and flip-through videos of these handmade books. The big draw for me was the combination of using papers and images I love to make a book I could write in, and I loved the result so much, I made a... Continue Reading →
Paper collage fascinates me. Most styles of quilting are a form of collage — putting together pieces of many different fabrics to build up a pattern or picture — but the limitations caused by the need to sew seams* keeps me from achieving the truly detailed results I want from my animal art. While looking... Continue Reading →
Last week, I posted about a book I made to commemorate a gathering of friends and where I went wrong. Here are instructions for how to make the book the right way as well as my way. The separate sets of pages make this book a great choice for group projects such as collaborations or... Continue Reading →
Do not be hasty, that’s my motto. –Treebeard, The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Do you ever have a sudden vision of an enticing project and find that you can’t turn your back on it? A project that you don't have time for but you can't resist doing anyway? It happens to me all the... Continue Reading →
