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2011 Planners – Available for YOU!
This year I finally created a planner that is available for purchase by anyone who is interested (or whoever gets to them first)! I already sold all but four at the Renegade Holiday Craft Fair in Los...
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At Home with Handmade Books is available today
Today is the day! After months of work, At Home With Handmade Books is finally available! Working with the folks at Shambhala Publications has been a pleasure. I am very happy with how everything...
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Workshop this Sunday
If you live in the San Carlos, CA area, please join me for a workshop at the Reading Bug this Sunday, May 1! I will demonstrate how to make a stab-bound tag book, a project from At Home With Handmade...
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Bookbinding Workshop this Tuesday
If you are in the Santa Monica area, you are welcome to join me for a free hands-on workshop at the Fairview Branch Library Tuesday evening. We will make the Tag Book project from At Home with...
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Renegade Preparations
Ben snapped a few photos of the action in the studio as we get ready for Renegade. I’m just finishing up some pocket calendars here. Two days left!
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New Mini Planners for 2012
New for 2012: Pocket-size planners based on our original Droplet planner design. Every monthly spread alternates with a spread of notes pages. The covers are hand printed (with a fun technique that I...
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Bookbinding Class at UCLA Extension
I will return to UCLA Extension to teach Handmade Book Structures on Tuesday evenings for the Winter Quarter (January 10 to March 27, 2012). I would love for you to join me! This class is loaded with...
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Experimenting with Japanese Stab Binding
I was recently inspired to push my current knowledge of Japanese binding to a new level. This type of binding moves past the boundaries of function and more in the direction of form. There is so much...
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2012 Planner – Better Late than Never!
I’m usually a bit behind the times. In this case, I just put together a planner for the year. It combines two different bindings and various materials, including printed kozu paper, twill tape and a...
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Butterfly Scales
Do you know that butterfly wings are covered in microscopic scales? This inspired the combination of materials above: pretty butterfly-patterned paper with pewter fish leather at the spine. The...
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