Happy weekend! I’ve been wanting to learn how to create books using the coptic binding method for ages. A local art school normally runs a class each Fall and I’ve been looking on their site all summer for the class schedule. But don’t you know, they’re not offering it this season. So, I a few […]
I have a show next weekend, The Village Arts and Music Project organized by 3 Rivers Arts based here in Groton. It’s on September 9th from 12:30-5:30pm on Massachusetts Ave in West Acton, MA. I’ve been busy creating journals and notebooks for the show, here are a few I made last night. They are pamphlet […]
My daughter and I headed to the flea market this weekend. I love that I have a 12 year old who loves antiquing as much as I do. She’s into jewelry and ceramics, whereas I’m into books and other pieces for the home. Here are a few of the treasures I found: 1. Vintage alarm […]
I created this mini Valentine art journal a while ago for a class I offered at a local community education program. It’s actually one of my photo albums from my store and I created little panels each each page. Here are some close-ups: I included a variety of different things – silk flowers, buttons, photos, […]
I created a bunch of mixed media tags this week and decided to mount them onto a canvas to make a quick wall hanging. The tags all started out plain white from the office supply store before I dyed them in strong tea. It was messy but fun! I used lots of different thing to […]
Just a quick post today…. I fell in love with the colors for this week’s Playdate Cafe challenge: Rust, Storm and Deep Sea and I also really like the Clean and Simple Stamping Sketch challenge too, so I combined ’em and came up with this Fall card. The colors I used were Dusty Durango (ink […]
Good morning! I have a Halloween party favor tutorial for you today. Finish favor with ribbon, trim and a tag. Fill with candy – your party guests will love them!
It’s challenge day over at Gingersnap Creations and this month’s supply challenge is alcohol inks. I made this little number using stamps from Oxford Impressions and some vintage text using a coffee dyed manila tag for the base. I finished it off with a metal washer from the hardware store and some satin ribbon. But […]
I’ve been away all weekend in Vermont scouring antique stores for vintage paper goodies 🙂 And man, did I get some beauties. I can’t wait to photograph them and put them in the store. They are so awesome! I’ve been busy catching up on emails and orders and didn’t think I’d have to stamp, but….. […]
Happy October! Edgar Alan Poe is the theme on Gingersnaps this month and I created this collage to kick it off. Starting with a piece of watercolor paper as my base, I added a stamped and grunged up piece of green patterned paper, then layered on gothic German text and some mesh. I found a […]