I often have trouble making time for art & crafting projects, which is why I love my little sewn books. They are like little appetizers. So easy to play and experiment; just dip into the paper stash and go. No shopping required. No excuses. Just enough structure to let you get started without having to [...]

Christmas cards are done, and ready to go in the mail. For the inside, I used greetings recycled from a batch of cards I picked up last year at the Salvation Army.

Some of the other card greetings are getting recycled as gift tags. Little pieces of collage are one of my favorite things [...]

Sometimes its good to make things without a set goal. Just go by instinct and your emotional response. I was pretty stressed out during September. I think its the long days of running around trying to meet deadlines. By the time I get out of there I’m way more wound up than I should be. [...]

I only squeezed in one morning of studio time last week, and worked on this collage using this map of the Gulf of Mexico.

Oh, my poor neglected work table! I haven’t spent much time there lately. Starting a new job has kept me busy, as well as good things like working outside in the [...]

Acting on a tip from the delightful Robin, I scored some great 1950’s geography journals with tipped-in maps. They were on the “free” table at the University of Victoria library. I even found one with a map of the Holyoke Range in Western Massachusetts. I have great memories of many of the topographic features that [...]

On my way to the grocery store today, I hit my two local thrift stores. Conveniently located right across the street from each other, just like two little Starbuckses. Although out of season, I was hunting for some 100% wool sweaters. I’m knitting some felted (fulled to be fully correct) slippers, and I’m just about [...]