Just popping in with a favorite bit of ephemera that recently came to me from Gary’s parents. This is the back (or maybe the front) of a coupon. It’s about 4 cm tall and at that size, the words “peanut butter” definitely hit you a couple of seconds after “Have you tried squirrel?”

This [...]

What do you do when a design project just isn’t coming together? Case study: a series of brochures I’m working on for the wild animal rehabilitation centre where I volunteer. These are tri-fold pamphlets about what to do if you think you’ve found orphaned or abandoned animals, like baby birds, deer fawns, and seals. Most [...]

First of all, thanks, knitting gurus, for the magic loop tips. It’s nice to have experienced knitters around to lend some insight. For the time being I’ve switched over to bamboo dpns, but it sounds like its time for me to invest in the good needles. Anyway, I like the dpns, so I’m happily knitting [...]

Admittedly, I am not the most advanced knitter. But, can someone tell me why I would want to make a (single) sock with the magic loop method? Sadly, I am not feeling the magic. Is this just a survival skill that you might use if stranded on an island with nothing but a cable needle? [...]

Starting new projects can be a slow and clumsy process. These are accordian books I made over the weekend, while working on an idea for a photo album/CD sleeve. Let’s say — just hypothetically — that a person was to take a whole mess of pictures at a family get-together and wanted to share the [...]

Okay, people. I’m back home for a while, and I’m ready to make stuff. Let’s buckle down here! I really need to get cracking.
I have a free day today, which has been derailed a bit so far by assorted events, including a dumptruck that flipped on its side in the construction site next door and [...]

I’m just back from a visit to New England to see my family. It felt luxurious to spend so many days with my sibs and their kids around, as well as my mom and my uncle. We all converged on my brother’s house in Vermont; some of us camped out at their house, and some [...]