Hello, I am back again. Not posting very regularly just now, but I am trying to post at least once a week! Before I get onto the Real Subject of this post... Do you remember "Herman the German&q...
I posted recently, about a method for tearing handmade paper, to make nice "deckled" edges and creating a "Codex" (a set of folded pages for a book). You can find that post here. ...
Im late for Sians Storytelling Sunday. I am also very late at blogging this story, about a lovely Day Out in Cambridge, which I had nearly 2 weeks ago! Wednesday 25th April - A Rainy Day in Cambridge...
I thought it was time to continue my posts about some of the bindings used in book-binding. Im a bit amazed to realise that the second of the two posts so far, was last September! Its really time I a...
Many of my blog friends will know about Team Teal. If you cant remember, then see this post on Deb Turtles blog. And this is my post from last 29th April! Debs lovely mom, Marti is 70 today, which in...
I am very much buried under books just now. I dont mind, as its exciting to have lots of orders and projects, but its a bit exhausting (and the housework suffers!). Tomorrow though, I will have a &q...
Cup-of-Tea Warning! This post is quite long and has lots of photos - you may need a cuppa and a bikkie, before attempting to read it all through! * * * A Bookbinding Day at Knuston Hall I spent yest...
Hello all, sorry Ive been so quiet and not really visiting/commenting recently. Im up to my kneck in custom orders - a couple of which are a bit challenging! Today I have been learning box-making t...
The weather here was very nice, until the middle of last week, when it turned really chilly and quite rainy. Some parts of UK have even had quite a bit of snow (we are lucky to have avoided this). ...
Good Morning All Blog Friends, Happy Wednesday! I thought Id join in with Julias WOYWW today. Im very busy just now, with a batch of various books, mostly custom orders. Thought you might like a pee...
This is my April contribution to Sians Storytelling Sunday 2012. A short tale about the continuing adventures of the small cat we all know and love: Sherlocks Vetinary Adventure Sherlock hasnt been ...
Two more books, from a set Im currently working on, in between Custom order work; both are now in my shops, for sale! Linen and Silk Coptic Stitch Guest Book This guest book has covers made with 100%...
My latest book. A little photo album, with gorgeous covers embellished with peacocks and silk... ...and pretty wrapped edges, Silk edging on the covers, with a fringe; Japanese style stab-stitch bi...
I made my first sale in my new Luulla.com shop - This London themed sketchbook. One of a pair of stab-stitch sketchbooks, with leather and button fastenings. The back and cover linings are in strawbe...
Davey has just finished a contract and is taking a few days off. He spent the weekend helping in the house, helping James find some new shoes (that boys feet just wont stop growing!), shopping for th...
[source] - its not my garden, but I wish I lived there... The sun was shining yesterday, for the first time since Sunday. It was a perfect drying day, so I was out with my basket of clean clothes, p...
Havent posted a Fun on Fursday since last October... Still, I thought this was fun and worth sharing. Its my favourite cat again! Have a laugh - its Thursday!
Todays post. Three parcels. All Treasure. Happy Three Times Over! Happy #1!A set of printing inks - red, blue, yellow, white, black and gold (!) - plus additional tubes of turquoise and a special ...
... must be a record (for Lizzie!) Sunday was Scrap Club day. As my title says, I managed 4 pages, which is pretty good going for me. I tend to be slow and dreamy when scrapping, so its not often t...
I have a lot of books on my Commissions List just now. Its good news really, though Im having to keep myself organised, so I get it all done (those who have known me for a while, will know that orga...
I decided that I was fed up with my messy blog layout. After a bit of research on others blogs (tidy and smart ones that were not like mine!), I have had a tidy up. Most of the long lists from the ...
Sunday 26th February Acacia TreeOvergrown Conifer HedgeCrazy Corkscrew Willow Wednesday 29th February Pruning has begunMess everywhereClippings all over the gardenLooks terrible! Poor Tree! Saturday ...
A Guest Book for my Shop. Its covered in "Bird and Nest" paper, by Cavallini and has a decorative edge of deep turquoise shot silk. I frayed the edge, to show the lovely golden brown thre...
Another Lino project - though probably the last for a little while, as there are so many bookbinding projects clamouring for my attention! This is something I tried at home, a few days after I got ho...
Sooooo, hello all Blog Friends! I posted this last Sunday, about my printmaking adventure at Cascada Studio, in Spain. And, I promised to give away one of my edition of "Spanish Lemons" p...
I spent a week in Andalucia, Spain, at a village called Mijas, which is in the hills above the Costa del Sol, between Malaga and Marbella. I went there to attend two printmaking courses, with a grea...
So, besides writing blog posts about my trip to Cascada Studio in Mijas, what have I been doing? Of course, theres always housework and laundry... but I have been busy in my own studio since my ret...
While I was in Mijas, working with Mariann at Cascada Studio, we all made a couple of small "learning" pieces. These we printed onto nice, folded printmaking paper, to make Valentine Cards...
This is the third part of my Andalucian story: Part One is here and Part Two is here, but this is what happened after my Monday Holiday! * * * I had signed up for two Linocut courses at Cascada Stud...
Click on the link, if you missed Part 1 of my Andalucian Adventure story. Heres what happened next.... * * * After a very busy and lino-packed weekend, I had a "day off" on Monday, as the n...
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