Handmade sketchbook

There's something wonderful about staying at a lighthouse; the symbolism, the remote location, the fresh air....

Guest Post by Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California After searching many years for the perfect sketchbook, I finally gave up on the commercial brands and decided to make my own. For weeks I stayed up all night tearing paper, threading needles, poking holes in mat boards, and utilizing all kinds of gadgets, until finally I […]

Following my Masters Degree and a start of my full time teaching job in Cambridge, I found very little time for doing anything creative. I knew I had to find a way to get back into drawing regularly…

fiber artist specializing in nature inspired art quilts, handmade books, and collages, utilizing eco printing, natural dyes, and other sustainable production methods.

Nov 2, 2019- If you’re on this board you love books. You love reading. You love literature. Mountains of paperbacks litter your bookcases; a reminder of your eternal and ever expanding to-read list. Here you will find relatable quotes, humourous images that highlight the silly bits of being a bibliophile and fantasy illustrations that embody the feelings of journey and safety reading novels grants us, the joy of reading itself, as well as the intimacy with characters that we each know well…

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A blog about crafty things, the embroideries I'm working at the moment, snail mail, travel and the wonderful random occurrences in my life.