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11/19/2022

My Notebugs Notebooks are cozying up with the last of the fall harvest today at .farms. Get your veggies and your holiday shopping done in their beautiful old barn today from 1-5pm.

11/12/2022

Come see me today Nature Makers Market from 9-3! There’s books, jewelry, prints, and other artistic goodies.

11/10/2022

I’ve never loved to draw, but recently I have been drawing bees on my cereal box scraps. 🐝

08/24/2022

It’s that time of year again!

08/10/2022

Summer Days

07/19/2022

Baby album for a friend. Can wait to see Baby Acorn’s picture on the cover! .bags.at.midnight

07/18/2022

First spotting of this Great Spangled Fritillary in my native garden.

07/18/2022

Garden harvest face.

07/17/2022

05/07/2022

All set up for the Nature Maker’s Market with . We will be here until 3pm today. Come out and see us!

05/04/2022

Working on labels and other details for this weekend’s Nature Maker’s Market with . This is the first market I’ve done in several years. So happy to be there again this year.

04/27/2022

Revisiting old ceramic work as I clean up my studio. I hadn’t looked at this work in probably 15 years. It’s interesting to see how the themes I think about now, of relationship, communication, and connection/disconnection, are ones that have been there for me for a long time.

04/27/2022

Revisiting old ceramic work as I clean up my studio. I hadn’t looked at this work in probably 15 years. It’s interesting to see how the themes I think about now, of relationship, communication, and connection/disconnection, are ones that have been there for me for a long time.

04/23/2022

The joy my son gets from the shape of a carrot sometimes stops me in my tracks. “As we observe children, we see the vitality of their spirit, the maximum effort put forth in all they do, the intuition, attention and focus they bring to all life’s events, and the sheer joy they experience in living.” -Maria Montessori

04/22/2022

Happy Earth Day! As a maker, I have struggled over the years to reconcile my yearning to make things, my belief in the value of art and handmade objects, and my desire to leave as little impact on our earth as possible. I have always looked for ways to reduce consumption and waste in my home life. But as the pandemic slowed me down and got me thinking about the challenges of our global supply chain, I began to look for ways to reduce consumption and waste in the work I produce.

To make these little books, I have used off-cuts and scraps from earlier projects for the text-block and spine. The board is made from laminating two pieces of repurposed cereal and cracker boxes, which produces a surprisingly nice cover board. The second picture shows the book before the spine and second piece of board is attached.

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04/15/2022

Super happy to show off this new line of little books! Made completely with scraps of paper and cloth leftover from other projects and board made from repurposed cereal boxes. Hand painted covers inspired by conversations, wonderings, and fascinations my kids share with me. Now what to call them… Bug Books, Book Bugs, Notebugs? Give me your ideas!

03/08/2022

I’m having fun drawing more bugs, like this scarab beetle! Thanks for the insect suggestion!
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02/17/2022

IG post: Feeling inspired by my kids fear and fascination of creepy crawly things lately. Work in progress for book covers. I’m not sure they are quite as fresh as the bee yet, but it’s fun to play! Would you buy a book with a tarantula on the cover?
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02/09/2022

Repairing my mom’s childhood piano books (which I also played from as a kid). I don’t take on a lot of repair work, but I do love bringing new life to a well-notated music score, family cookbook, or beloved children’s book.

02/07/2022

Continuing to play with materials. This sweet little book was made using all scrap materials… leftover blank paper and scrap cloth from previous projects and cereal boxes laminated together for the chipboard. Puts a new spin on the term “serial binding”. I’m excited to make more of these and play with imagery on the covers.

02/03/2022

With this small edition of blank notebooks made mostly from materials headed to the waste bin. I find that using analog tools to organize myself helps me stay on track. What do you use notebooks for?

There are 15 notebooks in the edition with 3 different stamped titles: “Handheld,” “Archive,” and “Analog.” DM me if you’re interested, as the notebooks are for sale. :)

01/26/2022

Playing and experimenting. It not often that I give myself a chance to play and mess up and make things that don’t go anywhere. Giving myself more time for that this year. And even playing with materials (paint and ink, what?!) that aren’t my favorite.

01/25/2022

Windy Weather Bindery is now on WhatsApp.

Windy Weather Bindery is now on WhatsApp.

01/25/2022

Windy Weather Bindery is now on WhatsApp.

Windy Weather Bindery is now on WhatsApp.

01/24/2022

Basement cleanout, aka digging up my past! Here’s a pot that I threw and pit fired sometime in the late 90s.

01/19/2022

This year I’m inspired to be more sustainable in my studio. First up, making board from packaging that was headed to my waste or recycle bins.
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01/12/2022

Happy New Year! Winter is the perfect time to stamp book covers with my Kwikprint. It helps warm up my chilly studio!
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05/26/2020

I got this new perforating tool and I’m excited about using it on my book for .

05/23/2020

The book is together. It’s 43.5’ long! Now to work on the inside.

05/18/2020

Slow, but sure progress on my book for

05/13/2020

This is a page from my book edition Code Red, which is currently at the National Juried Exhibition at The Morgan Conservatory. Since the show can’t be open in person, you can view it online. I just spent a while looking through all the great work in the show. Check it out! You won’t be sorry.

05/09/2020

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to reduce our plastic consumption, so in February I subscribed to a service that offers toilet paper with paper packaging. When the pandemic hit I was so thankful for our many months’ supply of toilet paper when the shelves were all empty. I started thinking about all the things we have been forced to take a break from and also how to conserve and use these lovely wrapping papers. I’m looking forward to turning this into a book!

05/06/2020

This is my first time entering the challenge. The theme “break” really resonates with me. I have been thinking about it for a while and have an idea for a book I’m excited about. Balancing family life and creative life is challenging right now, so I’m going to do my best to finish this book by the end of the month.

05/02/2020

Thankful my city kids love to dig in the dirt.

04/28/2020

Drinking my morning coffee out of my favorite mug brings me so much joy.

04/23/2020

Finished!

04/22/2020

Wooden jigsaw puzzles are so satisfying. Thank you for introducing me to them!

04/20/2020

Evolution of an idea. Almost there.

04/10/2020

Something smaller than a bumblebee. Thanks for the challenge .bags.at.midnight

04/09/2020

Sunflowers, daisies, and tulips for our garden drawn by my 5-year-old. Brainstorming, or as he calls it “drawing the storms in my brain”. Dreaming about our summer garden is keeping us hopeful in these days of quarantine.