Big Christmas Sale

My big Christmas sale is coming up this weekend. It's a studio sale with 11 other artists. This will be held in a convivial atmosphere with refreshments and an opportunity to sit down and visit.

I'll have 2012 Big Blue Bird calendars and new mugs with Our Bird of Guadalupe or Library Bird on them. As always, I'll have all my Big Blue Bird gear, different sized paintings, hand sewn journals and lots of stocking stuffers.

Come see us on Friday, Dec. 16, 5-8 pm; Saturday, Dec. 17, 10 am-8 pm; and Sunday, Dec. 18, 10 am-7 pm at 1432 NE 59th (white house, 2nd on the right, south of Halsey).

I hope you can stop and say hi. And have a great holiday season!

Christmas Sales

I have two sales coming up before Christmas. I'll have 2012 Big Blue Bird calendars and *new* mugs with Our Bird of Guadalupe or Library Bird on them. As always, I'll have all my Big Blue Bird gear, different sized paintings, hand sewn journals and lots of stocking stuffers.

The first sale is this weekend, Friday, Dec. 2, 3-9 pm and Saturday, Dec. 3, 1-9 pm. It's the Third Annual Splendorcraft Gift Sale at Splendorporium, 3421 SE 21st Ave. in Portland. There's lots more than just stuff for sale; check out their info: http://www.splendorporium.net/events.html.

Two weeks later, I'll have a studio sale with nine different artists. This will be held in a convivial atmosphere with refreshments and an opportunity to sit down and visit. Come see us on Friday, Dec. 16, 5-8 pm; Saturday, Dec. 17, 10 am-8 pm; and Sunday, Dec. 18, 10 am-7 pm at 1432 NE 59th (just south of Halsey).

I hope you can stop by either event and say hi to us. And have a great holiday season!

Siren Nation Art & Craft sale

I'll have a table at the Siren Nation Art & Craft sale at McMenamin's Kennedy School on Sunday, Nov. 6. Here's a link: Siren Nation.

Bay Area Book Arts Jam

I'll have a table at the BABA Jam next Saturday. If you're in the area, stop by and say hi.

Basic Book Pamphlets

These basic books are pamphlets with topographic maps or marine charts for covers. They come in two widths.

Basic Books

I give handmade books to friends and often they find them too pretty to use. I get frustrated by this. I'd much rather people use them and ask for more!

So I developed this line of books that are attractive and handsewn, but don't seem too precious to use.

The covers are plain cardstock and the pages are at least 20% recycled paper. They feature exposed spine bindings in various colors of thread.

Repurposed Library Books

I breath new life into discarded library and thrift store books. First, I remove the pages from the old book. Then I make new text blocks by incorporating pages from other discarded books and sewing them onto cotton webbing. Finally, I attach the new pages to the original book covers.