For years a “Concertina Book” looked like the one in this photo, made by Brenda Gottsabend. They were accordion folded pages placed between two covers. The Library of Congress has a nice online tutorial with a little historical information on the Concertina Book. There are a couple of great examples on this website too. (Did [...]

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My friend, Arlynne, has become a wonderful source of inspiration for me. She keeps discovering or coming up with ideas to play with that are both fun and beautiful. The best part is that they are also very messy. I have a real fondness for messy play. Arlynne was telling me about a great way [...]

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This is an Eyeglass Necklace that I made for my sister, Wendy. I think that Wendy could use some wild, carefree, funky fun in her life so I used lots of colors and shapes for her. She can close her eyes and pretend she is at a street fair every time she wears it. Elise [...]

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For the September issue of Scrapbooking.com I was asked to make a project “to celebrate Grandparents.” My grandpa, Archie, came to mind and I made a little memory box with two of his photos and his favorite saying.  You may remember Archie, I’ve written about him before. Somehow this ended up in an article titled, [...]

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I learned something new this week and it still has me scratching my head. We were using alcohol inks to make a Polished Stone background and we included some Pearl Ex on the card. The part that amazed us is that we didn’t need to use anything else as a binder to keep the P.E. [...]

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Back in January I wrote about how I had gone to CHA. One of the highlights was meeting Emi Fukushima and learning a new way to fold a kimono from her. Today I am going to show you how to make one of these adorable Kimono Dolls for yourself. Today I am also debuting a [...]

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