Your cart is currently empty!
-
Fused glass plates
In September, I took a glass fusing class from The Goddess of Glass in north Minneapolis. Scrolling down past this entry, you can see I haven’t been doing much productive beading lately, and I wanted to do something fun and creative, but without any real expectations of myself. I simply expected to make plates in…
-
November is here again
The last two Novembers, I’ve tried to reinforce or reinvigorate my beading “practice.” 2011 was moderately successful. 2012? Not so much. So here we are in 2013… My work schedule has increased, but that’s not a good enough reason to not be beading and blogging regularly. I’ve been in a beading slump, and though I…
-
Visiting the Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Founded in 1985, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) became part of Open Book in 2000, moving into their current building in 2004. The other two parts of the of Open Book is the Loft (author- and writing-oriented) and the nonprofit publisher Milkweed. The building was originally three storefronts, very thoughtfully combined with great…
-
Hello world!
So, when you start a new blog, sometimes there’s a dummy first post, and I have seen it titled “Hello world!” So here I am, again. Hello! This blog is just over five years old, and my life has become steadily more complicated in the last six months or so. Nothing bad, just more. My…
-
Christmas presents for coworkers
I work in a library, so this was a great present for my coworkers. I used a guitar pick punch on library cards of various vintages (there’s been four different designs used since I started my job), made a hole with a micropunch that I bought years ago for making earring display cards, and added…