As promised, here is my quick review of the first of two books I picked up last night. Because a person's motives for picking up a book can have as much to do with their assessment of it as anything, I'll let you in on my incentive; I am not overly-partial to spending huge amounts…
Category: books
New Reading Material
Just picked up a couple of new books, courtesy of the generosity of friends. The folks whose computer I resurrected surprised me with a Chapters gift certificate the other day and I treated myself to two new books. The first is The Art of Fabric Books, by Jan Bode Smiley which I've had my eye…
On the design board, or “Yes, I am working…”
Sometimes I need to reassure myself….. The page layouts are coming along rather nicely. The yellow showing through this round design is actually the next page, as the design outlines an aperture through the pages. Some text, a bit of stitching and a wee tad more embellishment and this spread is done. There are a…
Printing on organza
The new printer is a hit. It’s an Epson C-88 with Durabright inks and I have to say, I’m very pleased. I’ve tried it out on paper and it does a great job. The colours are good, it handles a variety of paper thicknesses well and I have only has one jam and that was…
Review: The Decorated Page by Gwen Diehn
I picked this book up the other day while looking for inspiration for page layouts and the possibilities of books that integrate imagery and text. I wasn’t actually looking for a book about scrapbooking so much as a book about artists who use journals as something a little more communicative and meaningful than a daily…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 