St.Paddy’s Day!

Posted on March 17, 2016 by sproutspress

Despite the fact that today is St.Paddy’s day, I have to admit that I really do like green. It’s one of my favourites! So, I’ve gathered a nice selection of my green items to share, see below for details.

Clockwise from top left:
–Medium Cloth Journal with Ribbon Bookmark
–Elegant Quick Notes in Mint Polka Dots
–Journal Adventure Kits
–Ex Libris Handprinted Bookplates in Emerald, Rectangle
–DIY Bookbinding Kit in Green & Cream
–The Everyday Notebook with Leaf Pattern
–Ex Libris Handprinted Bookplates in Emerald, Square
–Elegant Quick Notes in Green & Blue Floral
–Fancy Coptic Journal with Reclaimed Leather & Brass Closure, Green with Gold Dots

The Longstitch/Linkstitch Technique

Posted on March 8, 2016 by sproutspress

Spend a sunday afternoon learning this gorgeous bookbinding stitch and make your own journal!
I’ll be at Graven Feather this sunday teaching a bookbinding workshop; everyone will learn the tools of the trade, make their own cover and bind it all into a journal to take home. If this sounds like fun to you, click the link below for details and to register.

What: Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop (see picture for examples)
When: Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather, 906 Queen St. West, Toronto
*Appropriate for beginners and those wanting to brush up on their bookbinding skills.

To learn more about this workshop and to register, please go here.

Can’t make it on Sunday? No prob, I’ve got more workshops coming up! Go to the Workshops section of my site for details.

Bookbinding with Sprouts Press!

Posted on February 19, 2016 by sproutspress

The steps to binding a simple, hand made book:

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Some more of the fun I’ve been having over on instagram as part of my local Etsy team’s February challenge! As the caption says, it’s a video of a very basic bookbinding technique, one I teach in all my workshops, to get everyone familiar with the process of making a book from scratch.

To see a list of upcoming workshops, go here.

Upcoming Book Binding Workshops!

Posted on February 12, 2016 by sproutspress

Besides making my own journals and offering them for sale, I also teach my craft at various galleries and art centres across Southern Ontario! Below is a list of what’s coming up. *Please note that ‘Creative Coptic Bookbinding Workshop’ at CBBAG is now full, but I’m offering a variation of it at the Guelph School of Art, on March 6 of this year.

Creative Coptic Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday February 21, 2016. 10am – 5pm
Where: CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild), 80 Ward Street, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.

Hard Cover Arrow Stitch Journal Workshop
When: Sunday February 28, 1pm – 4pm & Sunday April 17, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.

Hard Cover Coptic Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday March 6, 2016. 10am – 4pm
Where: Guelph School of Art, 125 Wyndham St. North. Guelph, Ontario.
For more information and to register, go here.

Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm.
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.

Newsletter Sign Up Time!

Posted on February 9, 2016 by sproutspress

The February Sprouts Press newsletter will go out later this week, this is your reminder to subscribe, if you haven’t already. If you’re already a subscriber, and know someone else who might appreciate my notes, why not pass the link along?

I send my newsletters out via email, once a month. While content varies month to month, there’s always a list of upcoming workshops, shows and other goings on. Sometimes there’s even special surprises just for subscribers!!

To subscribe, go here.

A February Challenge!

Posted on February 5, 2016 by sproutspress

I know that I’ve shared a bit about myself here on the blog. But it’s just the basics, the expected ‘about me’ kind of information. This is why I’m pretty excited to share this next bit with you!

For the entire month of February, I’ll be participating alongside my fellow Toronto Etsy Street Team members for a 29-day Instagram challenge! Each day is themed and a bit different from the one before, but combined they’ll bring together everything that is my little company. If you want to get a bigger picture of what my company is about and who I am (really), head over to Instagram and follow along here: @sproutspress.

Hope to see you there!

January Bookbinding Workshop!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by sproutspress

I’m kicking off the 2016 workshop season on January 24, with the Longstitch/Linkstitch class. Join me and learn to how to make a book from scratch, leaving with your very own, hand crafted journal!

What: Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday January 24, 1pm – 4pm & Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm.
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.

Wordless Wednesday 13.01.16

Posted on January 13, 2016 by sproutspress

The Studio on a Sunday

Posted on January 10, 2016 by sproutspress

Today in the studio, not so much making things. It’s more of a planning and research kind of day, with a cup of tea, my notebook and a few implements (you can never have too many implements).

Organization and inspiration are two of my favourite things; Uppercase magazine has it all this issue! Spending the day inside, out of the cold rain and enjoying the beautiful pages of this magazine and getting excited for 2016.