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.
The first newsletter of 2016 will be sent out tomorrow! If you haven’t subscribed yet, you have until tomorrow, 6am to get on it!!
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!!
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You asked and I listened! Here’s a quick little video of how to open a Starburst Book Ornament, from Mini Book to Starburst! Easy peasy!!
There are a few of these little guys left, along with some other holiday items, all on sale over in my Etsy shop! See them here.
The holidays are over so it’s back to work! But don’t worry, I don’t actually have a case of ‘The Mondays’*, I love my work! And I’m pretty excited about the plans I’ve made for this year, more to come soon! 
I’m also pretty pumped for all the good things that will happen that I don’t know about yet. What can I say, I’m one of those weird people who enjoys change and surprises!
In the meantime, I’m still wrapping up the details of 2015 on the business side of Sprouts Press. I’m reminded of some of my favourite pieces from last year, especially this wintry blue Fancy Journal! Perfect for one of the first real days of winter here in Toronto.
*If you don’t know what it means to have a case of ‘the mondays’, you need to watch the movie ‘Office Space’. Seriously, it’s hilarious.
Today the studio is quiet, as it has been for the last few days while I get some much needed R&R. It’s the time of year when I reflect on what 2015 was all about; what worked, what didn’t, and where I want to take this little company in 2016. 
I’ve got some big plans in the works and I can’t wait to share them with you as they unfold. But for now, I’m enjoying wintery walks, library books, ukulele-ing, and my favourite journals and pens.
Stay tuned for continued, regular blog posts right here, lots of new goodies in the online shop, and lots of social media posts and updates!
Yesterday was my last bookbinding workshop for 2015! I’m so happy with the response these classes have received, and how eager people in learning to make their own handbound books!!With that in mind, I’m pleased to announce that there are some new workshops for 2016! I’ve kept everyone’s favourites and added a couple of new classes (and a new location!) to the roster. While you don’t have to have any prior bookbinding experience to take my classes, they are great chance to dust off your bookbinding skills and get a refresher in technique.
Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday January 24, 1pm – 4pm & Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm.
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
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
Join me for a fun book making workshop this sunday! Read on for details.
This sunday I’m back at Graven Feather teaching another bookbinding workshop, just in time for holiday giving!!
Learn how to design and craft your own hand bound journal, to keep or gift! This workshop will introduce you to the basic process of hand decorating paper for use as book covers, and then how to incorporate it into a hand bound book using the Longstitch Linkstitch technique. No previous art experience is required.
When: Sunday December 13, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather, 906 Queen St. West, Toronto
Cost: $65, materials included.
For more information and to register, go here.
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