Holiday Boutique

 I am loving the garlands and ornaments I've made for the Mt. Olive Lutheran Pre-School Holiday Boutique! There are several different designs available for the garlands and the lantern ornaments add a really festive touch for the holidays. Please stop by tomorrow, December 1st,  anytime between 9:00 and 3:00 to see all of the goodies!
Mt. Olive Lutheran Pre-School
1343 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, California.

Holiday Boutique

I am excited about the upcoming Holiday Boutique at Mt. Olive Lutheran Pre-School. I've been working non-stop creating a lot of new items~garlands, wreaths, ornaments and gift tags~that I'm very excited about. I hope that if you're in Santa Monica on Saturday you'll stop by and say hello.

Birthday Wishes!

My family and friends are all "old school." I actually get handwritten cards in the mail for my birthday. It's awesome. I have a stash of cards that I've saved over the years. If there was a fire, that box is one if the things I'd grab. So I hope that these two cards inspire you to sit down and write a note to someone you love!

      

Turning something old into something new

 I love finding unusual papers and creating something new with them. The inspiration for this new set of cards came from a roll of vintage French wallpaper that I found in Carmel, California. The images were meticulously cut out and mounted on a subtle ivory patterned background with a soft pink blush card as the base. I added just a bit of glitter for that sparkle that I love. The urn, basket and wheel barrow designs have a traditional French feel and I love the whimsy of the windmill. Très joli!

Happy Spring!

This bunny is ready to hop! I've been busy getting ready for Easter, inspired by my beautiful new nephew who will be celebrating his first Easter. I love the Babaloo font, designed by my friend Lisa Holtzman. It adds that perfect touch of whimsy!

Papier Amore

What is it about paper?
I still read books, ones made with paper. So, I make bookmarks, ones made with paper. I like the weight of a book in my hands. I like looking at a book and seeing how far I've moved the bookmark, how close I am to discovering "whodunit." I have a dictionary that I keep in a bedside drawer that has a really crisp feel every time I turn a page looking for a word. I love the feel of the heavy deckle pages in a journal my sister Alston gave me. I love how tear stains on a letter my friend Max wrote to me after my mother died have made the paper all wavy. I like that I can open up my copy of Jane Eyre right to the page where Rochester proposes to Jane, because the pages are so worn from re-reading them. I like that I can make a card out of paper that I love the look and feel of and send it to someone I love.
One of my favorite quotes is from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." How do I know that? I read it in a book.