We are almost two weeks into this year's #CarveDecember! Yay!! Here's a peek at what I carved along with a few personal favorites from other talented artists. (As a side note: I showcase work that uses the prompts, but there are lots of folks doing amazing things off-prompt. Oh, and if you think you're not a prompt person, my Carve December Workbook class will change your mind forever.) DAY 9: thorny DAY 10: smelly DAY 11: drifting DAY 12: rough Remember: It's never too late to jump in and join the #CarveDecember fun. If you carve just one stamp this... Read more →

Another wonderful few days of creative stamp carving and printing for #CarveDecember! Hooray!! Here's a peek at what I carved along with a few personal favorites from other talented artists: DAY 5: plain DAY 6: ponder DAY 7: long DAY 8: energy One of my favorite things about #CarveDecember is how it propels me into the new year filled with creative inspiration and ideas. I hope it does the same thing for you! It's never too late to join in on the #CarveDecember fun. If you carve just one stamp this month = hooray!! Oh, and if you think you're... Read more →

The first few days of #CarveDecember have been so much fun! Here's a peek at what I carved along with a few favorites from others: DAY 1: gentle DAY 2: metal DAY 3: dotty DAY 4: little It's always so fun to see what people come up with for the prompts. All of our brains works so differently, not to mention people's personal styles. So very inspiring! It's never too late to join in on the #CarveDecember fun. If you carve just one stamp this month = hooray!! Oh, and if you think you're not a prompt person, my Carve... Read more →

You guys! #CarveDecember 2022 starts tomorrow!!!! As always, everyone is welcome to join. New stamp carvers will develop their skills quickly and experienced stamp carvers will sharpen those skills. Everyone will connect with new friends. Here's the basics: Carve a stamp. Print it. Post the print to instagram. Use the hashtag #CarveDecember. Here are the 2022 #CarveDecember prompts: If you manage to carve a stamp every day in December, great! If you just do one day, great! If you use the prompts, great! If you don't use the prompts, great! You can find a list of my favorite supplies as... Read more →

Hooray and Hurrah! #CarveDecember 2022 is just around the corner. All the fun begins on December 1. As always, everyone is welcome to join. New stamp carvers will develop their skills quickly and experienced stamp carvers will sharpen those skills. Everyone will connect with new friends. Here's the basics: Carve a stamp. Print it. Post the print to instagram. Use the hashtag #CarveDecember. Here are the 2022 #CarveDecember prompts: If you manage to carve a stamp every day in December, great! If you just do one day, great! If you use the prompts, great! If you don't use the prompts,... Read more →

I am vending at two upcoming holiday markets. The first one is for the Watertown Business Coalition's Fall Fest on Thursday. The second is for the Whoville Jubilee on December 3. To prepare for the markets, I've been making things, packaging things, and getting everything ready. In my experience, at the markets I sell at, most people are interested in smaller and lower priced items. Impulse buy kind of stuff. So, one of the things I've been making a ton of is one-of-a-kind handmade greeting cards! Plus some hand printed sets of block printed cards: I like to finish all... Read more →

On Friday night, I taught my "Chine-Collé Live" class on Zoom and it was super fun! I started with the basics of printing with block printing ink. And then I moved on to the basics of the chine-collé process. We discussed collaging during the process vs. collaging first. And I demonstrated how to do both. Then I moved through demonstrations of different methodologies for cutting the collage paper. Then it was time to get fancier with the levels of layering. We discussed the importance of backgrounds and I demonstrated four different ideas. Finally, I shared how to do chine-collé with... Read more →

I have a new class for you! This exciting new workshop is a three-month immersion into the process of creating better stamps. Maybe you're a #CarveDecember veteran? Perhaps you've participated somewhat in #CarveDecember? Or you might not even know what the heck #CarveDecember is?! Since 2014 (wow), I have been hosting #CarveDecember. Here are the basics: Carve a stamp. Print it. Post the print to instagram. Use the hashtag #CarveDecember. It's that simple. Here's a look at all of the stamps I carved during #CarceDecember last year: Over the eight years that I've done this daily stamp carving project, I've... Read more →

I made a really cute (and useful) travel earring book. The cover is made from fabric I printed during #PrintInktober 2019 with a hand carved stamp. Here are some pictures of the inside: You can fit A LOT of earrings in this thing! Watch the video for a quick flip through: I think these will make great holiday gifts for the ladies in my life who looove earrings. And, of course, now that I've made one and figured out all of the issues, the next one is sure to be even better! Thanks for stopping by! Read more →

Today is Election Day in the USA. Like so many other people, today's election has been weighing heavily on my mind. I always like to work through stress with art. I find it meditative and relaxing. Over the weekend, I made two chine-collé prints with a block I carved a few years ago. I originally thought that there wasn't enough open space for chine-collé, but I was very wrong. I love how both the prints turned out. Finally, I saw this online and it really resonated with me: source I want to live in a world where LGBTQ children and... Read more →