Among the Daisies

I carved some new linoleum blocks and did a test letterpress print on a vintage document. A piece of vintage music had the lyrics "Among the Daisies" and fit my floral theme perfectly.

 

Valentine's Day

 Happy Valentine's Day

 Making my Christmas card

Carving the Linoleum Block

On press

My finished card for 2020

2021 Calendar

 I finally finished my 2021 calendar and it's for sale in my Etsy shop.

Calendar cover

January thru April

May thru August

September thru December

New Letterpress Print

I did this cactus print for a custom order and now have it for sale in my shop.

I seem to be terrible at keeping real cactus alive so I purchased the faux ceramic ones from Etsy seller Woggie's Place.

New

New letterpress cards in my Etsy shop.

It's Calendar Time!

Finished my 2019 calendar a few weeks ago. This is is the 10th year I've been doing the letterpress calendars printed from my linoleum blocks so, I decided to do a special edition with 2 colors for most designs. It was definitely more of a challenge to design and print - twice as many blocks and registration on press. Available now in my Etsy shop.

Birds inspired by Aldo Londi's Bitossi birds

National Pig Day is March 1

Nothing says summer like an Adirondack chair

Mid century inspired candles

Twice the carving, twice the fun

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 40

This week's collage is done on birch board. I used some antique ledger paper from 1890, vintage wallpaper, and a bird that I printed on a vintage letter. The bird is printed from my hand carved linoleum block and then embellished with pen and ink.

collage week 40

Stella and Claire

I recently purchased a hand-printed note card set from Etsy seller Claire West (on Etsy ClaireWestMakes). One of the cards had a bird on it (which, being an avid bird lover, was the main reason I was buying) and the other had a vase of flowers. I didn't really look too closely at the floral card and figured I'd give it away. When I received the cards, I suddenly noticed that I'd seen the vase design before. In my own pottery collection! Suddenly, the card became special. My vase (or little planter) had been purchased a few years ago from Atelier Stella and features a cute face on one side.
Now, I'll have to frame the card and prop it by my little pot. I guess that's what is called serendipity.

Buy your own from Claire and Stella