make & do

September 5, 2011 | Filed Under extraordinary, ordinary, royal buffet | 10 Comments 

what, it’s september? we’ve been busy getting ready for school and soccer and indie craft parade at our house. late nights, i’m looking forward to saying goodbye to you for a time. soon? yes.

indie craft parade is a tidy four days away. i hope you are coming! rumor has it there are still tickets available for the friday night gala event so mosey on over and get them if you want first dibs and good food and good drink. otherwise, i expect to see you saturday or sunday, buying chocolate and jewelry and garlands and the like.

in addition to new mobiles and ornaments and other paper loverlies, i’m excited to announce an extra special new bit of work that i am hoping to have at my booth this year: a book! Make & Do, Paper Fascinations for Every Lovely Occasion has been in the works all summer (thus the secretive shop and blog hiatus) and, thanks to a grand collaboration with my talented husband aaron and my also talented brother-in-law caleb, we’ve got a self-published book to debut at this year’s indie craft parade. yay! the book includes tutorials for old royal buffet favorites and new soon-to-be royal buffet favorites, my best pointers for working with paper, and fabulous photography that walks you through each step of the way. i have a limited number of books available for sale at indie craft, providing the printer comes through with them in time, and i am offering them for a discounted price of $16 by way of new book celebration. also, if you wish, i’ll humbly sign your copy for you with my favorite kind of pen.

now, don’t you think you want to have first dibs and get tickets for the gala on friday night after all?

for those of you who can’t make the craft parade i will be listing the book in my shop september 12th along with some new mobiles and garlands and paper flowers, so watch for it!