Books

 Books: I have been in love with handcrafted books for many years, and finally Claudia my book-binding friend and teacher has come into my life to help me along!  Above are two pages from one of my most recent books.  There are eco printed leaves of geranium on the left and gingko on the right - both from my neighbor Debbie's garden.

The back cover of the book:

I have also made several little cloth covered books in the past few weeks. I have used fabrics that I have dyed and printed over the years.  Here is a sweet one:

This is another that I am particularly fond of:

and two more with covers from the same fabric.  I added beads to the bindings on the two below

and one more for a sweet little boy in my life:

I was extremely lucky to snap up the lovely book below, 

traces II, from Lotta Helleberg

I hope you have enjoyed my Advent 'B' Day - while I await the arrival of my newest grandBaby.

wonders on our morning walk

peace