We taught Box Making, Cordbound Books, Raised and Inset Designs in Paper, Fabric and Leather, Exposed Spine Bindings such as the Ethiopian Double Needle Coptic Stitch, Secret Belgian Binding and an Accordion Spine Book, and our 10 Book Workshop.
Kelly Kilmer came with her amazing Expressions Journaling Class and Karleigh is now an enlightened journaler (more on this to come!)
We also had so much fun with Jeannine Stein's classes in which she taught us to make booklaces and create beautiful books using cabinet cards and the romanesque stitch.
Karleigh lost her voice which was down to just a whisper by Thursday morning so Daniel filled in for the last three days of classes. While we had several students come to individual classes, we had three amazing women come to the entire week. Congrats to Amy Spencer, Regina Franchi, and Jessica Meyers for surviving and entire week of intense book arts! They created gorgeous books and it was so fun for us to see everything that was designed and made during these classes. We also had great treats thanks to Regina, Amy and Jeannine! And we had a bit of fun eating out at a few places while we were there. The Pie Hole was amazing and highly recommended (Get the Chicken Pot Pie, skip the Salad).
Some of my favorite quotes from the week:
Jeannine Stein: "That's why we make books, so we can eat cupcakes." She brought some scrumptious cupcakes from Crumbs.
Kelly Kilmer: "Messy tables just mean we are having fun!"
Kelly Kilmer: "You can't mess it up. Just keep going."
Amy Spencer: "I need to find something fancy to wear with this booklace." I love that an outfit was designed around a miniature book. She found something a bit dressy to wear with it during the week.
Jeannine Stein: "There are no mistakes, only design elements."
Daniel: "Karleigh, come drink this Cayenne." (Yes. I did. And No. It didn't help my voice come back.)
Amy and Jessica deciding on which dessert to get at the Pie Hole: "Let's just get all of them."
We tried the Blueberry Cheesecake Pie, Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie, Maple, Lemon Merengue and (a brownie-ish chocolate one that was extremely rich tasting). We all had different favorites. Thanks to Amy and Jessica for treating us!
3 comments:
Oh, it makes my heart beat with happiness just looking at the pictures and remembering our wonderful week :)
Is your voice back to normal???
My voice is mostly back. I can really only tell it's not fully there when I sing. When I got back to Utah, my mom gave me a package of the old fashioned lemon drop hard candies and it instantly brought my voice to an audible level instead of the whispering. I need to remember to pack band-aids and Lemon Drops in my emergency kit for classes!
I am so glad it's mostly back! I have been thinking of you :)
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