Summer is the perfect season for painting on the go. Whether you are on a roadtrip, camping, hiking, hanging at the beach or have some …
Make a To-Go Watercolor Palette
Uses for An Accordion Travel Pouch
I remember feeling so delighted and enchanted the first time I encountered this type of pouch. It was clearly vintage, made of stained satin and …
Let’s Get Ready For Me Made May
Me Made May is the month to celebrate your handmade wardrobe. It was started by Zoe Edwards in 2010 as a personal challenge to wear …
Sustainable Crafting: 32 Earth-Friendly Projects
As artists and creatives, we constantly collect materials and supplies. Many of our projects also leave piles of scraps and leftovers, whether bits of paper, …
Making Backgrounds for Festive Papercrafts
by Sarah Kuntz Jones, Assistant Branch Manager, St. Louis County Library This may come as a surprise, but libraries have limited budgets. I’ll give you …
Knitting Self-Love: Top 4 Ways Knitters Can Practice Self-Care + Free Pattern
by Liza Laird Knitting is a relaxing dance of sticks and string that creates beautiful, finished objects. For those who find bliss playing with yarn …
Make Heart-Shaped Mini Books for Valentine’s Day
As a bookmaker, I love a reason to make a special kind of book and Valentine’s Day presents a truly irresistible motif: a heart. These …
Befriend Your Attention: 3 Ways To Pay Closer Attention in Your Color Studies with Lorene Edwards Forkner
The beloved Mary Oliver wrote: “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention, be astonished, talk about it.” Excellent advice to which I would add: pay …
Playing With Color with Lorene Edwards Forkner
Hopefully life is feeling more colorful this month. Generously share your daily color practice with others and ask them to suggest what you should paint …
Cultivate a Color Vocabulary with Lorene Edwards Forkner
How did your first week of foraging and capturing color go? Some days, when the light is right and the colors flow, are delightful. Other …