Blue Roof Designs – Adventures in Bookbinding
Blog URL http://blueroofdesigns.wordpress.com
Located Montpelier, Vermont USA
Tags bookbinding, craft, wedding, handmade, vermont, book arts, journal, photo album, guest book
A blog by Elissa Campbell, a curly-haired bookbinder from Vermont with big love for cheese.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Paper Place’s Great Origami Giveaway on Nov 16, 2009 in General Crafts Paper Supplies Way Cool Stuff origami
The generous folks at The Paper Place just announced their second insane giveaway…the prize? One of each of the origami packs they offer online – that’s 75 packs! Um, mine please. You can enter the giveaway here. The contest runs...
- Countdown to Vermont Hand Crafters… on Nov 15, 2009 in Bookbinding Vermont book arts craft show
In four days, I’ll be attending my first craft show of the season, Craft Vermont. The show, hosted by Vermont Hand Crafters (a.k.a. VHC) is in its 57th year. I joined the VHC board earlier this year and have enjoyed pushing my social media agen...
- Ode to studio piles on Nov 10, 2009 in Bookbinding book arts
I have a craft show in 1 1/2 weeks and I am stressed out. Anticipation of the first show of the season always makes me a bit wacky. The truth is, I’m in pretty good shape as far as inventory, but I’m not where I want to be. And that’...
- 20+ Years of French Paper Promotions on Nov 6, 2009 in Paper Way Cool Stuff french paper company Supplies
I’ve never been shy about proclaiming how much I love love love the French Paper Company. In addition to making fabulous papers that I’ve been using for years, they’ve also been an inspiration for branding. They set a high bar ̵...
- Artisans Hand annual sale on Nov 6, 2009 in Vermont Way Cool Stuff Crafts shopping gifts
As I’ve mentioned before, Artisans Hand Craft Gallery, located in Montpelier, VT, was the very first gallery to sell my handmade books. The gallery only features work created by Vermont artisans. The staff at the gallery is so fabulous –...
- So a 5 gallon tub of PVA walks into a bar… on Nov 1, 2009 in Bookbinding Supplies
…and says, This is a stick up! Everybody spread ‘em!” Yeah, I bought a big-ass tub of glue. Now I can finally say something that I’ll probably never be able to say again: That tub is a few inches shy of an inflatable Jerry Fre...
- Trip to Taurus Bookbindery on Oct 29, 2009 in Bookbinding book arts equipment san francisco
The Guild of Bookworkers is presenting their annual event, The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding, in San Francisco starting today. As my trip to Taurus Bookbindery was one of the stops on my bookbinding spree in San Francisco th...
