I haven’t yet posted anything about my YouTube videos. I’ve started to record myself paging through them, sometimes with music or not. Here’s the first video I did:
Moleskine Video
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Gorgeous HandMade Sketchbooks
So I’ve been browsing the internet looking at sketchbooks and what people do with them and I found this site! Holy cow! The writer and artist has an obsession with all things French and sweets. After you check out the pages about her sketchbooks start and the beginning and read back- it will make you hungry for sweets of the delicate and rich French variety.
Look at that gorgeous marbled paper! Fantastic!
Another Treasury
I’m not in this treasury but the rest of the BEST team is so here’s a link full of great hand made books…
Art Blog
Check out the blog here by Gabi Campanario. He draws on the bus and public transportation. He’s also a pro illustrator. Awesome work, check out the blog and see what he does.
Jotter Notebooks up on eBay
Phew I’ve had a long day at the DayJob, But Sunday I listed
this item on eBay. A combination of jotter notebooks with some sort of
advertising lettering on them, most are in lighter and brighter shades. Inside
they have 48 pages of 24lb Wausau acid free paper in Ivory. Each measures 3.5
inches wide by 5.5 inches high. These are just light weight enough to fit
perfectly in a back pocket and form fit to you.
I use one everyday. My day simply doesn’t run smoothly
without on. I use it to keep track of day to day activities like the grocery
lists, things I need to do at work as well as notes for blog entries and big ideas.
I just finished 2 new Books
I just finished making these 2 new hedgehog notebooks. They came out
really well, just over 1/2 inch thick, filled with 100% cotton paper,
in ivory. These are sewn up like a moleskine, stitched and then sewn
all by hand. The leather is distressed sheep hide in brown and black.
Buy Etsy
typepad questions
So as I’ve written in here previously I’ve been toying with the possibility of switching to a typepad account and hosting my blog on my own domain as www.ComfortableShoesStudio.com, which is a domain that I already own. So I’ve already put that into process. I’ve purchased the typepad account, and set things up at my domain host and currently your able to see a basic version of my blog at ComfortableShoesStudio.com It won’t be stable for 14 days or so while I evaluate how much I like typepad or dislike it. So far I like it just fine.
However I realized right after I went through all that trouble that I managed to miss that Blogger offers the same damn service, for free. So I’m debating the need for the typepad account. I have a 14 day trial period to determine if I like the service or not, after that I’m paying.
So the major discussion in my head is whether or not I like the service typepad offers. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, I’ve been pretty happy with blogger, so I’m not sure a switch is a good idea or not. So for now I’m posting posts to both accounts.
changes are brewing
So as I’ve written in here previously I’ve been toying with the
possibility of switching to a typepad account and hosting my blog on my own
domain as www.comfortableShoesStudio.com which is a domain that I already own.
So I’ve already put that into process. I’ve
purchased the typepad account, and set things up at my domain host and
currently your able to see a basic version of my blog at
ComfortableShoesStudio.com It won’t be stable for 14 days or so while I
evaluate how much I like typepad or dislike it. So far I like it just fine.
However I realized right after I went through all that
trouble that I managed to miss that Blogger offers the same damn service, for
free. So I’m debating the need for the typepad account. I have a 14 day trial
period to determine if I like the service or not, after that I’m paying.
So the major discussion in my head is whether or not I like
the service typepad offers. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, I’ve been
pretty happy with blogger, so I’m not sure a switch is a good idea or not. So
for now I’m posting posts to both accounts.
whirlwind weekend
I wrote on here about a week ago about how we were missing someone from my team at work. Well, I’ve been filling in for that person over the last 2 almost 3 weeks and I seem to have a talent for the position. So I’m applying for it! It will mean some changes to my schedule but nothing too major. I’m hoping I get it but if I don’t then I’m back to my regular schedule and same old job. We’ll see what happens. I think it will be good in terms of my art too, as it will leave me with regular hours, and working a typical week of only 40 hours. Yay.
So that being said I’ve been on a whirlwind of making books this weekend. My boss unearthed a treasure trove of old signs and passed them off too me. After a very funny request for a book made with the poster of our regional president, I was off with a good stack of posters. I, being the ham, I am obliged her with the book of our regional president and it was a hit. It is hilarious. I won’t show it here but it’s hilarious if you know the company.
Today I made a massive stack of jotters. 72 to be exact. Of course some of them are screw ups but most were good. I’ve listed 1 set to eBay and 2 sets to etsy.
I also finished a notebook for a custom order. I’m working on another custom project as well. So I’ve had a few busy weeks. Next week should be busy as well. BUT I have a pre-scheduled 3 day weekend coming up and it should be awesome. Well, I’ll probably geek out, clean my house and watch all my Tivo’d episodes of the season premieres of the shows I like to watch.