books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
Dear pals! Noreen Rana’s zine all about cat butts, aptly titled “BUTTS” is now available! It features 30 illustrations, from the cute to the horrifying to the fierce stories that cat butts can wield. It’s amazing. I have a drawing in it about something gross my 7-month-old kitten George (pictured above) did to me. You’ll…
This year I signed up for Dunne With Style’s Creative Exchange for the first time – which really was some of the inspiration for the Notebook & Pen Swap – and it’s been a lot of fun! You’re tasked with “stalking” a fellow crafter on Instagram to see what they like to make. Then you…
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham, published by Random House. Lena Dunham isn’t the kind of girl that you’d expect. She’s not the kind of girl you see on TV, although she mostly is. She’s not the kind of girl who will hide her mental health struggles anymore. She’s not the kind of…
In honour of NaNoWriMo, let’s also make November the month of the notebook & pen swap! Keep the art of handwriting alive! I have drawers of notebooks and pens, no lie. And I know lots of you love collecting these too. So why don’t we get in the writerly winterly spirit and go looking for…
What: The Paper Place (pretty self-explanatory) Where: 887 Queen Street West, Toronto, Trinity Bellwoods When: Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday to Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Paper Place is one of my favourite places in the city….
You can imagine my excitement once I found out that Anna Bond (aka Rifle Paper Co.) designed the covers of four classic books. And you can imagine my excitement once they arrived at my door! Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and A Little Princess all have been given new life through the trademark innocent…
Both the 30 Days of Mail and the Postal Society featured challenges this month to make a mini-zine for your pen pals. I eagerly took up the task. I decided to use my pen pal scrapbook paper and ephemera for the background and blitz. I used my typewriter for most of the text, it was nice…