Bee Love, Bluebird & Hearts and a Cupid Valentine

I have put some new items up for sale in my Etsy store, including three Valentine card designs:


Mini side fold card in vellum envelope


Bluebird & Hearts - inside message: You make my heart sing



  Inside message: You stole my heart

There are some non-Valentine items as well:

Vintage paper key tags - packet of 6



Paint Chip prints - click images to view larger (recommended)

Stop by and pick up a Valentine card or gift of artwork for your sweetheart.

Sharon

Peg Fetter's steel and gold jewelry

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with St. Louis-based jewelry designer Peg Fetter:


Dish ring


Snap ring


Toggle bracelet

  
Street Cleaner ring


Wrap rings

I love the juxtaposition between steel and gold, industrial and refined in these pieces. You can purchase her work here.

Sharon

Bleeding for the art of paper

Anyone who works in a paper studio, especially paper studios involved with bookbinding, will tell you it can be a dangerous business. Awls, punches, drills, Exacto knives, utility knives, stack cutters, needles...injuries waiting to happen. But in exchange for the privilege and joy of being an artist in the studio...totally worth it.



I've been making this Map Album by hand for several years without incident. But on this day, I got careless. I was snipping the ends off a vintage brad with some utility snips and...



Oh well.

Here were the results:


France, Spain, Italy, NYC, Washington State, Caribbean

These Map Albums will be available at the soon-to-open Paper and More, 3802 S Lindbergh Blvd, Saint Louis, MO (314) 729-0220.

Sharon

Just found a blog I love

Just found a blog I love...

Thanks papergirl, for featuring and tweeting out the single letter kits.

Sharon

1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse

I am excited to announce that Secret Leaves' work has been published in a design book. And not just any design book. The book, 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse is one in a series of my favorite design books, the 1000 series from Rockport Publishers. In my opinion, Rockport is one of the best, if not the best publisher of books on graphic design. I already have 1000 Graphic Elements and 1000 Greetings in my personal design library.

 
The Scrap Journal, a perennial Secret Leaves favorite, scored a full page (page 19) in the book, which features all manner of quirky, beautiful, useful and ingenious recycled products and art.

  
1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other fine bookstores.

Sharon