BEST Zombie Award 2009

Thank you to everyone who has been following these Halloween Challenges and casting votes for my books! The Bookbinding Etsy Street Team actually had a tie for the award this year. The two winning books were my tunnel book, Trapped Inside a Haunted House, and Sara Hindmarch's book, Vampire Diary, so congratulations to us! Sara is defending her title since she won the award last year, way to go! Check out the full results on the team's blog. The Trans Canada Etsy Team's Halloween Challege ended yesterday too. The winner was a Haunted Tree Pendant by MyBelleBijoux. I voted for her pendant too, it is really great! So my MacBeth journal was the runner up (again... I was the runner up last time too!).

Recycled Books with a slip case and more stuff

I've been having fun using cardboard from our grocery items for books.



These are quite small. The notebooks are just 4½" x 2¾" (11cm x 7cm). Then I deconstructed the All Bran Cereal Bar box, and refolded it to make it fit the two notebooks. We seem to have a lot of Kellogs products in our pantry.


Also, by the way, I've been interviewed on the Bookbinding Etsy Street Team blog. Hop over to EtsyBooks.blogspot.com if you want to read more about me and books.


And thank you, Carol, for the "Arte y pico" blog award! This is the deal:

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for, creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributing to the blogger community, no matter what language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award-winner, has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4) Award-winners and the one who has given the prize should to show the link to the Arte y pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) To show these rules.

I'm passing on the award to the following bloggers and their blogs:
Billie, Billie's Craft Room
Kiley, Kiley's Handmade Books
Andee, All Things Dandee
Maiko, Flurrsprite's Nook
Ali, Charlie and Grace

My Blogging Friends

I've recently found myself getting tagged and awarded by some fellow bloggers. Sarah, of the littlepaperbird blog has passed along the "you make my day award"! That just made my day :-)

The award rules:

1. Write a post with links to 5 blogs (i'm only doing 4!) that make your day
2. Acknowledge the post of the award giver
3. Tell the award winners that they've won by commenting on their blogs

Diane, Much of a Muchness
Diane makes books too and I love checking her blog to see what she is doing. Her books always look wonderful and pretty and so well done! She also tends toward humour in her posts so reading her blog can be very entertaining and often makes my day :-)

Nat, WireBeadsCreations
Nat is a jewelry designer who has just starting making some pieces using scrap leather (leftover from my books!) and she recently posted on her blog about this and included a super nice bit about me and my books. That really made my day!

Kiley, Kiley's Handmade Books
Kiley is a bookbinder and does a fabulous array of book structures. She made my day recently too when I was reading an interview with her where she mentioned how much she liked my work! How nice, thanks Kiley =D

Pegg, Five Forty at Home
Pegg is a weaver and a jewlery designer and a great cook. She posts fabulous recipes on her blog - like the sweet and spicy chicken recently, that made my day too!

And I've been tagged...

Carol, of Barnacle Goose paperworks recently tagged me and i am supposed to post here seven things about me. These are the rules:

1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Post 7 facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

So let's see if I can come up with seven interesting things to tell you.

1. I'm a stay-at-home mommy; I have a little boy who is 3.
2. My favorite colour is...um, actually I don't have a favorite colour.
3. I have a masters degree in library and information science but haven't worked in a library since I graduated.
4. I grew up on a Dairy farm.
5. I like cooking, but I don't really like baking.
6. I've had grey hair since high school!
7. My bookbinding studio has wood paneling on the walls.

I'm going to tag the following bloggers to keep this going:

1. Carol, String me along
2. Eva, Lady Artisan
3. Guylaine & Isabelle, tomate d'epingles
4. Cathy, 4Paws & tangente
5. Maiko, Flurrsprite's Nook
6. Dre, Willow Cat Studio
7. Jay, Loopy 4 Ewe

A Blog Award

Diane recently awarded me an award, posted on her blog, Much of a Muchness. She passed along the Shibumi award to me.

Shibumi is a Japanese term which used in the following context is a noun. Its meaning refers to a particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty which can be applied to almost anything.

Thank you, Diane. I would like to pass on this award to the following bloggers: Paperiaare and Enthral

My first blog award

Some time ago, I was awarded a blog award and I need to follow up with that since it is my responsibility to pass it along to another blogger. I received this award from Tulibri. Thank you so much!
The Rockin Girl Blogger award was originally started over at robertaferguson's blog in June 2007. She passed on the award to some of her favorites and then it has been passed along continually since then.

I am passing this award on to these bloggers:
SixthandElm
Flurrsprite's Nook
Uli's Needlework World