Hand Painted Papers . Thread Drawing.

Creating and sewing with hand painted papers. After seeing this video from Mary Ann Moss  I am inspired to paint some papers, get out the sewing machine and see where it takes me. Collage, book making ? SEWN from MAM on Vimeo.    

French Style. Refillable Journal/Notebook. Handmade. Recycled.

New! Handmade French style , refillable Journal/Notebooks. I made the notebooks from clean recycled food packaging, vintage wallpaper and stamps. Loaded with crisp white paper. Once full, untie & refill with any type of paper for painting, drawing, sewing, mixed media, collage art or prose   May Every Hour Be Bright. Size 5.4″ x 3.8″ […]

Paper Ephemera Arrival. Thank you Adrienne!

Thank you Adrienne! I got your envelope today. I love all the vintage papers you sent and the red envelope with the large year of the horse stamp is just gorgeous. An open cheque too:) Thank you again! Vintage ledger papers, blank cheque, card envelope, and invoice      

Old Potato Sack Books. Recycled. Eco Friendly.

Old Potato Sack Books. Recycled. Eco Friendly from Atelierinparis Vintage Industrial Style Handmade Books Old potato sack book,tattered and torn… Rustic, vintage industrial style books, created from old Australian potato sacks, with beaut graphics. Some have added scraps of text reclaimed from old tablecloths depicting, Australian places and wild flowers Each journal is handmade and […]

Handmade Trash Books.

I have heaps of  travel catalogs that I hate to throw away so I recycle them into notebooks, journals and artist books .I make each book cover as a separate collage piece – OOAK. I re-use all my jotting and doodling paper I keep beside the computer so when I get a pile I create […]