Posts Tagged ‘Techniques’

On August 7th, my amazing sister-in-law Anna Meadows married her warrior, Cody Light. I was honored when they asked me to design their wedding cake. The following photos were taken by Anna and Cody’s friend Abi Martin, an exceedingly fabulous photographer. Thank you, Abi, for capturing their day so perfectly and for being so gracious [...]

One very fun project I did in my Experimental Bookmaking class required us to bind a book using the “buttonhole stitch” AND create a box to house the book. I wanted to recycle some items I had laying around, and since the assignment occurred around the same time as my Monday Night BINGO phase, I [...]

A while back, @theresa162 asked me to make a handful of journals…one for herself and four for various friends and family members. She wanted suede covers like my Bon Voyage style, but with the ribbon tie closures like the Red Velvet book. Here are the results:

Each one featured ribbon ties and label holders featuring the [...]

Many moons ago, I had read about the concept of baking cake batter inside an ice cream cone. Being naturally curious (especially with anything that involves cake), I wanted to give this technique a try.
And since most experiments are best done with a couple of trusty friends by your side, I called up two of [...]

One simple (yet beautiful) binding method is the 4-hole Japanese stab-binding. There are several variations, and for this project, I chose the Hemp-leaf method, which includes extra sewing stations part-way between the 4 main stations.

For the thread, I used a silver .25″ ribbon. I added star-shaped eyelets to the sewing stations to give the holes [...]

It’s rare that I usually just get to play around with materials these days, as I am most often creating for a specific client, or at least, a specific purpose. School was a great place to explore crazy ideas and materials, and I have plans to bring some of that experimental spirit back to my [...]

From the looks of the exterior and the immediate inside of the cover, this book may not appear to be anything extraordinarily special. Sure, the swirly fabric is fun and all, but it just doesn’t seem like it would be that hard to put together…right? Wrong.

Though there are a small number of binding stations, this [...]

After coveting a friend’s copy for months, another pal gave me my very own copy of the book Hello, Cupcake as a wedding gift. For the past several weeks, I’ve been leafing through the pages, wanting to create something and being a little too intimidated to start. That all ended with this post by my [...]

In college, I took a class called “Experimental Bookmaking.” One of our assignments was to create a book with multiple folds in a single sheet. About that same time, I had been studying the art of illuminated manuscripts and gold foiling and I was particularly drawn to the Book of Kells. In that manuscript was [...]

Last Tuesday, I posted photos of the wedding guest book I made for my friends Mégan and Angel. Today is my chance to show you the cake I created for them.

For their reception, Mégan and Angel ordered cupcakes from Cuppies and Joe for their guests, but they still wanted to include the tradition of saving [...]