This week I’ve received two of my favorite artsy/craftsy publications, Bound & Lettered and Artitudezine. As I’ve been out in the evenings this week with book groups I haven’t had a chance to really look at these but I finally found some time to glance through them.

Bound & Lettered has some good articles from an introduction to colored pencils to how to make a love note bookmark. I may have to try that project asap. There is also a very detailed article on two needle coptic binding. I barely remember how to do one needle coptic binding so I don’t see myself trying this one anytime soon. And, I saw a mention of the upcoming book arts conference in Oregon. You do not know how much I want to go to that!

Artitudezine’s Winter issue also has some informative articles but the one item that caught my attention first was that Suzanne Simanaitis, the creative muse behind the zine, has a book out! Kaleidoscope is a book designed to spark your creativity. Enough said, I’ve already ordered it.

Is it the weekend yet? I want to craft.

I was a bit more than half way through Snow when guess what happens? I get an email from the library reminding me the book is due. I tried to renew it online but I couldn’t because someone had put a hold on it. Darn. I was a good library patron and returned it but you know what this means. By the time the book is available again I may have lost interest in it or it’ll be too long after the fact that I’ll have to re-read it. Sigh.

Anyway, I still went to book group and had a good time catching up with Christine and the book group members. We had quite a crowd this time. We had a good discussion on the book (I did more listening than discussing) and while I think most people didn’t necessarily love the book, at the same time everyone seemed to agree it was a worthwhile read.

Now it’s time for me to start a new book. I’m off to spend some quality time in front of my stacks.