Recently, I learned to cross-stitch. It’s so decadent to take up a craft that takes forever to complete.  Each line appear slowly, like an image being downloaded on a computer in the 1990s. And yet, I love it. It t gives me the chance to do something else than sit in front of a computer […]

These mini-books will be for sale at Canzine West (SFU Woodwards, 149 West Hastings) on Saturday November 5 2016 from 1-7 p.m.  They can be used to make your own zine or fill with haiku!

I had a table at the VCC Day marketplace to feature Japanese cards and bookbindings, and talk about my passion for haiku.

At the New Westminster River Market, I took a soapmaking class  at Jolene Handmade Soap Shop. It’s a drop-in course that takes place in a tiny corner of her store. The store owner, Jolene is providing you with everything you need: soap, moulds, scents and colours.     First, you chose some moulds (she’s got hundreds). I […]

Day 2 of the Opus Daily Challenge. The theme was Culture. I decided to try French link stitch binding since French is my culture. I used the bookbinding instructions from a video tutorial by Crystal Shaulis.

For Day 1 of the Opus challenge (Theme: Fall), a creative challenge to incite people to create everyday, I tried Maple leaf Japanese stab binding based on a tutorial by Becca.

I gave a demonstration on how to make a star book at Word, a literary festival that took place at the Vancouver Public Library today. I started by sharing examples of star books. Then I sowed a book and assembled the pages into a star book. The theme of my book was the Word festival. […]

I got to touch the Internet! This Vibrant Lives net was vibrating according to activities on the network at DHSI 2016.

I created this starbook featuring winners from the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational winners. Each card was designed by VCBF with the purpose of promoting the winners. I downloaded the cards from the @OfficialVCBF twitter page. This starbook will be donated to Haiku Canada to be auctioned during the annual conference this week-end.   […]

I decided to practice Japanese stab binding today. Because you have to pass the thread several times in the same hole, it’s very important to make the holes big and even. Instead of stabbing slowly with an awl, most bookbinders will use nails and hammer. Not my favorite part! (My favorite part is the sewing.)

I was craving macarons so I decided to crochet some!  The pattern comes from the book “Hello Kitty Crochet Super Cute Amigurumi Patterns for Sanrio Friends” Sadly, they are not edible.

Went to Murata on East Broadway to purchase some Japanese paper.  These will be for the covers of the star books I’m working on. Stay tune to see the results.  

I presented a bookmaking workshop at Word Vancouver between 3-4pm at the table of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. Participants decorated their book using the logo of the festival.  The book that says “Family Fun” really sums up the experience at this wonderfully literary festival. If you missed the workshop, check out my […]

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I bought a set of ornamental alphabet rubber stamps without knowing if I’d ever use them, but once I tried it at home, I totally fell in love with the lettering.

I made some Japanese cards today. For the geisha, I tried a vertical composition. The Japanese woman with a fan is one of the new rubber stamps I purchased recently at a crafters garage sale.

These shiny Pacific Northwest frogs will look nice on a card. I’m just testing the coil patterns for now, that’s why I’ve used the half-frogs that were on the edge.

After buying a ColorBox inkpad, I practiced making flowers with a set of rubber stamps.

Today I made greeting cards using Japanese rubber stamps.   Here’s a dragon card. Then a geisha card.

I was lucky a friend told me about a garage sale where vendors were selling  mostly crafts supplies. I purchased Japanese rubber stamps, Japanese paper, and vintage illustrations to make collages.

This afternoon, I made some Japanese paper dolls (washi ningyo) and tried different hair styles: a side bun, hair pulled up in a bun, young girl hairstyle, bow.

I bought an old set of Japanese playing cards. I think they are called HYAKUNIN-ISSHU (100 Poems by 100 Poets). The goal of the game is to match the poem with the author, but I can’t do it correctly because I don’t read Japanese. The illustrations are beautiful. I was thinking of using them for […]

I love making origami cats. Once I have about 10 origami cats, I make them into greeting cards. Here are a few of my creations.

I made this tri-fold shutter card by following the video tutorial of TheMadStamper on Youtube. This is what the card looks like from the top.  It’s all about folding. There’s not much gluing in the card itself (except to apply the decorative paper), so I really like that. When you decorate the card, make sure […]

During my visit to Victoria, B.C., I purchased a pom-pom pet kit at Munro’s Books. Since I started to crochet last year, I thought it would be fun to learn how to make a decorative pom-pom while making some cute creatures. Making a pom-pom is actually pretty easy. The kit comes with two donut-shape pieces […]

Today’s assignment from DS106 is “What the font: take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life.” After reading a participant’s blog that she used imagechef for this assignment, I decided to give it a try. There were different shapes to chose from (butterfly, sun, raindrop…) When I saw […]

As part of the DS106 online course on digital storytelling, I tackled my first visual assignment which was to “visualize what would be your greatest fear outside your window at night.” For me, it’s not zombies or Vampires, but the awful sight of a neon sign flashing outside my window that would horrify me and […]

I recently came back from the Digital Summer Institute (DHSI 2015) – where I took 2 courses in electronic literature – all pumped up and ready to dive into digital storytelling. I decided to register to the online course DS106 and soon proceeded to do the first daily task for July 5 which was an […]