customize your own book cover: generation a

Inspired by Customized Coupland, I made my own. I re-used some crumpled up kraft paper to wrap the cover, stamped it with white ink, and drew on the "a" (unfortunately in silver because my white pen dried out). I love how the used kraft paper gives the cover so much texture. (I even placed it so that there's a bit of a gradient in crumpling from the front right corner.)

I even added a bookmark!

fabric flower garland

I made this fabric flower garland about a month ago for ot's belated birthday gift (it's a tradition - the belated part). Her signature colours are red, white and black (and sometimes grey.) I based it on this tutorial I found. I folded the squares a bit differently and placed two up and two down so the pattern sides are visible from the top and bottom.

I kind of liked it, so I made one for myself in orange, yellow and blue (my favourite is the orange chiyogami print.)

yard sale trunk show

June 13, 2010 @ the workroom - fun guaranteed!

ocw magazine

Killside Krafts got a super nice mention in OCW Magazine's blog! It's a neat independent, not-for-profit arts and culture magazine based in Vancouver, BC.

If there's one thing I want my books to ooze with, it's the "charm of something made by hand".

Thanks for the kind words and support, Tracy!

wild rabbit

A few weekends ago, we found this guy (girl? I don't know, I'm going to assume he's male.) lazing under a tree in the backyard. Look how camouflaged he is! He was hard to spot from far away.


As soon as I took the photo, he bolted. I caught up to him a few seconds later on the other side of the trees.


I probably shouldn't have chased him, but it was fun.

say: all your bases belong to us

April 8, 2010 @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

kid icarus

Dropped off a few books and logs at Kid Icarus earlier this week. Go visit and keep them company.