I hope to be blogging more frequently this year about projects, materials, techniques and the interesting people in and around the world of books and paper.

Paper Moon Bookbinding’s new space is fabulous- bright, perfectly sized and comfortable to work in- and I’m thinking about a new line of photo albums for Spring: cloth-bound primarily, although gorgeous wood and cork veneers have been taking up a lot of brain space lately. The other main obsession at the moment is bird- and egg-patterned papers. Maybe it is due to watching the birds outside the snowy window of the bindery…

Very blue bird with a beak extending onto the spine of the book.

This is a small vintage-style archival album with end sheets that have the most beautiful natural history-themed print of eggs from various birds.

Lovely perching bird in earthtones on the cover of a journal.

Ribbon gift/hang tag with a fabulous black bird and nest; this image was used in an antique hat advertisement.