A brand refresh for Binding Tales

A brand refresh for Binding Tales

It's time for a brand refresh! Binding Tales has evolved a lot since its inception in 2019. As we launch into 2024 I am doing a brand refresh! The biggest change for Binding Tales occurred shortly after launch in early 2020, when I began feeling the creative pull...

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Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books

Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books

Another huge goal accomplished... and now I wait. Completing the cover design for my alphabet book was the final project to prepare this book for my queries to literary agents. While books aren't traditionally all formatted when going out in queries, I decided to pair...

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Felted Paintings

Felted Paintings

Picking up some of my original felted paintings to post them for sale is taking me for a walk down memory lane. My technique and speed have come such a long way since crafting the pictures for my first book. Fairy Dance Party The lapse in time since hanging these on...

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Needle Felting a Picture

Needle Felting a Picture

During the January 2022 live monthly felting class, I continued needle felting a picture of a sleeping child, one of the two characters featured on my next book cover. As I usually do, I took pictures throughout the process, which are included on the final lesson...

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2021 – Our Annual Family Letter

2021 – Our Annual Family Letter

Was 2021 a mixed bag or what?! It has no doubt been another challenging year, but we’ve made the best of it and we’re looking forward to 2022. We struggled our way through hybrid learning with the kids in kindergarten and second grades while Adam and I were both...

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Felting a Fairy Village

Felting a Fairy Village

Dotted mushroom caps and fairy houses, curved doors, window boxes, planters, a winding street to the distant mountains. This needle felted illustration has been so much fun to create! Like many of my illustrations for my children's books, this picture began during a...

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Online Needle Felting Lessons

Online Needle Felting Lessons

Online Needle Felting Lesson: Brown Bear I prepared for the October 2021 online needle felting lesson by sketching studies of brown bears, pulling reference photos of caves from my archive of family photos, and prepping wool for another month in which our lesson will...

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Felting Children’s Book Illustrations

Felting Children’s Book Illustrations

It is high time for another vlog—parenting, four illustrations for the next children's book in the Lichendia series, a special seasonal book about Winter, time for self-care, and a quick update on the progress made since our house flooded. You know, all the things...

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