Review 2016: Top 3 Posts

This is my 53rd post! I started this weekly blog on New Year’s Day 2016. The Unicorn Dream above posted in Creating White Vine Letters (5th most popular!) on March 4th. Click link: https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/creating-white-vine-letters.html

My top 3 popular posts: Blogger tells me how many times each blog is viewed - not including my views either.

Beaded Books is my #1 blog for 2016 - instructional & the most popular - posted on September 23rd. Click link:
https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/09/making-books-with-beads.html 

There are two 2nd most viewed posts: Bookbinding in Los Angeles - with Charlene Mathews posted on May 20th. Click link:

https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/05/bookbinding-in-los-angeles.html 
Plus: Carving Images for Prints - DIY posted on January 15th. Click link:
https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/01/carving-images-for-prints.html

3rd most popular is Marbling Suminagashi Style - also instructional posted on March 18th:
https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/marbling-suminagashi-style.html

The top calligraphy post - also about book binding -& my 4th most popular is Fabric Book of Intentions on February 19th: Click link: 
https://anneritataylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/fabric-book-of-intentions.html

I was on the Design Team for Arnold Grummer Paper Making: February through July. It was a happy experience - AG sent me free art supplies - what more could I ask!?!

My most popular post for AG is on July 27th. Click link:

http://arnoldgrummerpapermaking.blogspot.com/2016/07/window-zig-zag-book.html

If you read this far…  During 2017 my blog posts go twice a month - the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month - so I have more time for art-making. 
Here's hoping we all have a peaceful and rewarding Happy New Year!

©Anne Rita Taylor 2016

Making Books with Beads

I’m having fun this week making books with beads. Using my beads from CJ Bead Store in Katy.  

I made this beaded fringe book in a Houston workshop a few years ago.

It was very pretty with feather charms and various sizes of beads. As I remember - it took all day. So far I have not made another one exactly like it!

This week I made similar books using only a few beads with the Coptic binding. 

I used stiff board covers with 5 holes. And on the 5 signatures I used 7 holes with two for the kettle stitch at each end. The amount of thread is 10 times the length of the spine. 

An important part of Coptic binding is to cross the thread over the last inserted thread and go back with your needle into the same hole.

There are many kinds of Coptic binding tutorials.  There is an excellent online resource: click here.

I need to use some of these keys I collected. How do you use your collections; I would love to hear from you!

©Anne Rita Taylor 2016