Beyond the Fold Paperie

Reminder: The Spring Cleaning Paper Sale Starts Today!

The Paper Sale Starts Today Just a quick reminder that the Spring Cleaning Paper Sale starts today. Do you have a favorite paper? Get it now while it’s half off. All papers are 50% off (not including origami sets)—Tassotti, Kartos, Egg Press, Japanese papers and more. You’ll find them all on my website. Check Out All the Papers! Tassotti Papers Tassott—lightweight paper with original designs use light-resistant inks on matt, ecologically supportive and acid-free smooth paper. Kartos Papers...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Summer is Humming Along

Summer is humming here in Florida. The cicadas are humming, the lawnmowers are humming and my air conditioner is definitely humming. With temperatures up into the 90s and Feel Like temperature over 100, mornings are the best time for my bike ride and garden time. It's the time of day I get my fill of a beautiful sky and fresh air. The rest of the day I'm tucked coolly inside with the AC blasting. And then I'm humming in my creative space. One of my other summer inside activities is reading....

almost 2 years ago • 4 min read

Digging Through Trunks and Origami Stars for Fourth of July

Recently I was thinking and wondered why I love to make and create. I'm sure there are an infinite number of reasons and it's different for everyone. But I realized this week one of my own reasons. My sister was digging through one of our mom's old trunks this week full of family treasures. She found some real gems. Left to right: My mom's can dolls made with an old vegetable can inside (over 80 years old, all her hair was loved off), me sister's Raggedy Ann doll (over 60 years old),...

almost 2 years ago • 2 min read