Mary's Table

I've been missing in action, blog-wise for more than a month. And if I had been faithful to "doing the work" I wouldn't mi...

I like my little moleskine Japanese fold journal for the most part--I like the continuously unfolding pages and the compact size--but the pa...

Last year for my birthday I started a "tradition" (how many times does it have to happen before it is officially a tradition?) of ...

What inspires you? Tonight I was inspired by dedicated artists whose blogs I visited after not seeing them for awhile. No real excuse for ...

My vase of ranuculus is surrounded by fallen petals so it was time to get them down on paper. I always buy them when the florist has them--...

I've been an absentee blogger for a few weeks while I was traveling. It is so easy to get out of the habit, and while I'm not really...

Would a stink bug by any other name smell as bad? I didn't test the theory today when this little guy came crawling along in the garden...

I've spent a few days enjoying the unusually warm temps and blue skies working outside, doing garden and yard spruce up. I guess its no...

The significance of this rather pedestrian (pun fully intended) drawing of my feet is the fact that they are clad in sandals. For those who...

"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World" --Christopher Columbus I noticed the afternoon light hitting these daff...

I've fallen into the trap that this blog was created to avoid. The I'm-too-busy-to-journal trap. It's so easy to put all the o...

A proof of another new stamp I carved last night. I like building up my "library" of stamps, but I've also found that carving...

Why do we love you so? Is it the balance of sweet/slightly salty flavor? The chocolate with mint combination? The "absence makes the...

magnolia pods from Laurie some from my "collection" pod-inspired necklace (paper mache, collage, wax) collaged, beaded pods paper ...

Part of layering the papers that we made in Taos is printing with hand-carved stamps of all sizes and designs--and we were lucky enough to h...

Here are a few of the sheets of paper that we created in the Anne Bagby workshop. We started with 12"x 12" pieces of deli paper a...

I spent the morning gluing, snipping, writing, stitching. Generally filling up the journal I made for the trip. Its fun to wait and put it...

a few more pages of my workshop book....... Wow! I've been posting here for one year. I started this blog as a way of keeping myself m...

page three page two front page of the book, after the sheet was folded This is the full sheet (24 x36) that was then folded into the book. W...