Innocence & Experience – Handmade Journal

Little works better to successfully end a long day than making a journal!

…Each handmade journal in the shop is constructed with quality card stock and scrapbooking paper in various colors, styles, and textures. All pages can be written or drawn on both front and back. The covers are made with Bristol paper and reinforced with wooden pieces, chip board, and/or crafters tape for durability. The spines/bindings are sewn together by hand using multiple stitches and a thick string. These beautiful books are made with a lot of patience and love 🙂 A treat for the writer, diarist, artist, or paper lover in your life! http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheForgottenWord #junkjournals #writerscrafts

Blackout poetry – Wingless

“Wingless female specimen of the queen/exempt from participation in society/blind workers erect/waiting upon pointed enemies/These wonderful structures/transported by the wind/are most curious and complicated/adapted in shape and size/to who is appropriate/well-turned/it rests upon the floor.”

Art work

I am a writer first and foremost, but the art bug bit me a few years ago. I haven’t been able to stop and I’ve spent an absurd amount of money on art supplies and vintage papers. I have bought doubles of things, forgetting I own them already. 😉 One of my greatest joys is combining art and writing. You can see more of my work at www.facebook.com/taraannlesko