I have been selling my books at Artique at Lexington Green in Lexington, KY for a few years now.  It was one of the first stores I started selling in.  I grew up in and around Lexington and remember going to this store when I was little.  I would ooohhh and ahhhh at all the beautiful artwork.  It was exciting to be able to be a part of it.  They asked if I would do some demonstrating outside the store this past weekend, and I gladly agreed.  I even got to sit in the butterfly chair (Yes, I have pics from over of the years of me sitting on this!).  I sent the photo to one friend and said that I finally grew my wings ;)

I was invited to do a demonstration at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea.  If you have never visited the Artisan Center, you should.  They always have a fabulous art exhibit on various themes and feature so many KY artists.  I really love having my work for sell there as well as working with them.  So, I was delighted to be able to to a demo.  I took my paper cutter, sewing tools, paper, and book covers and bascially sewed and chatted with folks about book binding all day.  It was really fun as well as relaxing.  I focused on repurposed book covers, namely old Reader's Digest, and showed how I use those to create a new book.  One important thing to remember is that all book covers get thrown away...only the insides of books can be recycled.  This is a way to re-use those book covers.  Check out the video and pics...all of them are courtesy of the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea!