Mushroom Ladies

My new needle felted creations.

Marzipan Madness

I love Marzipan, I love turquoise, red, and cream. My friend thought of me when she came across these marzipan creations by Design team Eugene & Louise in collaboration with Tinne Hermans for an exhibit in Antwerp, my home town.

Handmade Gift 3

The third handmade gift is a guardian angel for two dear friends.

Needle felted.

Handmade Gifts 2

Upon his request, I made a needle felted woodpecker for my husband, John. I also made a house for the little bird. John has only seen pictures of his present, because we are out of town and I didn't bring it with me.

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Handmade Gifts 1

This year I made a Waldorf Doll for my daughter's Christmas. I took a workshop with Beatriz Smith at the Brooklyn Waldorf School, and over the course of 8 weeks, I made the doll. Here are some pictures.

She named her Rosie.

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Sergio's Picture Book Lists

Sergio Ruzzier invites people who love picture books to send him a list with ten of their favorite picture books, for kids (or not). The books can be from any time and any country.You can be an author, an illustrator, an editor, an art director, a bookseller, a librarian, an agent, or anyone who has a passion for picture books. I sent him my list. To see the books I chose, go to Sergio's blog.

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BMD on SLJ

If you missed the Book Maker's Dozen Panel discussion at the Powerhouse Bookstore last Thursday. You can see it now, here, thanks to the School Library Journal Blog post.

Book Maker’s Dozen Hosts First Exhibit from School Library Journal on Vimeo.

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Brooklyn Public Library Interview

Book Maker's Dozen

Thirteen children's book illustrators have joined forces to create fun events around their artwork and books.

We, (yes, I am one of them) have a blog now, an Etsy shop, and many fun events coming up; including a panel discussion at Power House Books in DUMBO. Thank you John Rocco, for making this happen.
Here's who we are, with links to our respective websites.

• Aileen Leijten
• Boris Kulikov
• Brett Helquist
• Brian Floca
• Dan Yaccarino
• David Gordon
• John Bemelmans Marciano
• John Rocco
• Peter Brown
• Sean Qualls
• Selina Alko
• Sergio Ruzzier
• Sophie Blackall

Come join us on December 2nd!

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Do you want to know more about Belgium?

In case you didn't know. I grew up in Belgium.

Do you want to know more about Belgium? (subtitled NL/FR) from Jerome de Gerlache on Vimeo.