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2012-08-17 14:13:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls."
-Jeremiah 6:15

2012-07-24 19:33:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

NEW Fitness/Yoga/Dance Journals with fabulous, sassy ladies on them and a gently guided reflection inside!

2012-06-27 19:53:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Wisdom is to both know and transform." –Paulo Coelho

Custom handmade, leather journal as a gift for a life coach:
peaceful, white owl and lined paper on one side.

2012-06-21 19:53:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

inspire (verb): 1. to stimulate energies 2. [Archaic] to breathe life into

2012-05-26 16:07:29 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves-slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life." –Thich Nhat Hanh

#booksaturday

2012-05-21 16:17:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Don't forget to...

2012-05-19 14:09:55 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Lao Tzu

This handmade, leather journal was carefully planned and co-created for a 7th wedding anniversary. I was contacted by the wife who wanted a custom journal made for her husband. The traditional gifts for the 7th wedding anniversary are wool or copper. I was asked to incorporate both. Her husband likes earthy colors (he was initially drawn to my work because of the coffee bag books), and she wanted the quote on the first page. The word "journey" is hand-stitch on environmentally-friendly, 100% wool in a copper colored thread. The center closure is copper. I also really like that it is a circle since that echoes both wedding rings and the idea of a journey. Their anniversary was earlier this week, and I received the kindest email from her husband once he received it:

"I just received my 7th... more »

2012-05-05 11:07:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

In honor of Derby and #booksaturday ...

This is a horse photo album that I created for my younger cousin. She is using it as a scrapbook to put pictures in of her and her horses. The pages are acid-free, which means that her photos won't yellow over time. Each page was individually crafted so that she can add pictures without the book getting bulky. It will naturally expand for her and become a keepsake.

2012-05-04 14:41:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings."
-Victor Hugo

2012-04-22 19:52:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Happy Earth Day!

Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.

So, friends, every day do something
that won't compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man... more »

2012-04-12 15:45:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here is a short version of what initiated my interest in bookmaking:

2012-04-10 18:46:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

This journal was created as a travel journal. The recipient is going on a trip to Mexico, and the person who gave it wanted her to be able to record her experiences and thoughts along the way.

2012-04-10 01:11:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

For those of us who fill our suitcase with books...

2012-04-09 14:57:06 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! After thoroughly enjoying a little time off, I've got my week cut out for me. I'm jumping in! Whoosh!

(here is a quick recap of some of my weekend in photos)

2012-04-09 14:54:49 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-04-05 20:05:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Quick look at new wedding guestbook design:

2012-04-03 00:40:39 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

All I smell is ironed burlap...

2012-03-31 18:32:58 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

for #booksaturday : This book was created for a lady who is heading to Rwanda this summer to meet her adopted son. Her circumstance is quite unique and she is planning on making annual trips there. This journal is meant to accompany her and allow her to record her story. It is created from repurposed leather and archival, recycled paper. The lettering is handstitched, and the book is handbound using a variation of longstitch.

2012-03-31 18:32:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-03-31 18:32:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-03-31 18:32:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-03-31 18:32:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-03-31 18:32:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-03-30 22:50:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”
-Ken Robinson

I've got several favorite parts of this, but I especially like where he talks about head cases and how some people view their bodies as vehicles for their head. While it is meant as a joke, it is so incredibly accurate.

2012-03-29 18:58:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Spring is in the air and with that comes lots of...weddings! Are you planning a wedding or know someone who is? I would be honored to create a custom guestbook for you or your friend. I am offering a Spring discount of $15 off to the first five brides who place on order with me.

For everyone else, share this and sign-up for my newsletter to be considered for the April giveaway. You can sign-up on my website: www.reimaginedonline.com
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Offer is good through April 20th. The winner of the giveaway will also be chosen that day. Thanks for participating!

2012-03-23 14:12:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

New Spring Journals now available online: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ReImagined?ref=si_shop. There is FREE SHIPPING through the end of March using the coupon code: MarchMadness.

2012-03-21 19:29:41 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive". –Howard Thurman.

(Commissioned Book: Required a rose and must be inspired by dancing and fire.)

2012-03-21 13:40:44 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

So excited to share with you this short video that Eli Scarr did on ReImagined by Luna!! It is being considered for a viewing downtown by the Lexington Film League for Earth Day. Please share!

2012-03-20 18:47:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Introducing...

2012-03-20 16:20:09 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

More of Su Blackwell's Book Sculptures
"London-based artist Su Blackwell, an avid reader, draws inspiration from the art of the written word found in books and uses that creative influence to produce her remarkable book sculptures."
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/su-blackwell-book-sculptures

2012-03-19 18:53:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Happy Spring Equinox!

Have you heard of "imaginal cells"? They are the cells that occur in a chrysalis during the time that a caterpillar is transforming into a butterfly. These cells are completely different from the caterpillar’s cells and vibrate at a different frequency. It makes me think about our "imaginal cells", the part of us that knows that we are more than we appear. This is the aspect in us that beckons us to wake up, to see more, to step into our larger selves. In caterpillars, these cells are initially attacked by the caterpillar's immune system and are seen as enemies because they are unfamiliar. However, the imaginal cells persist. They foresee that the caterpillar is more than it seems. We are the same. We are more than culture tells us, more than our families and teachers teach us. If we want to be able to actualize all of this potentialw... more »

2012-03-16 14:26:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Sometimes, it is necessary to stop doing and just be for a bit. This morning seems to be begging for it...maybe it's the early spring weather...
"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves-slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life." –Thich Nhat Hanh

2012-03-14 18:31:39 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul." --Simone Weil

2012-03-08 00:04:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand." -Frederic Lawrence Knowles

Hello, Virgo Moon...

2012-03-07 21:35:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Welcome to my first official e-reader sleeve! This one was a custom order with a flower design for a kindle. The outside is leather and has a pocket that can be used for a charger, paper and pen, or something else all together. The kindle fits nicely inside where it is padded with eco-felt. Eco-felt is 100% tan wool with no extra processing. There are no dye’s and the wool is naturally flame retardant. The kindle will stay in securely with a flap and leather tie that goes around a handmade wooden button. I've been asked to create these for awhile now so I'm excited to finally be able to do so. My big hang-up was finding the right kind of padding. Once I discovered this particular felt, it was just a matter of prototyping. Thankfully, a teacher requested one, which gave me a bit of a push to get it developed and created.

2012-03-05 20:34:28 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I'm putting some lovely collections together today...

2012-03-02 15:28:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Getting some sewing done before the big storm hits...

2012-03-01 23:20:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Charge! Don't these little bell journals look like they are ready to take on the world?

2012-02-28 22:00:04 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Note to self: Cut the leather, not the ruler.

2012-02-24 17:14:52 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

This customized book was created for a lady who wants it for plant data that she is collecting. It has lined paper and alphabetical tabs. The tabs will make it so that she can easily look up specific species, recipies, and the like. This is the first book that I've put tabs in like this, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

2012-02-23 17:29:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

All this sunshine make me excited for Spring! And here is a preview of some new Spring designs:

2012-02-21 19:15:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I just completed this custom Celtic book necklace. It is over-sized based on what I usually do at 1.5 x 2.25 inches with 60 blank acid-free pages. Both the leather and the textblock are recycled. The binding is a combination of a couple of traditional binding methods along with my own interpretation. The directive was an extra-large book necklace with green leather and a triskelion. Also in the request was wanting something that was "distinctly Oesch". I really enjoyed creating this little treasure and think it would be perfect for someone into Irish mythology or St. Patrick's Day.

2012-01-30 00:47:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I'm thrilled to finally get these fabulous photos! I was asked to assist in multiple aspects of a wedding last fall. For the bride, I created a leather guestbook with the bride and groom's initials on the front, a wedding banner that went across the front of their reception table, and 35 mini books to go on each table at the reception for guests to write advice and notes in. I was also contacted by the Maid of Honor who asked that I create a shirt for the bachelorette party. Both the banner and the letters on the tank top are created from linen and are stitched down. Yes, I drew and hand-cut each of those letters before stitching all the way around each of them! The font was one that the bride asked for, and I was able to recreate.

2012-01-26 20:59:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Just completed a large custom planner cover and hand-stitched their business logo on the front. Their logo is on the left and my stitched translation is on the right.

2012-01-26 16:37:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This letter is so gorgeous! How significant it is to go back and comfort our younger selves and encourage them (us) to heal as deeply as we were wounded. Her words are striking, and I love this idea of writing to our younger (less knowing, more vulnerable) selves.

2012-01-24 19:37:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

For all you fellow gypsies, dancers, and spirit seekers, this is written by a dear friend of mine who is a world-travelin', soul-dancer:

2012-01-24 14:15:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Here is an awesome dance program in Bulgaria by a friend of mine. We are so excited because they just got on kickstarter! Check it out and help out if you can!

2012-01-24 00:19:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the dragon, and in Chinese culture, the dragon symbolizes power, strength, and good luck...

2012-01-23 23:32:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hold it in your hand…Feel it and smell it…Turn its pages…Dog its pages, if you dare. Read more...

2012-01-23 23:25:58 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I took a little breather and am now back. Here is a business plan for 2012 that a friend shared with me: "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business." ~Tom Robbins