Looking to get more organized? In this workshop, you’ll make two books designed to help you with a variety of planning tasks. 

The slot-pocket book is a sturdy little journal book that features tiered slots inside the front and back covers. We’ll also make a matchbook style mini-book to insert into one of the tiered slots and a larger pocket insert to stitch into the center of a set of blank pages. The tiered slots serve as pockets to hold receipts, tickets, coupons, business cards, etc. This book is just the right size for tucking into your purse or tote to help you organize shopping, birthdays, to-do lists, decorating ideas, travel plans, or just a place to organize all those random notes and papers that get lost in the bottom of your purse.

The ledger style book is a vertically long book designed to hang on any flat surface, such as a bulletin board or refrigerator. The ledger is a handy book that can serve as a central location for your grocery list, to-do list, or other lists or notes. 

All supplies provided. You will also take home a detailed instructional handout to create similar books on your own. 

About DJ Gaskin

DJ Gaskin works in mixed-media and acrylic painting, bookbinding and artist’s books. She is a member of Tryon Painters & Sculptors and Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, NC, and has exhibited paintings and book art in a variety of local venues, the Washington D.C. area, New York and elsewhere. She is a previous member of The Art League at The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Va., and other galleries in the D.C. area, where she received several awards. She has been teaching bookmaking workshops for more than ten years. DJ is also a working poet. Her poems have been featured in numerous literary journals, and her first book of poems, Of Crows & Superstitions, was published in 2018 by Main Street Rag Publishing. 

January 18, 10am - 4pm
$125 materials included