Oak Tree Book Arts

10/30/2024

Bespoke binding: wedding guest book with embedded letterpress prompts for guests, friends and family to add their reflections. Happiness and cheers to the bride and groom! 🥂🥳

10/28/2024

Creating some new merch for the Paint Creek Center for the Arts Holiday Art Market. You like?

10/28/2024

07/10/2024

“Some Thoughts Along the Way” is now for sale at the gift shop in 3 different color combinations. I’ve been experimenting with my beloved new Adana tabletop letterpress to make these guided journals. My idea is to embed quotes and writing prompts among the blank pages, to give each book some focus.

This journal begins with a line from the book of John that captures my attention: it strikes me as really apt for a meditation journal, travel diary, or Bible study reflections. They’re small, however, so the prospect of filling them is not overwhelming like with larger blank books.

I’ll be designing some more guided journals in the weeks ahead and would welcome your feedback and suggestions.

02/21/2024

Last month, I had the great pleasure of fulfilling an order of boxes, reading and nighttime journals, and blank books with matching clamshell boxes for the Friends Store at the Rochester Hills Public Library. They asked for an assortment of designs so I got to play with a variety of papers and colors.

And then yesterday, .estesphd was working at the library and sent me this photo of my work on display. Happy day!

02/16/2024

Friday morning reflections about the mixed feelings that often accompany my artist bookmaking. Do others struggle with such conflicts and self doubt? It helps me to think of everything as always work in progress. The book is titled “Still We Stand in Flanders Field.”

02/01/2024

So grateful to the Artists Market at for showcasing my work and encouraging my growth as an artist and bookbinder. Sometimes, all you need is for one person to believe in you and that makes all the difference.

01/30/2024

01/14/2024

When my husband turned 60, he mused aloud about wanting to write a life review, a reflection that would spend equal time on each of his decades. “Challenge accepted!” I announced, and created this hardback journal with 6 signatures of lined text paper, each enclosed in a shade of lokta that compliments the gorgeous Renato Crepaldi Hand Marble cover. Bespoke bookmaking is the best!

11/27/2023

Now in our Etsy shop: A postcard-sized art journal and album, filled with 8 removable pages of of blank, cold-press watercolor paper; can be used for painting memories of travel, gardening, family, and other memorable events. 4 ¾” x 6” x ½”

The self-enclosing cover is constructed from St. Armand Colored Papers, which are handmade and are ideal for printmaking, letterpress, pastel, drawing and painting in acrylic, gouache and watercolor. An internal concertina spine provides strength, flexibility and visual interest. Link in bio

11/27/2023

A postcard-sized art journal and album, filled with 8 removable pages of of blank, cold-press watercolor paper; can be used for painting memories of travel, gardening, family, and other memorable events. 4 ¾” x 6” x ½”

The self-enclosing cover is constructed from St. Armand Colored Papers, which are handmade and are ideal for printmaking, letterpress, pastel, drawing and painting in acrylic, gouache and watercolor. An internal concertina spine provides strength, flexibility and visual interest. Etsy link in bio