Paper Monsters & Curious Creatures progress update

I just found the cover image of my book "Paper Monsters & Curious Creatures" online. The designer at Lark Books Kristi Pfeffer did a great job coming up with this design. I think it really communicates the kind of fun my readers will have working on these projects. The release date of this book is August 5th this year. There will be plenty of time for my readers to make these monsters and get ready for Halloween!

"Paper Monsters and Curious Creatures" in progress

My next new book "Paper Monsters and Curious Creatures" is moving along. Today I received the first laser print out. I am going to go through this page by page for the next few days and make necessary corrections. This book will come out some time in the fall of 2014. As a teaser, below are Just a couple of pages from the book in progress. Love the backgrounds of these 2 projects!

"Paper Birds" in progress

I just finished proofing the 1st laser print out of my upcoming paper craft book "Paper Birds". Good folks at Lark Books worked so hard to squeeze in as many projects as possible, but due to a smaller page number of this book than that of my previous "Paper Pups", they could only put in 29 projects. Well, I guess that's good news to my readers. They will have more free online bonus projects! Here are snippets of the book pages in progress. The release date of this book is June 3rd 2014.

Paper Monsters photo shoot

I just got back from a photo shoot at Lark Books in Asheville, North Carolina. It was for my upcoming paper craft book, "Paper Monsters and Curious Creatures (working title)." I worked on this book during my sabbatical this past spring along with "Paper Birds" book. I designed total 40 projects and it looks like this book will contain approximately 30 of them. The rest will go online as free bonus stuff. Below are a few snapshots I took during the photo session. Just like for my previous books, I worked as a project stylist during the photo shoot. My book designer is Kristi Pfeffer and photographer is Steve Mann. The photo shoot took place in Steve's studio.

 

Kristi and Steve checking out the shot. Kristi is taking a photo of the computer screen and sending it to her boss for feedback.

Steve photographing Wolfman against the Moon backdrop.

Kristi preparing Grim Reaper, Devil and Zombie to be photographed.

 

One of the group shots with Frankenstein's Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, Pan, Dracula and Robot. Wolfman is waiting for his turn backstage.

This book is slated to come out in the fall of 2014 right before Halloween.

Martha Stewart Living blog

Martha Stewart Living posted a review of my "Paper Pups" book on their crafts blog. I enjoyed the paper dogs their staff made from my book with some creative patterns.