creative | Beth Cusack

Making Handmade Books

The video below showcases the fifth handmade book I've made for friends and family. Reasons I enjoy doing this: Fun to pull poems...

It starts with a handful of lint

Today, I gathered up the handful of lint I've been collecting on top of the dryer. I put the lint back and felt inspired to write. I...

Don't like art you did? Consider this trick (Thanks again, Ben)

My son Ben shared this elegant repurposing trick for his watercolor paintings. Paper is a precious resource. Especially the expensive...

Dusting: Making a Chore Become Seriously Fun

Dusting! A curious word to be sure. It’s a study in contradiction. In the kitchen, it might mean the flour you sprinkle on a surface to...

JUNK DRAWER SELFIE: Turn Your Junk Drawer into a Classified Ad about You

So today I decided to analyze and rethink a junk drawer in my home. Perhaps this is a silver lining in the pandemic for me. As I look in...

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