It will never cease to amaze me the wonderful opportunities that are presented to me for being a Book + Paper Artist Teacher. This summer my weird skill set allowed me to attend Floydfest—a large outdoor music and art festival held annually in the beautiful mountains of Floyd, VA.

Rebecca, an art teacher from Roanoke, joins me for Mini Accordion Album

It has easily been 8 years since I attended any music festival. One thing that I forgot—music festivals are SO MUCH FUN.

A young Artist Friend joins me Mini Flower Fold

I taught two variations of mini handmade books—the Flower Fold and the Accordion Album. I had several repeat visitors. It was GREAT to see the interest that young Artists have in book arts!

When one Young Artist does it, the others often join in…

While the Mini Accordion Album can be a bit tricky for my younger Artist friends, once they get the hang of it, they love to keep adding more and more pages. Rainbow Accordions are always a huge hit!

We had a full house for Mini Accordion Session 2!

A dedicated future book artist joined for me Mini Accordion Album Session 2

After a weekend of teaching, the rest of the weekend was mine to enjoy! I danced into the early hours of Sunday morning. I came home with a stack of CDs from great new Artists, sunburned, exhausted and hungry. Decompression can be hard after such a fun-filled weekend of friends, art and music, but memories of spending my weekend teaching an old world art form that I love is absolutely priceless!