Hi! I am Chloe and welcome to my little corner of the internet where I share my work making zines, mending clothing, and creating other crafts with upcycled materials. Alongside handmade crafts, I also like to share about herbalism and my daily life living and working on a herbal homestead.
Calendula is a very easy to grow and beautiful flower ~ and the namesake of this blog! Recently Uritan.Musica and I made this video on making salve with Calendula officinalis. If reading is more your thing, I have written a few articles on Medium.com about art and natural skin care:
Besides digital media, I have also compiled some herbalism and gardening information is a collection of zines that are available for sale via this website and also Etsy, or for trade. But first, you may be wondering …
What are Zines?
Zines :: Are handmade, self published booklets and – unlike magazines and books – can be made by anyone with a message, a bit of artistic vision, and access to a printer. Zines also have the benefit of being as short or as long as the creator wishes and can cover any subject matter and be of any style, much unlike traditional publishing.
Recently I wrote an entire guide to DIY publishing of zines! This page explains a bit more about zine culture and the steps I take from writing, to layout, and finally printing my publications.
“Publishing of books and magazines is usually out of reach for us normal folks and require publishing houses and often corporate sponsorships. Zines – unlike magazines and books – can be made by anyone with a message, a bit of artistic vision and access to a printer. Zines also have the benefit of being as short or as long as the creator wishes and can cover any subject matter and be of any style, much unlike traditional publishing.”
– Excerpt from my “How to Make Zines” tutorial.
