Dear Everyone ~
I am excited to announce that this Friday, June 25, I will open my midsummer studio sale, a week-long celebration of my first six years on Lincoln Avenue. It will go live at 10am (CDT) and continue through Saturday, July 3.
A temporary 2021 Midsummer Studio Sale page at barizaki.com will present all items on offer. To whet your wish-list, behold a preview, bright & bold as a beach towel!
The buffet of Bari Zaki books presents a sumptuous assortment of binding styles, from buttonhole-stitch with vintage correspondence covers, to case-bindings covered in a vintage Serizawa calendar page. Also: one deluxe Long-stitch-link-stitch book with two stitched-in handfolded envelopes. A beauteous book to behold, a voluptuous volume to view! And to touch. And to use!
Two special boxes made by me will also be in the desk deluxifying mix: One drop-spine box covered with Japanese paper & smooth linen bookcloth. And one simple keepsake box—3 x 3 x 3—covered in two shimmery Japanese chiyogami papers.
We have assembled a fresh supply of our sumptuous signature ribbon bags in a breathtaking array of palettes, from springy to summery, and dressy to casual. Each bag holds at least six beribbonments of various widths, styles & textures. All lengths exceed your arm span.
Desk accessories to dress up your desk: Sets of memo-note holders and pencil caddies with matching pencils, all covered with Japanese chiyogami papers. Fountain pen inks from France & Japan, and sturdy Euro-folders cleverly crafted from Fabriano Murillo paper, imported from Germany.
A smattering of ’smarvelous miscellany will migrate from the online shop to the 2021 Midsummer Studio Sale page, at handsome reductions. Once they are gone, they’ll be gone for good. Poof! No spoof.
The complete gallery of individual items will prettily populate the 2021 Midsummer Studio Sale page at 10am (CDT) this Friday, June 25. The sale will run through the following Saturday, July 3.
2021 Midsummer Studio Sale
The early bird bags the ribbons, Bari