Tabloid-size zine
I wanted to create a tabloid-size zine. That’s 11×17 folded in half until it’s an 8.5×11 zine. I purchased three, pictured below...
Our garden
Over the years, we got better at gardening. Casey started trying new things when we had a tiny yard in California. But...
Long Island
I had such a great trip to Long Island this summer. Elise has been two times since she was born. The first...
Southern Maine
It was my family’s first time in Maine. Actually, Elise has been once when she was 6 months old and I have...
Brossard
I find Brossard much more family friendly than Montreal. It’s easier to park and there are just as many food choices. This...
Mini zine
My husband and I decided to collaborate and create a pocket-sized card containing information about the dirty dozen and clean 15. This...
AZ/TX Zines
When I travel I like to visit indie bookstores looking for zines. Here are some that I’ve recently found: Wooden Tooth Records...
Austin
I have not been back to Austin for a long time. We came briefly in 2021, when we were moving from California...
Tucson
We stayed four nights in Tucson. It’s where my mom lives and I have so many wonderful cousins and childhood friends. I...
Upstate NY/CT
Casey and I joke that May this year was our social season. But it actually was, because we kicked it off with...
Phoenix
Last time I went to Phoenix I only stayed one night. So this time I wanted to get to know it better....
Tucson & Phoenix
Last winter we went to Tucson and Phoenix. We’ve decided we’re going to take this trip every year. I found this little...
Nonfiction Comics Festival
I tabled at an event for the first time since having a baby. I can say that I don’t miss tabling and...
Snail mail
I’m launching this blog back up again with this sweet 3d card I just received in the mail from Zhenya! My friendship...
Marche Jean Talon
Another trip to our beloved Montreal. We’ve been living in Vermont for less than two years and we’ve been eight times. Each...
Tucson
It’s good to be back in Tucson. Tucson is sort of my second home, after all the other places I have lived...
Boston
If you hadn’t caught on to my life yet, I run a literary and art magazine called Canto Cutie that showcases the...
New Bedford
In 2022, I took the magazine on an unofficial tour! First to Boston for the Boston Art Book Fair and then Brooklyn...
Manhattan
I had a great day in the city with my in-laws. We played mini-golf, got fancy pastries, went to a photography museum,...
Richmond
Richmond is a cute town in Vermont that some friends have told me that I should move to. Too bad, because we...
South Hero
South Hero is the southernmost Champlain island and only a thirty minute drive from my home. Summer weekends are where the Islands...
Shelburne Museum
We’ve had over twelve guests come stay at our guest room this summer. It’s partly due to my urging of everyone come...
Watertown
Watertown is a city west of Boston that I had a great time selling zines at. I met a lot of great...
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
This trip was our first time where we spent the night! And our first time using public transport. By now, we knew...
Rue Sainte-Catherine
I really love planning Casey’s birthday. For one birthday while we were living in San Jose, we drove up to San Francisco...
Mile End
We discovered a funky new neighborhood in Montreal. Mile End is where many Orthodox Jews live, so there are many bagel shops....
Montreal Botanical Garden & Museum of Fine Arts
Our first foray up to Montreal was with two of our friends from California. Surprise – the border crossing was extremely easy...
Northampton
One Saturday, I drove down to Western Massachusetts for a zine fair and had the time of my life. Making zines have...
Boston
Fourth time’s the charm. I came for the first time in 2018 with my friend Samantha. I got my bearings – the...
Laconia, New Hampshire
I had never spent much time in New Hampshire, other than an hour stroll through Lebanon. I drove to Dover for a...
Newport, Vermont
The race of the summer is the Kingdom Swim. I had heard about this swim my very first week living in Vermont,...
Burlington Coffee
The summer of 2022 brought guests from all over to stay at our cozy ranch home. We finally got the guest bed...
Vermont Womenpreneurs Summit
Strangely enough, during the pandemic I got to speak and give more presentations than ever before. Zoom made it possible for me...
Vermont Bookstores
It doesn’t matter where I am, I absolutely love bookstores. It all started when I was little. My mom would let me...
Housewarming Cards
Moving to a new state and getting guests for the first time means gifts, celebrations, and most importantly, cards. I collect every...
Letters from Russia
The best thing about making friends abroad is being able to send each other care packages and write letters. It started when...
March 2020
I typically do not enjoy my birthday because of built-up anxiety and wanting to make the day perfect but a fun fact...
Phoenix
My sister got married in Phoenix, which made it the third time I have gone in three years. I’ve always had Tucson...
Smuggler’s Notch
This winter, I learned to ski. And not only that – I grabbed skiing by the horns. Or the poles. I took...
Jay Peak & Downtown Burlington
For Casey and my one year marriage anniversary, it was also pretty much the one year anniversary of us deciding to move...
Cambridge
I did not expect to like this small town very much but I’m glad I was wrong. Harvard’s campus is wonderfully picturesque,...
Salem
Every witchy girl has a bucket list destination, and it’s Salem, Massachusetts. Myself included, I had to visit during a Halloween. For...
St. Albans
Before we even decided to look for a house in Vermont, we came to visit. Casey was working from home so I...
Waterbury
So if Los Angeles is the Los Angeles of California, I would say that Waterbury is the Los Angeles of Vermont. Waterbury...
Gilroy
My husband and I have had a fascination with Gilroy ever since we moved here. Apparently, it is the largest exporter of...
Our honeymoon
Sometimes I think that as a couple, Casey and I are blessed with extraordinarily good luck. We didn’t really have a honeymoon...
Our Wedding Reception
With no end to the pandemic in sight, Casey and I wanted to make sure our guests could at least have a...
Our Jewish Ceremony
I converted to Judaism after a year-long course put together by four local temples. I found the perfect rabbi after meeting four...
Our sweet elopement
Casey and I decided to have a pandemic elopement. We don’t regret it, because we would have chosen a small, intimate ceremony...
Sanborn County Park
We had planned a long engagement but with our out-of-state move looming closer, and no end to the pandemic in sight, we...
Scrapbooking winter break
I love getting done with a scrapbook! Then it gets to go on my shelf, with all my other travel memories. I...
Ano Nuevo State Beach
After living in California for over three years, Casey and I realized we had only been to Santa Cruz once! We had...
Almaden Quicksilver Park
The best part about living in South San Jose is that you are right up along the mountains. It can’t get any...
Monte Bello Preserve
Monte Bello is a special hiking spot Casey and I go to near Palo Alto. It is our favorite place because it...
Nisene Marks State Forest
Casey and I visited Nisene Marks at the beginning of our myceulium obsession. We were just learning about mushrooms and getting excited...
Capitola Beach
We’ve been living in the Bay Area for four years now but we have yet to spend too much time at any...
Northwest Austin
I found an old map of Austin while visiting my grandpa one summer afternoon. It was a map from the 90’s, and...
Austin and my many homes
I lived in Austin for almost twenty-five years and called several places home, mostly in North Austin. I have fond memories of...
Oakland/SF
Quarantine makes me nostalgic for places I’ve been, even if they’re not my favorite places. I haven’t left the house really, since...
Memories of Austin through restaurants
I found an old wallet filled with punchcards from Austin. There were about thirty in there. Didn’t I say I was a...
Paris
I’m currently learning French through Duolingo. It is going surprisingly well. I am catching on and it seems like it’s filling gaps...
Istanbul
Have you been somewhere that’s so completely magical that you vow to return again and again? That’s how I feel about Istanbul....
Vietnam
Vietnam was the cheapest ticket I could get out of Korea. It was also a place I wasn’t familiar with, so I...
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz has a cult following around the Bay Area. Everyone has a bumper sticker of The Mystery Spot. Well, it seems...
San Luis Obispo
My friend was living in LA and I was a new transplant in San Jose. We wanted to meet but didn’t want...
Austin, through the eyes of a visitor
What is my hometown? I never know how to answer this question. Is it where I was born? Is it where I...
Tucson
For this year’s climate-poclypse, Casey and I headed to Tucson. We packed up everything of importance into our car and drove twelve...
Hong Kong
I have a love-hate relationship with Hong Kong. First of all, it is like immersing yourself in a bucket of sweat during...
Philadelphia
One of the best things about having a family member an official tour guide is all. the. discounts! She gets comped to...
Samara
What is Russia like? It’s difficult to explain to people who have never been to a “second world country.” The West likes...
St. Petersburg
Have you ever been heartbroken and alone in a city? That’s what St. Petersburg is to me. I went there as a...
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital of a small Asian republic in Russia, Buryatia. Buryat people are buddhist and speak both their native language...
Japan
I love Japan but I have an issue with all the stereotypical people that dream of going there. First of all, Japan...
Kyzyl
When people ask for advice for where to go in Russia, they ask, “Do you like Moscow or St. Petersburg more?” My...
New York City
I’ve lost track of the times I’ve been to New York City. If I had never met my partner (who’s from New...
Mexico City
I visited Mexico City the fall of 2015. I had just come back to Austin after traveling nonstop for a year. And...
Another year, another year of travels
Everytime I travel somewhere new, I make a new journal documenting well, basically everything. No meal or sight is left undocumented. My...
Marin County
Marin County is the area north of San Francisco, on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. I had heard a...
Phoenix
Most of my time spent in Arizona is in Tucson. I went to school there for two years and all my cousins...
Yosemite National Park
I went to Yosemite for the first time in October. I’ll be honest – I don’t like the idea of Yosemite. Apple...
Morocco
I had never been to Africa before. When I found out a friend had just finished Peace Corps in Morocco, I jumped...
London
I’ve been to London twice. Once in 2014 and again in 2019. When I visited in 2014, it was at the very...
Berkeley/SF
I moved to San Jose three years ago. San Jose is an hour south of the world famous San Francisco. Every movie...
Spain
Do you have a travel bucket list? I sure do. Here are my top places: Spain Greece/Cyprus Ethiopia All of Northern Europe...
Davis
One of my favorite travel partners is my grandpa. He and I have been to countless places… Brazil, Hong Kong, Canada, Northwestern...
Cleveland
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Amsterdam
Traveling isn’t always glamorous. My friends and I somehow all got diarrhea from the same ice cubes at the most upscale bar...
The Bay Area, from South Bay to the Peninsula
Casey and I just celebrated four years in the Bay. California has been enjoyable, with new experiences, and good memories. We don’t...
British Columbia
When I was about eighteen, I set off with my grandpa and fifty other retirees in a stinky tour bus all Canadian...
Monterey
For our four year anniversary, my boyfriend and I spent the weekend in Monterey. We saw the infamous aquarium, went to the...
Denver
I was able to connect with Zhenya, a friend I made while living in Samara, in Denver! It was the perfect place...
Grenada
My boyfriend and I decided to spend ten days in Grenada, also known as the Isle of Spice. He had served in...
Boston & New York City
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cute Little Paper Blog (@cutelittlepaperblog) on Dec 8, 2019 at 6:12pm PST This...
Costa Rica
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cute Little Paper Blog (@cutelittlepaperblog) on Dec 8, 2019 at 10:31pm PST Costa...
Brazil
In March 2017, I had the opportunity to visit two cities in Brazil: Florianopolis and Rio de Janiero. I have a great...
Alabama
I’ve been to Alabama twice. It’s funny because people outside of Alabama are like… why? It’s a humid and strangely beautiful place....
Texas Coast
I remember when I met my first college roommate, who is from Houston, and stupidly asked her, “Houston has an airport?” I’m...
Kazan
I think the hottest guys in Russia are from Kazan. Hear me out. Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous region...
San Antonio
San Antonio was awesome! We’ve been here many times in the past, but it was the first time we flew here as...
Big Basin State Park
We had our first visitor to in the Bay Area! My boyfriend and I moved here in 2017 and we never miss...
Castle Rock State Park
Another beautiful day at a State Park, hunting for mycelium and breathing the fresh air. I think this park is too close...
Ufa
I spent an entire week in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. When I told people in Russia I was headed there, the immediate reaction...
Los Angeles
I’ve visited Los Angeles many times as a kid with my family. I knew it for the beaches and Getty Museum, which...
Portland
Some of my best travels happen right when I quit a job. I remember when I quit my crappy retail sales associate...
Germany
My family and I traveled to Frankfurt, Berlin, and Munich in 2015. We met friends and visited museums. I kept all notes...
Traveling around the US National Parks
When I was in college and already feeling the wanderlust, I joined my grandpa and fifty other retirees from China on to...
Colorado
For spring break, my boyfriend and I took a road trip to Colorado. We visited Crestone, Valley View, and Colorado Springs. We...
Korea
Busan, Korea is where I found myself in 2015 after living one year in Russia. I backpacked through Siberia and the Far...
Siberia
Samara drops below 40 degrees starting January. I decided that it would be a good idea to go to Siberia… because, why...
Primorsky Krai
I spent a whole year in Western Russia, in Samara working as a university lecturer. Samara is a mid-sized Russian city. I...
Long Beach
Long Beach is one of my favorite places in LA. I love the colorful horticulture and the perpetual ocean breeze. It embodies...
Moscow
Soviet-era birthday postcards and a matroshka doll from Izmailovsky market in Moscow When I was a freshman in college, I spent a...
Cancun
Something I’ve always liked about scrapbooking is that you can make one entirely out of found materials. When I think of scrapbooking,...
Why is stationery so special to me?
Mun Guey means stationery in Cantonese. I believe I sort of have an ancestral memory for all things written on paper. My...
Taipei
The first thing I do on every trip is buy a notebook. I used to take a journal with me from home,...
Brooklyn & Manhattan
One of the best parts of traveling, for me, at least, is all the paper memorabilia that I encounter on the way...