The Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway, a wonderful working collection of steam trains, is located in mid-Sussex, not far from the Libre Livre workshop

Butterflies

Marbled paper is traditionally used for covers and end-papers of books and notebooks, but with a little imagination there are all sorts of other uses for it.

Over the weekend our Head Marbler made some cards decorated with these little butterflies.

Edge Marbling

As readers of the Libre Livre blog will know, we have recently been appointed as the official UK retailer for Marbled Arts, a specialist marbling business based near Florence. As well as superb marbled paper, Marbled Arts also provide an edge marbling service available to customers of Libre Livre - contact us via our website for further details

Letterpress Priting in Florence

When we were in Florence recently we stumbled across a letterpress printing business - nobody there spoke any English, and my Italian is non-existent, but they were very generous and allowed me to walk freely around the workshop taking photos

The south of France

The Libre Livre team has just returned from a trip to Italy. Our route went over the Alps to Florence, then back along the cost to Nice, and north through Aix en Provence. Just outside Aix are a number of ancient "perched" villages more or less indistinguiahable one from another - which is my way of saying I can;t remember exactly where this picture was taken.

Heading East

A friend of mine is shortly heading East, and I am rather hoping - fingers crossed - that she might be able to bring me back a few Chinese brass picture hooks as shown in this picture.

Another mystery

Many of the houses in central Normandy are timber framed. This contributes to their idiosyncrasy and charm. Invariably I find myself wondering what lies inside each door, behind each window....