"DIY" — Blog — Kitty Cat Stevens

Hello! I'm Jenna, the creator of Kitty Cat Stevens. I have a passion for transforming paper and thread into treasured new books for artists, writers, and bibliophiles. This is where you'll find behind-the-scenes photos and stories from my life as a book lover.

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✨📚 BOOK CLUB ALERT: How to Be an Antiracist by @ibramxk 📚✨
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If you’re working on becoming a better ally and like the idea of staying accountable to a group with discussion, this book club is open to anyone who wants to join. Message me your

🖤 If you’re not actively part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Link in bio for resources on how you can take action today.

👋🏼 Day 75: I’ve officially spent over half of 2020 in quarantine // WFH // social distancing. No one teaches you how to be a good friend, partner, artist, leader, or human through a pandemic. You try, and you f*** up, and you learn, and you d

🖤🥀☠️📘☠️🥀🖤 ‘Til death do us part: Throwback Thursday to this spooky wedding guestbook for @sunnidayrealestate and @xlimp_blintzkitx 🖤

Featuring vintage covers, hand torn + gold gilded pages, stitched binding + details, and skull paper. 👹

✨🥳✨ That feeling when you pay off all your student loans AND medical debt.
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First in my family to make it to 18 years old child-free. First in my family to graduate high school. First in my family to graduate college.
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I’m proud of the life

💕🐱💕 This month marks 2 years of home ownership, and I’ve only just figured out what to do with my oddly shaped bookbinding space.
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Of course these pink ombré flat files are staying, but due to space constraints, I’m replacing

🎈🍰🐕🍰🎈 Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet boy, Pickle.
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I taught him 10+ commands. He taught me patience, consistency, selflessness, unconditional love, and to live in the moment. He has been a joyous, challenging addition to our lives. I love thi

📚📖📚 PERSPECTIVE: I don’t know why but I really love this aerial view of one of my handmade books. Maybe because it doesn’t really look like a book at first? It reads very sculptural or abstract to me. If I didn’t know any better

💙💜📕💜💙 What would you use this blank book with an ombré spine for? I made it for a wedding photo shoot and found it laying about while cleaning the studio. There are some floral embedded pages scattered throughout and the spine reminds me

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