Three mini zines on a wood table top: one looks like a brown tea bag, titled "Go Have Some Tea," The smallest, on ivory paper, is called "Listen," and a gray one titled "Night Sounds," with a drawing of a cricket.
A booklet titled 'The Elements of Gardening for Butterflies and Bees' is placed in front of a stack of books. The booklet has an illustration of a butterfly on the cover. The stack includes a book titled 'Eastern Butterflies.'

See Me at the LoLa Art Crawl, Sept. 20–21

The League of Longfellow Artists (LoLa) is an artist-run organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that has operated a neighborhood-based art crawl every year since 2009 (except 2020). This year, I will join other artists at the Toolbox Collective, 3400 42nd Ave. S., with items from this website, plus an assortment of original artworks not before offered for sale—and free samples of the 2025 Useful Calendars.

Where to Find Sharon’s Compendium Items

In addition to my online shop, find many of my zines, cards, and the Useful Calendar at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.

 Several of my cards are stocked at Local World Gallery, 112 Second St. E., Wabasha, Minnesota 55981.

Bookplates are not yet available on this website, simply because it’s a little more complicated with the custom options. I was going to continue selling them on Etsy, but I have recently learned that Etsy is allowing the sales of hate merchandise (specifically “alligator alcatraz” items) and I can no longer stomach doing business there, so I am shutting down my Etsy shop. If you bought custom bookplates from me before and want to order more of the same ones, please send me a message via the contact page and I’ll arrange it for you. Thanks for your patience.

To read any of my musings prior to the launch of this website in April 2025, go to Sharon’s Compendium on blogspot.

 My Zines are Included in the Following Collections

Anderson Horticultural Library, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota:

  • The Flower Lovers

  • Gardening for Butterflies

  • Night Sounds

Baylor University Book Arts Collection, Waco, Texas: Listen

Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota:

  • Go Have Some Tea

  • Zine of Days and Dragons

  • The Flower Lovers

  • Night Sounds

Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections, University of North Carolina, Greensboro: Listen

Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio: Zine of Days and Dragons (2024)

Shields Library, UC Davis, Davis, California: Go Have Some Tea

Swarthmore College Libraries, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Listen