Elise Hooper

📚🌱🪴 Thank you, Galveston Reads, for selecting THE LIBRARY OF LOST DOLLHOUSES for its ‘26 pick! My trip to Galveston was amazing! I felt like I was stepping straight into the Bel on Thurs night when I entered the beautiful historic to lead a miniature plant-making workshop. I met a fabulous group of readers who produced a glorious collection of miniature plants made out of plant wire, masking tape, paint, glue, and black tea. There were no rules —your plant could be any color, it could have flowers, butterflies, books—and this friendly group delivered!!! Thank you to all who joined in the fun! And thanks to everyone who came to my book talk today. What a fabulous community of readers! I’m grateful places like The Rosenburg Library exist. 🌸🪴🍃

😎 I dodged last week’s Seattle snowstorm because I was in Arizona, where I soaked up the sun and visited 16 of the Thorne Rooms at the Phoenix Art Museum. These dioramas are made in tiny 1/12 scale and are incredible. I’d seen 68 of them already at the Art Institute of Chicago, so I loved seeing more of the collection. 🔍

And we enjoyed more art . . .
👖Ali Dipp’s amazing hand-stitched recreation of a Trumbull painting on scraps from jeans
🖤”Black Cloud” by Carlos Amorales
🖼️ a Maynard Dixon painting
🦖“Jurassic Age” by Sui Jianguo

🔥And in more miniature news, THE LIBRARY OF LOST DOLLHOUSES is on kindle sale for $1.99 so please scoop it up now!📚

📚 Reading + the Olympics = great weekend vibes! Just finished watching pairs figure skating and am now settling into Kate Quinn’s highly anticipated new release, THE ASTRAL LIBRARY. Come join me on 7:30 PM, Saturday, Feb 21 at to chat with when she comes to Seattle to discuss her new book! Check my story for ticket info. 👆🎟️ Kate’s new fantasy novel explores what would happen if you could slip into the pages of your favorite books. Who else hopes she’ll share the secret for how to accomplish this disappearing act? 🙋🏼‍♀️📚

Eagle-eyed FODs (Friends of the Dollhouse) noticed that one of the Bad Bunnies didn’t appear to be at last night’s Super Bowl party in the dollhouse and now we can finally reveal why… Edith was Plant #456 in the Halftime Show!!! It was a super exciting opportunity for her and we couldn’t be prouder!!! Vamos, Edith!!! 🔥🏈🪴💃 And don’t worry, she still got to hang with the boys from Heated Rivalry! 💅🏻

💙🏈💚 Scenes from a Super Bowl party in the dollhouse with special guests Shane Hollander and Ilya Rosanov! The bunnies really were bad and only wanted to read Heated Rivalry, but no one can fault them! Go Hawks!!! 🐰🐸🐷

📚🌱🪴THE LIBRARY OF LOST DOLLHOUSES is 2026’s Galveston Reads selection and I’m thrilled to head to Galveston, TX next month to give a talk about the book and run a workshop in making miniature plants. Can’t wait to see the beautiful (which sounds a lot like the Bel!), meet readers, and have fun time getting creative! Are you in the Galveston area? Join us! 🪴 Swipe thru pics for more info…

🔍🏠🏈Who wants to come to our Super Bowl party in The Tiniest of Cottages? Hawks, Stupid Canadian Wolf Birds, even Pats fans…all are welcome at the dollhouse! ☮️💙 #12 💚

🐰🐸🐷🧶This episode of Heated Ravelry is brought to you by knitting patterns from

Started off 2026 with a trip to ! Perfect way to beat the January blahs. 🤗

🐰My final handmade creation of 2025! 🧶 Once I knit the bunny, I had to sew her a little wardrobe of different outfits, obviously. 🧵✨ Happy new year, my friends. 🥂

Bunny pattern from ♥️

🎧📚I knit and sewed the bunny and her clothes while listening to RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton
THE WIVES by
I highly recommend both of these memoirs! ✨

This was a great fall for producing all kinds of creative projects. Were there some dead ends and messes? Yep! But I wrote a lot of new words, played with clay, and created tiny things, so I’m very very fortunate to be surrounded by friends who inspire me. ♥️ I’m looking forward to new adventures in writing, reading, and making things in 2026! 🧶📚🧵