Inspiring the storyteller
in everyone

Studio Workshops in the Presidio

Open Studio Wednesdays
Come craft with us! We will guide you through the many wonders of making: cut, fold, print, bookbind
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1 hr 40 min
45 US dollars
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Open Studio Mother's Mondays
All about motherhood! Bring in photos, inspiration, ideas, stories of motherhood to create with us!
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2 hr
50 US dollars
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Photos, Ideas, Memories into Tiny Books
Got photos? Got jokes? Got recipes? Got stories? Learn to turn them into hand-made photo books.
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2 hr 15 min
175 US dollars
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We believe

more than water, flesh, bones, even souls—everything we once thought defined us—we are stories.

We want

to create lasting change. Storytelling helps us see things in a new light and believe in possibility, recommit to our vision, and inspire us to act.

We guide

people of all ages pushing the boundaries in storytelling, tearing down the walls between mediums, putting them under one roof. We chase inspiration over instruction, questions over answers and ideas over mediums.

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Once shared

our story- a piece of us- becomes its own living thing. It forms a life of its own. It opens doors, creates new meanings and understandings.

We meet

communities at where they are through one of a kind, game-like, conceptual workshops, events, story hours and more.

Just like that, I’m a part of yours, you’re a part of ours. ❤️ #storytelling

We had to cut this story down a bit, to meet you in this platform :) We are stories. Stories make us. #storytelling #wearestories #storiesmakeus #humanity #artistsoﬁnstagram

A little bit more into the process of trimming the final block and casing in. #bookbinding #storytelling #artsandcrafts #custombook #storiesmakeus

80 pages, images, stories into a custom, archival, hand bound, hard case book, for generations to enjoy. That’s a lot of stories and insights into the world of the two wonderful children artists. Liking and being proud of what we do looks like this. Message to get a quote for prints + custom books. #storytelling #bookbinding #creativity #artstudio

Your worst jokes, your pup’s silliest made-up name list, your mom’s advice deserves to be a book. A one-of-a-kind creation, like nothing ever made before. Come on now. Join us and turn your stories into books. ⏰ Saturdays and Sundays at Stories Make Us in the Presidio. 🖨️📸🎞️📚📒📕We scan, print, stack, cut, and press your work of art.
Bring your funniest jokes and most meaningful moments, and leave with an archival-quality book.
See ya!
#storytelling #artsandcrafts #workshops #creativity #bookbinding

Give to storytelling. Help support our mission. Help us reach more people. Donate to Stories Make Us. Link in bio. #community #storytelling #donate #powerofgiving

Come meet us, be a part of our story. Every little effort, every ‘hi’, every little line counts! Come on in.

To make it or not to make it to a Stories Make Us workshop tomorrow. That is the question :) You should be making it! Come on, join us 🥰 Learn more about us and register to a session tomorrow at www.storiesmakeus.org. More in the link in bio. #community #artsandcrafts #presidiosf #creativity #storiesmakeus

Wednesdays 6pm-8pm. Something different every week. Meet us at where you are and we’ll grow together. More on the link in bio. ❤️ #community #workshops #artsandcrafts #presidiosf #storytelling

Come on in and we’ll grow together. Start from where you are at. Workshops everyday. #storytelling #storiesmakeus #creativity #artsandcrafts #community

Oh it's Wednesday! Join us Wednesdays 6-8pm 🥳🥳🥳 Link in bio. #community #artsandcrafts #sanfranciscoartist #communityworkshop #papercraft Video footage by @tasciberfin

Wednesdays 6pm-8pm in our deeply loved Presidio art studio. Make books, write poems, sketch, print photos, print on canvas, craft birthday cards and more. Come join us. Learn more about us through the links in bio.

Come craft with us in the Presidio! Wednesdays 6-8pm. Sliding scale $25-$$35. Stories Make Us is a 501(c)3 California non-profit organization. More on the link in bio. #artsandcrafts #artstudio #sipandpaint #presidiosf

We look forward to sharing stories with you and your children. Join us in our new spot in the Presidio- right by the tunnel tops.

What would your museum be about? The Museum of Impossible, Emotions, Sea Creatures, Bad Bunny [the singer], Nintendo Switch, the Planets are a few that were made in this class. All in different shapes, sizes, approaches. We walk the challenging creative process together while creating something different. This class learns from each other. Register for Fall 2023 through the link in bio.

Light Graffiti. Ages 7-14. Register for Fall 2023. Link in bio.

Bold. Bright. Together. Funny. Every Saturday. 10am-2pm. Come make statements. Get a pass through the link in bio.

Action. Freeze. Action. Freeze. Action... Let’s make a stop-motion animation! From ideation to completion. We are the storyteller, prop builders, set designers, editors. We walk every step in making a stop-motion animation. Ages 7-12 for now. Register throguh the link in bio. Action.

Register for boundary-breaking, transformative, interdisciplinary classes for children and adults. Link in bio.

One thing is for sure friends: because you are here anything is possible. 😊

Giving children the tools to express themselves and their world is what we are chasing. Inspiration over instruction. Questions over answers. Ideas over mediums. We believe in the power of imagination and storytelling. Explore it all at www.storiesmakeus.org. *Video shot in Artifact Studio San Francisco, in 2018 to accompany Emma’s poetry by Gozde Efe.

Support our cause by following, spreading the word, joining our workshops and donating if you can. We are Stories Make Us + Tiny Publishings. Link in bio.

Each and every story is an opportunity for infinite discovery! #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings #storytelling #stories #storyteller

From nothing to an archived collection of memories, togetherness and play. Learn more about Storytelling Events through the link in bio. #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings #storytelling #bookbinding #community

When we fear failing, we are not only afraid of material cost, we are afraid of humiliation. And what humiliation comes down to often is a way of telling the story of failure. A tragedy is a particular way of telling a story of failure. What is distinctive about tragedy is that the way a story is narrated means that members of the audience typically end up extremely sympathetic towards the failed person. They would never want to call them a loser. That’s not how we think of Hamlet, Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina. We call them something nobler and more admirable: a tragic hero. Tragedy initiates us into a fascinating new concept: the noble failure. But we don’t usually tell stories of failure like this. Usually, in our society, we tell them via a genre utterly opposed to the subtlety of tragedy - namely, the media. Imagine if some of the greatest stories of tragedy were handled by the media: Othello: Love-Crazed Immigrant Kills Senator’s Daughter
Mamade Bovary: Shopaholic Adulteress Swallows Arsenic After Credit Fraud
Oedipus: Sex With Mum Was Blinding! [The Calm Workbook, The School of Life, pg. 127.] #storytelling #stories #tellyourstory #writingcommunity #tinypublishings #storiesmakeus #failure

Some things are priceless. This is definitely one of them! #community #storytelling #storiesmakeus #stories #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #priceless

Need an inspiration at the event? Draw a line, go back in time and find that silly little story, leave a mark for your community. #storytelling #community #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings #communityevent

A game-like storytelling event to Retell San Francisco @sfdesignweek RSVP on ——> www.sfdesignweek.org/shapeshifting-stories #sfdesignweek #tinypublishings #storiesmakeus #storytelling #storyteller #shapeshifting

Retell San Francisco. Play a game with us. See the city in many different ways. RSVP to open soon. #sfdesignweek #sanfrancisco #storytelling #shapeshifting #reinterpret #communityevent #community #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings

Balboa Village stories. #tinypublishings #community #connection #communityevent #storiesmakeus #storiesmakeus #storytelling #storyteller #inspiration #inspire #share #shareyourstory

Many stories begin with a moment of unexpected change. This one is from the community event @artwalksf_ where everyone was invited to contribute to a story book we made: - QT:“I don’t have anything positive to write in there.” G: “I understand AND I have to tell you, It doesn’t have to be positive. It doesn’t have to be anything. Once you share it though, it will be something for somebody else. It may be something totally different than you thought of it to be: someone else's reason for the day, their loudest laugh, their cry or as it has happened to be mine, their inspiration.”

Whoever you were, thank you for writing this.

p.s. from the book created in the community event last weekend as a part of @artwalksf_ on Balboa Village. To learn more, visit www.tinypublishings.org #tinypublishings #storiesmakeus #storytelling #stories #connection #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #poetry

Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire. Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire, Inspire, inspire, inspire. Inspire the moms in your life. Send them a gift card by Tiny Publishings. #tinypublishings #storytelling #inspire #inspiration

Tiny Publishings inspires the storyteller in everyone. It serves as a home for stories of everyone to live, a library for them to be preserved, and a workshop for all the stories to be crafted. Our goal is not a perfect story. Our goal is connection. #storytelling #connection #inspiration #goal #nonprofitorganization #stories

It is not love, compassion or care that all of moms have, but stories. Not all moms are loving. Not all moms are caring. But all of them, every single of them have a story that can, and will teach us lessons, so we can take a step forward on helping the world have more of those moms who love. Tell stories of moms, help Tiny Publishings raise funds. Click on the link in bio. #storytelling #stories #motherhood #mothersday #parenting #fundraising

Designed by Tiny Publishing’s, a family of archival books for stories of generations to live, and to be preserved in. Whoever they may be and however they might have touched your life, tell stories of moms. Available now, a family of books [set of 3] in a box that turns into a tiny library. Click on the link in bio or order one on Instagram.

Storytelling help us imagine something that we haven't thought of before. Storytelling help us believe in possibility, recommit to our vision, and inspire us to take action. We use stories to make sense of our world and to share that understanding with others. #storytelling #storyteller #stories #tinypublishings

Asako Shimazaki who taught in Children’s Montessori House of the West Coast for 25 years and is an artist whose work is represented in the permanent collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says very powerfully: we talk to kids about guns. We don’t let them play pretend with any kind of representation of guns, but they like it. This story, Hunter and His Dog is of a kind and compassionate dog that takes wounded ducks to safety and brings a stick to the hunter instead. More to come form an in depth conversation with Shimazaki. The video is to be published soon, too. #tinypublishings #storieswetelltochildren #storytelling #stories #childrensbook

Pamela Baird is reading Into the Night We Are Rising by Jonathan London who, at the age of 45, decided to turn the stories he’s been telling his children into books. They became @nytimes bestsellers. On a Sunday afternoon, we are inspired, surrounded by stories of many @greenapplebooks of San Francisco. #tinypublishings #stories #storytelling #storytime

Therefore, here Tiny Publishings is. #connection #beinghuman #storytelling #story #storyteller #writing #creating #writersofinstagram #writersnetwork #tinypublishings

Turning Asako Shimazaki's bio upside down by starting it with: 'Shimazaki has taught at a Montessori preschool since 1998' other than 'Shimazaki's work is represented in the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

We tell children stories, and they stay forever.

Asako Shimazaki is translating a children's book from Japanese to English for Tiny Publishings.

#tinypublishings #stories #storytelling #childrensbooks #children #inspiration #inspire #nonprofit

May you have a wonderful weekend where you create, listen to and share your stories. #stories #storytelling #storyteller #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings #share

The most talented, innovative and creative storytellers of all: children. #stories #storytelling #storiesmakeus #tinypublishings #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #goodcause

#tinypublishings #storytelling #stories #tellyourstory

A recent article in the Washington Post helps explain what Tiny Publishings is all about. It is a home for stories like Dillon Helbig’s. A home - both tangible and intangible - for stories of everyone to live, be preserved and archived in. Because once shared, our stories -pieces of us - become their own living thing. They form a life of their own. They open doors. They create new meanings and understandings. Just like how Dillon's 81 pages handwritten book did on the shelves of a library. Story by Kellie B. Gormly; https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/ #storiesmakeus #storytelling #storiesofeveryone #tinypublishings #storiesmatter #storyteller #nonprofitsofinstagram

Tell stories, bind books, create your very own Tiny Publishings Collection. Each and every member of your team will leave this workshop with a story they told, and a book they bond. #storytelling #teambuilding #makingconnections

Each and every story we ‘choose’ to tell to children makes a difference. Every month, an artist, maker, thinker, writer, someone inspirational will choose and read a children's book on camera for Tiny Publishings. January: 'What Do You Do With an Idea?' by Kobi Yamada chosen and read by Gözde Efe.

Help spread the word and donate: www.tinypublishings.org #storiesmakeus #storytellig #stories #storytime

Once we share our story with the world, something magical happens. It goes from being a part of us to being a part of everything. It forms a life of its own. It opens doors. It creates new meanings and understandings. Our story, a piece of us, becomes its own living thing.

#storiesmakeus #story #stories #storytelling #tellingstories #storyteller

When I was an idea, I pursued people. I wanted food. I wanted attention. I wanted a house that is safe to dream in. Now that I have it, I want you to grow with me.

Inside each and every one of us is a complex system of storytelling that is active, rich in content, and, I believe, very necessary to the health and well being of each of us. (Mark W Travis).

Think of a never-before public library. Think of a never-before archival collection of the stories of e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e, in the form of books. Stories that are kept. Stories that were never shared. Stories by me, you, them, all of us. #storytelling #stories #ideas #ideasworthspreading #ideasworthsharing #writing #tinypublishings #bookstagram #inspiration

Hello World,
I am Tiny Publishings. I used to be an idea. I used to live in thoughts and conversations: in intangible places. Not that I didn’t want to live as an idea, but that I wanted to reach out to you and grow even bigger with you. So, I came to this world. Now, you and I are a team.

#ideasworthspreading #ideasworthsharing #ideas #conversation #thoughts #ideascomingtolife #storytelling #stories #nonprofit #change

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Photos, Ideas, Memories into Tiny Books

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Inspiring the storyteller in everyone

Studio Workshops in the Presidio

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Photos, Ideas, Memories into Tiny Books

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Inspiring the storyteller
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