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Make an Envelope Photo Book for Mother’s Day By Diane Gilleland I love this small bound book as a way to present Mom with a special collection of photographs. It’s like a scrapbook, but an unstructured one: the photos are collected in the envelope pockets, and arranged by theme.
Core77 recently held a contest to see what creative hacks people could come up with for their business cards. My favorite is the little teabag holder by Kaitlyn.
I love fun, simple, magical and unexpected projects, and these paper shadows from Color Me Katie are all of that and more. The past couple of weeks I’ve been tracing Matty and I onto large rolls of black paper. I then cut them out into fun shadow people, and taped them onto the walls and […]
Instructables user BuildMakeCraftBake has a how-to up on this interesting technique for transferring plant pigments to paper by hammering them. She writes: The vibrant colors of leaves and flowers are easy to preserve by pounding them to release their natural dyes onto paper. I learned this fun and simple technique from my college roommate, Sarah, […]
I love these simple cereal box journals from the long thread. I see all kinds of possibilities for decorating the cover with stamps or fabric, but also love the clean look of the un-altered box lining. We eat loads of cereal in our house, and I love the idea of doing this project with or […]
Make a beautiful paper flower wreath for a wedding or party using cupcake or candy cups in this tutorial by Once Wed.
I love this roundup at The Crafty Crow on stuff you can make from newspapers and junk mail. These newspaper party hats with animal faces by Ruki Duki for her child’s 4th birthday are my fav.
