Cake and Presents Birthday Letterpress Card
It’s my birthday here in Detroit today, so I’ve got card and presents on the brain – thanks to this card from Lisa Krowinski, I won’t have a hard time reminding folks!
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
How-To: Perfect Hand Stitching on Paper
Hand embroidery on paper is one of my favorite projects, but sometimes the stitching comes out looking a bit too wonky, even for a hand-crafted project. New House Project shares a brilliant trick for making perfect hand stitches on cardstock.
How-To: No-Carve Stamps
Ever wonder about the possibilities of designing your own stamps without having to carve anything? There is a simple way! You just need silicone caulking.
How-To: Make a Decorative Tape Dispenser
Here’s a splendid piece of recycling from Melissa at To Boldly Fold. She took an empty plastic wrap box (and the tube that the wrap came on), and modified them into a handy way to store her collection of Japanese masking tapes. I love any project that gives me a good excuse to acquire more […]
DIY Papercraft Camping Scene Calendar
Jessica of How About Orange points us to this awesome printable papercraft calendar from the folks at The Curiosity Group. I love the little retro camper, and am especially smitten with the colorful folding chairs.
Quick Fourth of July Crafts
Fiskars has a list of ideas for some quick, paper-related Fourth of July crafts good for just about any skill set or event you have going on this weekend. While this ring pop was simply jazzed up with a little paper flag, it totally caught my eye this morning as I was daydreaming about lunch! […]
How-To: Giant Paper Flowers
We’ve featured a lot of cool paper flowers here on the blog, but the scale of these giant ones from Sara of Creative Jewish Mom really makes them stand out. She has a brilliant tip for hitting the recycling bin for pattern-making material, too. I love the way they turned out! They would make quite […]
