How-To: Paper Stars for Christmas Lights
Gareth @ MAKE points us to this neat manila envelope hack for elegant holiday lighting.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
How-To: Make Paper Snowflakes
Instructables has so many great holiday projects, including all types of gifts and decorations. Becky Stern sent me the link to this great tutorial, showing how to take the classic paper snowflake to a whole ‘nother level. Dude, the seahorse one is blowing my mind!!! And I love that CYNICALfornia also created a flickr group […]
Sewn Paper Bird And Nest
Tuppence of Momfetti shares a great story of bringing an idea for a project to fruition with this beautiful sewn paper bird and nest she created for her mother-in-law. The project itself is gorgeous, but her story behind taking her original vision and working through several variations until finally finding one that worked is what […]
Papercraft Theo Jansen Walker
Gareth @ MAKE posted about this papercraft walker inspired by Dutch kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen’s “Strandbeest” walker.
Quilled Christmas Tree
Ann of All Things Paper created this beautiful, modern-looking Christmas tree with simple quilling techniques. The tree was loosely inspired by a rubber stamp design that caught my eye. Each branch is a shaped coil of 1/8 inch quilling paper. I outlined the burgundy ornaments with silver-gilded paper for a bit of shine and also […]
How-To: Mini LP Record Gift Tags
Paul from Dude Craft has created an awesome video tutorial for making these rad mini LP record gift tags. He’s even offering up downloadable templates for the snazzy covers he created (best fictitious band names ever!) as well as a blank template if you’d like to create your own custom album art. As a fan […]
German Bell Paper Ornament
Ann at All Things Paper shows you how to make a folded German bell paper ornament. Ann writes: Becky from North Carolina introduced me to the German bell via the Yahoo Quillers group several years ago… but relax, zero quilling is involved. She suggested using a 5 x 8 inch index card (system card in […]
