Sewn Petite Pillow Packets
Greetingarts shows you how to make cute gift packets using glassine envelopes and sewing them up with a fun, decorative stitch. Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Recycled Cheese Carton into Gift Box
Save your old round cheese boxes and turn them into decorative holiday gift boxes in this tutorial by Empress of Creativity. I think eating all the cheese can be just as fun as decorating the boxes. Link.
Vintage National Geographic Collage Art
Here’s a cool looking cut and paste collage by sjef.nu, made from a vintage issue of National Geographic. You can also download a PDF of this as a high res A3 poster. Link.
DIY Recycled Paper Curtain
Apartment Therapy SF reports on SF shop, Cielo, and their recycled paper chain curtain adorning the window and how you can make one easily yourself with old magazines and this $4.99 curtain kit from IKEA. Link.
Recycled Magazine Coasters
These recycled magazine coasters were spotted on Apartment Therapy SF but they are the perfect small DIY project and you can use the tutorial for the magazine bowl made by Patricia of A Little Hut to make this. Try your hand at making some and you can even use some of your scrap yarn to […]
Amy Earles Paper Dolls
I’ve been an Amy Earles fan for a few years now, and I’m so happy she’s started up a blog and an Etsy shop (both go by the name Wool & Water). Her storybook-like gouache paintings are sometimes dreamy, sometimes sinister–but always totally unique. She’s also been making paper doll sets inspired by her paintings, […]
Interview with Tara Hogan of Ink & Wit
Victoria E talkes with Ink & Wit founder Tara Hogan who as an illustrator/designer makes her own line of greeting cards as well as art prints and apparel. Link.
