Clingwrap Crinkle Technique for Paper
Studio DaphNat at Scrpbook-Trends has an interesting technique for creating some beautiful looking paper by going to your kitchen and using the handy clingwrap! Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, machรฉ, and more.
R2D2 Mailbox Papercraft
Bonnie writes: With R2-D2 mailboxes popping up across America, thanks to the U.S Postal Service and Lucasfilm, fans can celebrate 30 years of Star Wars and mail letters at the same time. But if you can’t find a R2-D2 mailbox near you, make this cool papercraft 3-D model of the mailbox for your action figures! […]
Embroidered Bound Books by Jill Tarlau
From today’s SF Gate comes an article about Jill Tarlau of San Francisco who studied bookbinding in Paris, and has made 200 books in 21 years. From the article: Her signature is her exquisitely detailed embroidery, which she incorporates into the design of each uniquely sized, leather-bound book cover. She considers embroidered bookbindings to be […]
HOW TO – Make a Vinyl Pouch
Here’s a great recycle project from Super Naturale on how to make this vinyl pouch with images from old books (this one’s astronomy). Link.
HOW TO – Tie Dye Paper
DIY Maven at Curbly writes: “Tie-dying” paper is a fun and easy project. And, chances are, you already have everything on hand you need to do it. Check out her fun tie-dying paper tutorial here. Link.
Paper Quilt Project – Completed Quilt
Check out the first complete paper quilt from the Paper Quilt Project (see previous CRAFT post) for the month of Feb. It looks amazing all together! Find out more about each of the artists and see the larger quilt here. Link.
CraftyPod – Metal Crafts
Diane of CraftyPod has a new podcast up on how to make things with metal. I love all the different projects she’s collected from jewelry, kids craft, to these decorative cards above. Plus did you catch the title? It’s “metal-crafting on the cheap”. I like the sound of that! Link.
