Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Tiger! It’s a huge celebration across asian cultures and for me, it’s all about family and memories of red paper of all sorts. In our house growing up, the festivities were centered around food — an amazing feast filled with dish upon dish of Chinese […]
Mollie of Wild Olive shares her template for printing your own Valentine sticky notes. You print out the page, and then place a sticky note in each square. (Make sure you center them really good.) Then you run the page through the printer again, and this time, it will print the heart and speech bubble […]
Transform paper doilies into charming lacy Valentines with this tutorial from Handmade Hellos from our friends at Chronicle Books.
One of my goals in the new year has been to write more “snail mail” letters to friends. As someone who spends the majority of my day in front of a computer, I really miss the tactile enjoyment of a mailed letter, and that excitement of finding something else in the mailbox besides bills and […]
It’s not to late to make your own Valentine’s cards! Here’s some inspiration from fellow CRAFT readers with Vday cards made with lots of love. Tamara of Art, Adventures and a Toddler shows you how to make this felt monster Valentine. Stitchcraft has a tutorial for a Valentine’s Day card with attached tissue cozy that’s […]
Our My Paper Heart theme this month has me revisiting some real paper-infused gems from the pages of CRAFT magazine. Back in CRAFT Volume 05, Susan Brackney introduced us to an idea that is far from conventional when she tiled her faulty living room floor with paper and glue to gorgeous result. Way to take […]
CRAFT is celebrating love, glitter, and craftiness with the Crafty Chica Love Shrine Challenge. Preserve your memories and tell your love story by building a shrine that creatively reflects your personality and expresses your hopes and dreams.This type of project is all about personal self expression. I began by digging through my collections of postcards […]
