Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
I admit that papier mache is firmly associated for me with my lumpy kindergarten creations, but these Papier Mache Sailboats from Ann Wood really float my boat. (Sorry, sorry, it’s so hard for me to resist a pun.) They’re lateen rigged, which is part of what gives them that jaunty, sloping look. There are a […]
I remember the epic struggle to compose thank you cards when I was younger. I wanted to play with my toys, not sit at the table and focus on something!!! Now I look forward to creating and sending heartfelt notes expressing my sincere thanks. But, I don’t think I would have made much of a […]
Like Rachel, I had never seen paper quilling in action before. Enjoy this quilling video featuring Ann Martin, with accompanying supplies list and text instructions.
I’m loving these beautiful gift tags from Becka at Poppytalk. They are made by using a blender pen and toner-based images.
It’s been established that I am a full-on space geek, and when I was a kid, I remember building a scale plastic model of the space shuttle fondly. The orbiter of said model still hangs above my desk today (the solid rocket boosters, external fuel tank and crawler are all long gone). These amazing scale […]
Every year, after the holidays I sort through the Christmas cards we’ve received and cut some of them up to use as gift tags for the following year. I plan on doing that again this year, but in the meantime I decided to use a stack of craft fair postcards to make some really flash […]
Gareth @ MAKE points us to this neat manila envelope hack for elegant holiday lighting.
