Nanibird Papercrafts
Folding Trees points us to this colorful papercraft site called Nanibird where you can download, print, and assemble these cute birds designed by all kinds of cool artists.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
HOW TO – Mutoscope
The very first moving picture machine was barely more than a hand-cranked circular flipbook, called a mutoscope. Jesse Breytenbach made her own and documented the elaborate creation of the wooden apparatus that holds the “movie” cylinder.
Learn How To Weave with Paper Index Cards – CRAFT Video Podcast
Learn how to weave with Travis Meinolf who’s featured on the cover of CRAFT: 08, the Weaving issue.
HOW TO – Watercolor Snowflakes
Make and Takes puts a colorful spin on paper snowflakes with these watercolor coffee filter flakes.
Anatomical Heart Template
Sheila tips us off to this fun anatomical heart template from Cheeky Magpie, which you can download and use to create all kinds of fun Valentine’s Day cards and decorations.
“Fan Mail” Dress
A Dress a Day posted this pic of Nancy Judd‘s gorgeous “Fan Mail” dress. Colorful junk mail (catalogues, solicitations, newspaper ads) were folded into fans and sewn onto a skirt and dress made of scrap canvas and a mantilla for the hair. The vintage shoes are covered with old postage stamps. The inspiration for this […]
Elsa Mora Paper Doll Giveaway
The super-talented Elsa Mora is working on a series of paper dolls, and is holding a giveaway on her blog right now to win this one. How fabulous!
