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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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These paper bugle beads are incredibly quick and easy to make, and by using different papers and experimenting with the length and width of your triangles, you can make many different sizes, shapes and effects. You could even use wavy scissors or pinking shears for more interesting effects. You need: Paper, of any type scissors [...]  Origami is a cheap and rewarding craft – all you need is your hands and a piece of paper. But did you know that with a few extra materials, you can turn your origami into unusual and surprisingly robust jewellery? Today I’ll be showing you how to make this pretty and easy origami waterlily brooch. [...] In our last post, we glued together layers of cardboard and prepared our periodic table decoration to make a cardboard table. Today, we’ll cut out and assemble our table. First step is to mark the cut lines. The easiest way to mark out the tabletop is to lay out all the bits of your periodic [...] Ever wanted to make your own furniture, but don’t have tools, space, or woodworking skills? Well it is possible to make sturdy, usable, unique furnishings yourself, out of something most people have lying around at home – the humble corrugated cardboard box. Flimsy though it may seem, cardboard furniture can be very strong. Today I’m [...] This week, we’ll be making some surprisingly sturdy paper baskets. These baskets are a great way to recycle old magazines and flyers into attractive and useful objects. You’ll need: Fairly thin paper – for example old magazine pages, grocery store flyers, or the flimsier kind of junk mail. tape scissors (possibly) clothes pins or bulldog [...] What Valentines gift could be more personal than a picture of the two of you in a handmade frame? Today we’ll finish off our little love-fest by making a photo frame decorated with Japanese paper and origami stars. Of course, if you don’t have any Japanese paper, you could just as easily use gift-wrap or [...] Saturday quickie time! Papercutting is fun and requires no sophisticated supplies – just paper and scissors. I made these dinosaurs (and many many like them) to entertain the kids at the kindergarten I work at on rainy afternoons. Grab some scissors and a couple of squares of paper, and have fun! [...] |
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