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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Kirigami derives from the Japanese words ‘kiri’ – to cut, and ‘kami’ – paper. If you ever made a paper snowflake in primary school, you’ve done kirigami! Today, I’ll show you how to make an elegant butterfly paper sculpture. You’ll need: Paper – in general, the more intricate your design, the thinner paper you should [...]  Making your own stamps can be so much fun, to add a personalised touch to cards, gift tags, scrapbook pages and other craft projects. Small and medium-sized stamps can be carved from erasers, which are easy to obtain, and have the advantage that they don’t need mounting on a wooden block to be used. To [...] ‘Eco craft’, in Japan, refers to a kind of recycled paper tape, which is like several strands of strong paper twine, bonded together into a flat ribbon with more paper. Strong and lightweight, it’s mostly used to make baskets and bags. Today, I’ll show you how to weave this small shallow basket. You can get [...] Kusudama are origami flower balls – technically they don’t need to be flowers but any polygonal orgami model, but traditionally these balls were made from actual flowers. The flowers used were medicinal herbs, hence the name kusudama, which is a portmanteau of kusuri (medicine) and dama (ball). Over time, people began making models of these [...] Giving money as a gift, no matter how welcome, can be seen by some as the ‘lazy option’. But not if you use some of these cute ideas! Diane at Pittypat Paperie shares a magic box of money, which should delight any lucky kid as a string of notes continues to come out of the [...] It’s been a while since we looked at how to make cardboard furniture – today I’d like to revisit the topic and show you how to make this customisable Tetris-themed organiser. This time, rather than corrugated cardboard, I worked with thin cardstock. Cardboard would have been better, but I didn’t have enough on hand to [...] Here in Japan, we’re getting ready for Boys Day on May 5th. Already, koinobori (carp-shaped banners) are starting to appear in front of households with boys in the family, traditionally one banner for each boy. The carp is a symbol of strength and perseverance, swimming untiringly upstream. Another common symbol seen as a boys-day decoration [...] 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 [...] |
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