Gift box packaging tutorial. For the past few weeks I've been constantly reminded of how I need to throw out the mindset of "I just need this/that before I can do my project", and rather just use what I have.
One of my big problems is that I make something as a gift and then usually can't find appropriate packaging. So I've decided to start making my own. It works out WAY cheaper and if I keep it simple it only takes 10min. Here is a basic tutorial so that you can make your own too. First choose and download a free template from Mirkwood designs for the type of box that suites your need then follow the tutorial. The tutorial below is for 'milk box' packaging, template here, but the same technique applies to all the different box shapes. Print straight onto cardboard or trace the template like I did, because the cardboard I had was too big. Cut it out and with the back of your scissors trace along all the lines that need to be folded. Now fold your box and stick it together. (Korean smiley face)
Party hats. Paper Garlands from This Neck of the Woods. Can a tiny string of paper really transform a room?
I think so. If its a paper garland from This Neck of the Woods. Aren’t these great? I have so many ideas… Hang a strand over a window, decorate for your children’s birthday party, run one down the middle of a table as a party runner, or behind your bed as a replacement to a traditional headboard. Each garland is handmade and hand glued using high-quality German papers. Visit This Neck of the Woods on etsy and papernstitch to view the entire collection. This entry is filed under bright, celebrate, color, confetti, decor, decoration, fun, garlands, paper, paper garland, party, string, this neck of the woods, thisneckofthewoods. Handmade Books. The last couple weeks I have been learning how to make books as part of my internship at the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory.
One of the most basic sewn bookbinding structures is called Japanese Stab Binding. It involves lining up the pages and covers of the soon-to-be book, making a series of holes, and sewing along the edge of the stack. These books are all made using scraps of leftover and recycled paper. The covers include handmade papers, maps from an old atlas, and an old field guide for identifying trees. The smaller books are made using lined notebook paper, pieces of scrapbook paper leftover from making cards, and empty Kleenex boxes. Coming to terms with book murder. I would like to say that no books were harmed in the making of this blog post, but that wouldn't be quite true.
To defend myself, I can say that no bright young spry books were harmed. Let's just say an old book had a surgical procedure to make it young again. I have always been drawn to printed words, even before I knew how to read them. One of my earliest memories is sitting in church, looking at the bulletin filled with hymns and psalms, verses and dense paragraphs. To me, the words were just blocks. One day when I was either nearly or newly five, while my mother was reading a story to me, I told her that she was doing it wrong. "Well," she told me, "if you don't like my reading, then maybe you should read it yourself. " I wanted to, but I didn't know how. The next week in church, I looked at the bulletin and sounded out words. Maybe it is the early association with reading and church. But then a couple of weeks ago, a large Atlas appeared in the "Getting Rid Of It Pile".
C.R.A.F.T.: C.R.A.F.T. #21: Mini Scrapbook.