Archive for the ‘Paper’ Category

• Dress-Up Party Invitations

  Date: 2010.05.26 | Category: Paper, Party | Response: 2

  The dress-up party is on! We got these invites printed out last night and in the mail this afternoon. My first sketch included butterfly wings in addition to the cape on the little fella, but they looked too much like ears sticking out. As you can see, I omitted them in the final design and just went with the cape, mask, crown, and wand. Does it say dress-up party to you?

   

  I’ve only scratched the tip of the iceberg with Illustrator, so it’s a pretty simple design, but if it’ll save somebody a little bit of time making up their own, I’ll go ahead and put up a pdf for a printable version in the near future. I’ve got some other things in the works right now that I can’t mention just yet, but I can’t wait to post about them next week…assuming all goes well and I complete them.

  See you soon!

• Easter Kirigami

  Date: 2010.04.02 | Category: Books, Japanese, Paper | Response: 0

  

   

  In another effort to try to perk-up the place with some festive Easter decor, the girls and I did some simple paper-cuttings. Charlotte (2) cut out the cross, Annabelle (3 did the flower, with a bit of help) and I took on the bunnies.  I just used some green cardstock that I had on hand and placed them in the frames that were previously housing some of the girls’ other artwork.

  Templates for the flower and bunnies came from this Japanese kirigami book. I really love this book. It is organized by season and has some very simple and much more intricate paper-cutting templates. So many possibilities!

  

• Paper Hearts

  Date: 2010.01.27 | Category: Japanese, Paper | Response: 0

  

  Finished with all but the blocking of the scarf…major rolling going on. Then it’ll be sent off to a neck in need.   Next up on the agenda is a pair of ankle socks for my niece’s 12th birthday. I seriously can’t believe she’s already 12, but I am totally thrilled that she requested a knitted gift from her aunt! Before casting on, however, I needed a bit of a break and these little 3-D origami hearts are quick, fun, and cute! They are definitely satisfying me while I take a break from my needles.  How-to here.  And, if you couldn’t tell, I’m still on my pink and yellow kick. I hope you like it too, because I think you’ll be seeing even more of it in the coming weeks.