Sep 262022
 
My first craft fair!

In the past couple of years, I have made and sold quite a few of my origami earrings online. This has been a fairly easy job for me, since I could make the earrings I wanted and put them up for sale when I wanted to. There was no pressure and it helped me make more and more complex earrings. This year, for the first time, I got a couple of opportunities to be a part of [Continued..]

Sep 232022
 
Handmade Gift Bags

I enjoy making paper bags from a variety of paper. Handmade bags make great gift bags, especially when the paper used is handmade paper. I find that scrapbooking paper results in some very beautiful bags, such as the 2 green bags in the pic. The one with polka dots was a big hit, when I had used it to gift a friend. The other green one, with mangoes, I have kept it aside to use [Continued..]

Feb 042022
 
Valentine Day Earrings

Did you know that the traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper? Well, with Valentine’s Day so close, I ended up collecting my favourite paper heart earrings, a unique gift for a unique day. I remade a few of my heart earrings for my daughter. The purple ones turned out to be her favourite and the right size for her She even proudly modelled them for a photo for my shop, Paper N Pearlz [Continued..]

Dec 072021
 
Christmas Lanterns - Tutorial

I love decorating a Christmas Tree for Christmas and this year these lantern balls have been a nice addition to my tree. And as promised, here is a tutorial on how to make them. They are pretty easy to make, kinda similar to the paper strip ball ornaments. They work best with thick paper – card stock, scrapbooking paper. I have used scrapbooking paper – 2 coordinating patterns in my tutorial. Here goes.. What is [Continued..]

Dec 052021
 
Christmas Lanterns

I have made quite a few Christmas globes from paper strips and there are an abundance of tutorials on making these Christmas ornaments. So I was experimenting with the globe and ended up with a different ornament. I think it kinda resembles a lantern, doesn’t it? Well, whether it does or not, I have christened it as a Christmas Lantern It is quite simple to make and needs some strips of paper, a wire, beads, [Continued..]