Tag: Paper Folding

Printable Photo Frames

paperm Printable Photo Frames

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I found a Japanese website (translated) where you can download photo frames to be printed and fold by yourself. Some look really nice, I find.

 


Links:
Following links translated with Google Translator:
Paper Museum – Overview categories of photo frames
Overview Wedding Photo Frames (The button with the text (A4/PDF/2 photos) next to it downloads the PDF file with the photo frame)
Instruction on how to fold the photo frames

Following links original (Japanese):
Paper Museum – Overview categories of photo frames (Japanese)
Overview Wedding Photo Frames (Japanese)
Instruction on how to fold the photo frames (Japanese)

Gift Bagalopes

unikatissima Gift Bagalopes

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I found an instruction on how to make easy gift bags from envelopes. The result looks really nice and I already arranged my envelopes and stamps…

 

 

Links:
Very Easy Gift Bagalopes

Here at unikatissima:
Eraser Stamps
More entries with the tag ‘stamping’

Paper Flower Ornaments

unikatissima Paper Ornament

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Soon you will need nice ornaments for New Year’s Eve and I find the paper flower ornaments cute.
On the photo you see a snap try (very fast, but not very accurate ;-)) with plain wrapping paper which is coloured at one side only: I suggest that you do no such thing!
First the paper is much too thin, therefore the ornaments don’t look so beautifully rounded as the originals.
Second is the fact, that the paper is printed on one side only silly: If you follow the instruction properly you get half a coloured and half a white flower.
Third it helps to work accurately, then the flower doesn’t look so messed up ;-))


Links:
Paper flower ornaments

Lenticular Images from Your Photos

photojojo Lenticular Image

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A lenticular image is an image that looks different depending on how you look at it.
photojojo published a tutorial on how to make such an image.

 

I already did the first steps:
From those images
unikatissima Lenticular Image unikatissima Lenticular Image

 

I created this one ;-)
unikatissima Lenticular Image

 

I just have to print the picture, to cut it, fold it, stuff it into the frame … ;-))

By the way, I ‘cut’ the pictures in stripes with the help of Splitz, a little freeware program. That was faster ;-) (Links see below)


Links:
4 Easy Steps to Making Old-Fashioned Lenticular Images from Your Photos

Wikipedia entry: Lenticular image

Google search result for ‘splitz software’

Magazine Embroidery Hoop

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop

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Once I’ve seen somewhere (but I don’t remember, where ;-() how somebody made an embroidery hoop from magazine paper.
On the photo you see how it looks. I used quite stiff advertising paper and the hoop became very robust.
This way I can make fast and cheap embroidery hoops in different sizes :)

Material:

  • Paper, e.g. advertising paper
    It should be strong and may not stain(!) the fabric.
  • Log or dowel
    I used a 8mm knitting needle
  • Tape
  • Drinking glass or the like with the required diameter

That’s what you do:
unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Select appropriate paper sheets.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Roll and fold the paper sheets to paper strips of equal width (see tutorial here).

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Coil one paper strip firm around the glass and fix with tape.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Tape the hoop very well.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Slip the hoop over the glass again and coil the second strip of paper very firmly around the first hoop, tape very well, too.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop These are both hoops, one can be slipped exactly over the other.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop Put the fabric into the embroidery hoop and embroider.
I didn’t iron the fabric, but it’s firmly tightened into the hoop.

 

unikatissima Magazine Embroidery Hoop That’s the way everything looks from the backside.

 

Have fun with your embroidery :)


Links:
Here at unikatissima: Folded Paper Strips of Equal Width

Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp

unikatissima Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp

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I find the idea of the Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp great: All those beautiful fractal pop-up cards continued ;-)

On the photo you see my version, made from plain printer paper and with a tealight in the middle.
Because the paper is rather light, I’m afraid that the lamp may fall and catch fire, although there is enough place for the tealight.
But anyhow, I find it beautiful ;-)


Links:
At instructables.com: Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp

Here at unikatissima: Fractal Pop Up

Recycled Magazine Rollups

PattieWack Magazine Rollups

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I found a really nice decoration for cylindrical containers, the tutorial on how to make a vase from recycled magazine paper tutorial on how to make a vase from recycled magazine paper. You need a glass or a can, but for other containers that don’t have to be watertight a cardboard tube will suffice.
I like it, especially because it is often difficult to make watertight containers from paper.

 


Links:
Recycled Magazine Rollups
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive: Recycled Magazine Rollups

See also here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘paper maché’

Paper Flowers

instructables Simple Paper Flowers

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I found at instructables a tutorial on how to make paper flowers.
It seems to be quite easy and they are looking amazingly beautiful!

When the gift wrapping begins soon this can be a wonderful decoration.
But it could be also a beautiful pin for a beautiful woman ;-))


Links:
At instructables: Simple Paper Flowers

Curved Box not only for an Advent Calendar

unikatissima Teabag Box

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Once I browsed flickr and found the Teabag Problem Box. He called it this way because some teas are packed in such boxes.
But what I liked best is the the fact that he ‘offers’ the creasing pattern directly (see links below).

On the photo you can see my first try. I burned some CD’s and used the paper where you write what’s on the CD and that I usually throw away for this box.
I think it’s not too bad for a first try ;-)
They can easily be used for an advent calendar.

I looked further for boxes usable for advent calendars and found the following:


Links:
At flickr: Teabag Problem Box

At The Fitful Flog: PDF file with the creasing pattern (ca. 10 KB)
Check also the Model Menu

More boxes that can be used in advent calendars:

And here at unikatissima:

Furthermore there are links on how to decorate in the entry Pattern Paper.

And what can you put into the boxes?
Here at unikatissima:

This week I will present more possible fillings.