…compilation of tutorials
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
A lovely little gift could be the photo pencils with your own photo.
I really like the idea, it is similar to the paper pen decoration, but this time with your own photos and for a couple of pencils.
Furthermore it must be nice to decorate the recycled magazine rollups that I presented yesterday instead of pencils by glueing the clippings of your own photo on the paper rolls :)
Links:
Make Your Own Photo Pencils
Here at unikatissima:
Paper Pen Decoration
Recycled Magazine Rollups
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’
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
I found at craftster the lampshade on the photo. It is made following other craftster instructions, the DIY IQ Lights, which, however, are a DIY version of the original IQ Lights.
Anyway: I love all three versions!
Links:
At craftster:
awesome new paper lamps for college design classroom
DIY IQ Lights
Something else for an advent calendar: Edible Snowflakes.
You only take ready-made tortillas and cut snowflakes.
Brilliant!
Links:
Edible Snowflakes
Cutting snowflakes:
Google search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google image search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
Google image search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
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.
I’ve seen those boxes in shops and was therefore amazed to find a tutorial on how to make a washi box.
This box stands quite high on my just-try-it-list ;-))
Links:
At evil mad scientist: How to Make Japanese Papercraft Boxes
Because I don’t like to buy stuff I was glad about the tutorial on how to make your own sticker glue.
I’d like to try it on self designed labels for my teas.
Links:
Make Your Own Sticker Glue
I found a very inspiring tutorial on how to make backgound stamps tutorial on how to make backgound stamps.
I say inspiring, because she shows photos of her beautiful backgrounds.
At my Artist-Book I could have done with the stamps, instead I stamped every single diamond.
But it was great, too ;-)
Links:
Handmade Background Stamps: unfortunately the link isn’t available no more.
Here at unikatissima: Artist-Book