Amazing of Paper

Wrapping present during holidays is really fun. I loved learning how to perfectly measure and fold the paper, conceal the tape so that paper looked nearly seamless, cut fancy tips on the ribbon, and make ordinary items into bright, mysterious parcels that glittered with enhancement.

Of all the materials we use to craft (which is just about anything, really), paper seems the most magical to me. Paper dolls and cardboard forts were ingredients for many of my childhood make believe worlds. There is durable white paper pants and airbrushed paper hoodie in the 80s seemed surreal (paper clothes that didn’t rip). Even now a blank piece of paper, with its limitless possibilities, inspires in me a strong eagerness to create. Read the rest of this entry »