Each Christmas season I kind of/sort of challenge myself to make a paper ornament in a style or technique I haven't previously tried. This year's is one I'm sure I must have made in elementary school, but rather than red and green construction paper decorated with way too much glitter, I used wrapping paper scraps saved from last Christmas to see if I could make a few ornaments that lean more toward elegant than kitsch.     

If you've contemplated making quilled Christmas cards to send to family and friends, but decided against it because you have a sneaking suspicion that after the holidays your efforts might be discarded, I offer a solution.     

It has become an annual tradition here at All Things Paper to introduce the newest items in Mayumi Fukuda's beautifully curated paper jewelry shop,  Mayumi Origami . This year you'll find she has added a patterned paper to the popular Mosaic line, and there is a brand new collection called To Issey . Each piece Mayumi creates is perfectly folded... even her stylish packaging is on point!

This past August I featured the attractive paper mosaic leaf jewelry that Marj Engle makes in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and then discovered she also creates unique collages that reflect where she lives. I knew immediately that I would like to feature her again... this time in the Artist Spotlight, so I invited Marj to tell us about her collage work and the original technique she developed.     Sweatered Ewe

Somehow we've already reached the time of year to think about decorating for Christmas. Because one of my favorite things to do each season is hang paper ornaments on the tree, as well as make some of my own as present toppers, I always enjoy a good Etsy browse to see what's new. Have a look at what I found this year (trend hint... honeycomb ornaments in all shapes and sizes).  

With so many gorgeous flowers in the world, it's tempting to create a crepe paper version of each one. A book that has just been released today, The New Art of Paper Flowers by Quynh Nguyen, is a 272 page beauty! I'm pretty certain that many of the thirty crepe paper choices aren't ones you've seen in other flower making books. For example, Night Blooming Cereus, Snowberry Twig, and Italian Butterfly Ranunculus might not be household names, yet they are lovely.