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Readers’ Pics: Flowers

This is a call to YOU, our favourite Folding Trees readers! We want to see what you’ve been making from paper. Join the Folding Trees Flickr group and add photos of any paper projects you’ve made - they don’t have to be related to ideas we have featured. And we might even showcase your work in the next Readers’ Pics roundup!

There’ve been so many amazing projects uploaded to the pool recently, it’s hard to choose which to feature! So today I’m going to limit myself to a selection of the most recent flowers that have been added, with only one project per technique - let’s see how many different techniques we end up with!

Flowers from handmade paper scraps by Quince and Quire

Junk mail art (I think they are flowers!) from cindyascottauer

Stunning crepe paper roses from jchristinahuh

Quilled card by ..::aga::..

Lovely wreath by dana.barbieri

Red Curler Unit

I’m not sure this is a flower, but that’s what it looks like to me, so let’s go with it. Curler unit origami by izws

Aren’t they all lovely? Do check out the Folding Trees flickr group and see all the other amazing projects in there - it’s not just flowers! We love to see what you make, so keep posting your pictures. The group is open to everybody.

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Posted: July 3rd, 2009 by June & Eve under Readers' Pics.
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Magic stacking boxes

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Life as Lou shows us how to make this ingenious paper box with lid that opens out to reveal 4 compartment boxes inside!

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Posted: July 2nd, 2009 by June & Eve under Boxes.
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Crepe paper lei

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers! I was hoping to share a Canada Day-related paper craft today, but I couldn’t find any good ones! (If you know of any, please leave a link in the comments.) –June

Instead, today’s project is a fun crepe paper lei from Dream A Lil Dream that would be perfect for a summery Hawaiian-themed party.

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Posted: July 1st, 2009 by June & Eve under Jewellery & Accessories.
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Cocktail umbrellas

Assessorize your drinks this summer by making your own cocktail umbrellas with this simple tutorial from ALL YOU.

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Posted: June 30th, 2009 by June & Eve under Ornaments & Decorations.
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Deer & mushrooms printable

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This deer and mushroom full-page printable design from Babalisme is super-kawaii! Shown below is a cute mini-notebook that she made from the paper:

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PS - I’ve just added a new category - Printable Patterns - for this and other full-page printable pattern designs. These are great for making your own origami paper, or printing your own decorative paper for other projects like the notebook above. I’ve added our previous posts that featured printable patterns - check out the Printable Patterns category in the right sidebar for more resources –>

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Posted: June 29th, 2009 by June & Eve under Printable Patterns.
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Papercut Tutorial

Elsa Mora from The Heart of Papercuts has written a tutorial on how to follow papercuts with a free pdf practice page, to help those who are new to the art of papercutting. Don’t forget to check out Elsa’s Etsy Store to see her paper cut patterns for sale. [via CRAFT]

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Posted: June 27th, 2009 by June & Eve under Etsy, Papercutting.
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Pretty paper embellishment

I just bought an ugly desk fan and prettied it up with a paper medallion made using my own Folding Trees teabag folding tutorial from last year and some pretty origami paper. It makes such a difference!

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Posted: June 26th, 2009 by June under Origami.
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Jurianne Matter

I am absolutely in love with the designs by Dutch designer Jurianne Matter. The photo above shows her paper lanterns but do hop over to her website and check out the very cute wishing boats.

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Posted: June 25th, 2009 by June & Eve under Ornaments & Decorations.
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Butterfly Mobile

Indie Fixx is treating us to a new feature called “She’s Crafty”; using goods and books from Indie sellers and publishers. This pretty butterfly mobile is kicking off the series of tutorials. Great idea!

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