I spotted Natalie Stopka’s, aka Natalie As Is, work recently on the Etsy front page, and I was instantly taken by her gorgeous, handmade books. Natalie incorporates vintage hankies, fabric, and embroidery stitching to create unique books that are oh so chic. You can see more of her hand bound book work, along with her [...]

I recently had the first ever Paper Crave reader survey — thanks again to everyone who participated — and, in conjunction with the survey, I held a giveaway of Patricia Zapata’s new book, Home, Paper, Scissors : Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home. This is a book that I had been waiting to purchase since [...]

I’m conducting my first ever reader survey here on Paper Crave, and I’d love to have your feedback. What do you like about the site? What don’t you like so much? What would you like to see more of? You can answer all of these questions by filling out the survey! Your completion of the [...]

Over the past (almost) three years of blogging, I’ve seen some amazing creations crafted from paper, and the trend of creating art and design work from this ever versatile medium seems to be gaining momentum, especially over the past year. German publisher, Getstalten, has taken notice of this trend and will be publishing Papercraft, a [...]

Norma Toraya, aka crankbunny, creator of the awesomeness that is the Secret Decoder Card (among many other totally cool paper pretties), has a new book! Paper Puppet Palooza is a “storybook instructional on building paper puppets”, and it looks like a wonderfully whimsical read, filled with beautiful paper creations (see previews). – found via Craftzine [...]