One of my features in the first issue of Nonpareil was all about diy favor boxes, and one of the boxes in the feature was adorned with a neato vintage brooch that I pulled from the stash of brooches, earrings, and other costume jewelry that my grandmother and other relatives have been kind enough to [...]

Most people may only think of wreaths around the holidays, but I love them all year long. Holiday wreaths made from boxwood or pine, mini bottle brush ornament wreaths, feather wreaths, and wreaths made of vintage ornaments — yes, yes, yes, and yes, please! Naturally, I’m head over heels for paper wreaths, which are fantastic [...]

Lynn Russell of the fabulous letterpress shop, Satsuma Press, was a guest blogger over at oh so inspirational bridal blog, Style Me Pretty, yesterday, and she shared this tutorial for making a chic and fun garland from yummy cotton ribbon and Japanese masking tape. So pretty!

I can’t help but think that this project will inspire [...]

I first found out about kusudama from a lovely tutorial by Folding Trees, and lately I’m seeing these beautiful origami flowers in many places. I’m just loving the growing trend of using paper flowers for decoration!

#1 & #2 are gorgeous kusudama from Flickr user Malia (her “Origami” gallery is a must see), which inspired #3 [...]

If you’re still patiently waiting for your real tulips to bloom, or if you aren’t exactly a green thumb, you’ll still be able to “grow” as many of these oh so pretty paper tulips as you’d like thanks to Cheeky Magpie, who has a detailed tutorial and downloadable pattern for these harbingers of spring.
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