HandArt Design Studios

More uses for same wrapping paper. . .

February 16, 2010
Here's a few more things from the same paper.
Did you know you can actually decoupage a candle?  Here's the same paper again, plus a little raffia and a wax seal, and it turns a plain candle into something special.

And with very little paper you can customize even a light switch.  These clear switch plates are meant for wall paper, but they actually work with any kind of paper.
 

How many uses can you find for wrapping paper?

February 16, 2010
In my efforts to be eco-friendly and to conserve resources and energy, I'm always looking for ways to use up all those little tidbits of stuff that usually cross through my fingers through the years.  It all starts with a piece of ribbon, some old jewelry findings, or just some doodad that is just too pretty to throw away.  I happened to find some wrapping paper that I had bought that had old world maps in it (another fixation of mine . . .) that was again, too good to waste.  It fit perfectl...
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Where does my inspiration come from?

February 10, 2010
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, from a very early age I was always drawn to artistic endeavors, be it making jewelry, paper flowers, drawing, and making crafts of all types.  I feel I got my artistic and creative bent from my mother and maternal grandmother.  My mother has always been an extremely good seamstress.  She used to make all my clothes from childhood up to the time that I left home to go to college in the states.  The way she could whip out a blouse out of a half a yard, no one can...
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February 8, 2010
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