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September 27, 2020

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- September 27, 2020

Experiments in watercolor and pastel!

When It Doesn't Work

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- February 17, 2014

Sometimes a pattern looks great on paper. He♥rts! It'll work. And then it just DOESN'T. So, it sits on the shelf and mocks you with its betrayal... Still, the ♥ itself looks good.

How to Make Folded Books - by Heather Hajek Eddy

- December 08, 2019

Hello friends - years ago I created a tutorial on how to make your own folded books and sold it in my (now defunct) Etsy shop. It was a blessing in my family's and my life for several years as it kept us afloat financially during some pretty lean years. At the end of 2016, I stopped selling on Etsy for several reasons, but mostly because selling things gave me HUGE anxiety. So, I closed up that part of my life & thought everyone was finding other cool ways to fold books online & wouldn't care about my little booklet. I have been pleasantly surprised to find many people are still interested and emails pop up in my box every so often asking if I'll ever sell it again. (Apparently, once you're on Etsy, you are FOREVER on Etsy and people can find you forever, too.) In the spirit of paying it forward to the world, I'm making the tutorial FREELY available here on my blog . Scroll below to see the tutorial in its entirety, all for free. Eventually I'l...

Paper Ball Ornaments - Tutorial

- November 19, 2011

I've been up to many lovely things lately. Since I figured out how to make these paper balls, I've been obsessive about trying all sizes and styles of circles. The other day at the library, I used their large balloon die-cut to make big circles. That's what I used to make that huge paper ball in the above picture. It's about 7 inches (18cm) across and would make a very nice pumpkin-like decoration for a Thanksgiving table or Halloween next year... Here's how you make them: Materials: Paper (I used map paper from an old encyclopedia - it has a feel like glassine) Circle punch (I made several different sizes of circles for different-sized balls) String or ribbon to hang (if desired) Hot glue and glue gun Time: about an hour or so for your first one. Less on all the subsequent ones. The toughest part of this craft is the folding of the circles into the base shape. Once you get it down, it's soothing to make these while listening to a good book on...

How to Fold Block Alphabet Letters

- December 09, 2019

When you just need very basic alphabet shapes, these patterns will do the trick! Included in this post are patterns for both the lower- and uppercase letters!