1. Place paper facedown. Fold in half vertically; unfold. Line up left edge with centerline fold, and crease; repeat with right edge. Unfold, and lay flat.

2. Fold top-left corner in to line up with outermost crease, forming a triangle; repeat on top-right corner. Using index fingers and thumbs, pinch together outside points of each triangle so they meet, and crease.

3. While still pinching triangles, fold down top edge (this will make sleeves).

4. Turn paper upside down, and flip it over. Fold down top edge 3/4 inch.

5. Flip paper over. Fold top left and right corners so tips meet at centerline.

6. Tuck bottom edge under collar, and flatten by creasing. For the tie, cut out an 8-by-1/2-inch strip of decorative paper. Knot paper. Snip close to knot on one side; trim other to a point. Glue to shirt.

From Martha Stewart Living, June 2004

An employee arranges a paper-made Leaning Tower of Pisa lamp at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung, central Taiwan. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

TAICHUNG - THE Leaning Tower of Pisa stands precariously enough on its stone base, but a team of Taiwan crafts people has made a sturdy replica of it with nothing but paper scraps.

The Italian landmark joins an Eiffel Tower look-alike and Dutch windmills at a 5,200sq m theme park that features about 500 structures, some life-sized, built entirely of cartons or cardboard.

The Carton King Creativity Park opened three years ago to help a declining family-run packaging business turn a new page and teach hundreds of daily visitors to cherish paper.

'It's to give people an understanding of creativity and pass on an environmental message,' said Huang Fang-liang, general manager of the park's founding company Chin Tang Paperware Co. 'It's to say that after using something, you can use it again.'....

Read more at  -   http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_535488.html

Get the Tall Luminaria Clip Art
Get the Short Luminaria Clip Art

See more at  -  http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/lace-vellum-luminarias-clip-art?backto=true

2. With a thick pin, punch holes through the template and envelope until the dotted design is complete.

3. Fill the envelope with blends of scented ingredients. We like the following combinations: cedar tips, cedar shavings, and lavender; orange tea and dried roses; and lemon verbena, chamomile and dried lemon peel. (Vary the amount depending on the envelope size; we used 1 tablespoon in the gift-card envelope.)

4. With a glue stick, seal the envelope.

5. Poke whimsical designs in your paper envelopes, then add your choice of aromatic blends.

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WomanCraft

WomanCraft provides artisan positions and transitional jobs to women facing barriers to employment, so that they may earn income, improve job skills, build a work history and increase economic self-sufficiency.

WomanCraft is a winner of Mayor Daley's GreenWorks Award for environmentally responsible products!

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights champions the human rights and improves the lives of men, women and children who are threatened by poverty or danger. For more than 100 years, the organization has been providing solutions – both through services and policy – that move individuals from crisis to stability and on to success. Heartland Alliance’s work in housing, health care, legal protections and economic security serves more than 100,000 people annually, helping them improve their lives.

Heartland Human Care Services provides the largest Transitional Jobs program in the Chicago region – and is the host agency for the National Transitional Jobs Network.

SOURCE  _  http://www.womancraft.net/index.php

Angelicia - Wedding Invitations

Eco Wedding Invitations

For more ideas go to  -   http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/mothers-day-cards#slide_5

This lovely keepsake wedding album with lace, trim and braided spine has an endearing vintage look. Make for your own wedding or give as a special wedding present. This great DIY wedding project comes to us from Heidi Borchers of Inspired at Home.

Materials:

* Aleene’s® Super Thick Tacky Glue™
* Iron-on fusible web
* Iron
* White mat board - 2 (10”) squares for cover and 2 (2” x 10”) strips for spine
* ¼” diameter hole punch
* White fabric: 1 (11” x 13”) pieces, 2 (9-3/4” x 11-3/4”) pieces
* Assorted trims: several widths lace edging, 1” wide white ribbon, braided pearl trim
* 9-1/4” x 11-1/2” album filler paper
* 36” length ½” wide white organdy ribbon
* For frame
* 1 (5-1/2”) square each white mat board and batting
* 1 (6-1/2”) square each white fabric and lace
* 32” length white braided trim
* 1 ribbon rose
* Heart Pattern

For instructions go to -  http://www.favecrafts.com/Wedding-Gifts/Braided-Wedding-Album

PULP 2.0 by Studio Jo Meesters, currently on exhibit at the Milan Furniture Fair, is a collection of post consumer vessels and furniture made from paper waste and discarded vessel moulds.  Studio Jo Meesters take cues from historic periods and creates one-of-a-kind images that market their unique pieces.  Although made of paper, these fascinating products have water resistant properties – cool!

...PULP combines up-cycled cardboard panels and old newspapers with epoxy and polyurethane.  The shredded paper, glue and water combination is applied in several layers around the outside of the vessel moulds.  Once dried the new structure is cut in half for easy removal from the mould.  The pieces are then glued back together and another layer of PULP mixture is then added. ...

Read more at  -  http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/14/water-resistant-furniture-made-from-paper-pulp/

Tools and Materials
Wallet templates one and two
Card stock
Craft knife
Pencil
Decorative paper
Scissors
Clear vinyl (medium weight)
Sewing machine with non-stick presser foot
Coordinating thread
Pen
Snap closure

For instructions go to  -  http://www.marthastewart.com/article/wallet-craft?xsc=eml_crd_2010_04_10