Jordan Ferney // DIY party queen

Jordan Ferney from Oh Happy Day is one helluva creative lady. I want to make all of her DIY projects... ALL of them! As yet I haven't but I will... just as soon as I have make the time (I can't use the kids excuse as she has two. yep, offical wonderwoman!) If you haven't checked her magic out then you really should. go go! These ones below all use paper... possiblities are endless...



(That bottom Movie lights DIY is my very favorite though)

Origami friends // Bird Told Me

How sweet are these little tweets (and foxes) by Britta Manger. Found them via here.

Spring Orchard // Gloss Creative

An amazing celebration of spring and craft has taken shape in the form of a massive orchard installation. It can be found at the GPO building in Melbourne and was created by the talented folks at Gloss Creative. There are over 2000 pieces of crafted paper and 30 feet of rope used as part of the artwork, aswell as many hands and hours of making. I hope it grows and makes it to Sydney!

 

Found via one of my very favorite blogs... plenty of colour

Paper Lanterns

I posted a few years ago about Jurianne Matter's gorgeous paper products here and now theres a whole new range of lanterns to love. Gorgeously dutch in aesthetic... earthy colours and little glowing trees... so cute! You can buy them in 3 packs here




The little tree cards are also quite lovely.



(found via Bloesem)

Objects to make you smile

Not a particularly papery post I know but these two wonderful and adorably simple design ideas made me feel a bit fuzzy in my design-heart compartment.

Bookrest/lamp for sale at Suck UK



'My Theatre' by Hina Thibaud
(I for one would love a little box of treasures such as this... must it really be only for kids?)

Finders Keepers & The Paper Collective Launch

Such an inspiration filled weekend it was. The Finders Keepers market was great as always (& came away with only a few little treasures. phew!) and the launch of Paper Collective was so at home there too.



The clever little beans from Trial + Error, Melbourne were responsible for the buildings installation... & their hours of cutting and folding were well worth the effort I'd say! There were also paper masks, bow ties and origami headbands which spread the paper love through fashion.



The creations that came from the workshops corner were quite spectacular too - handmade paper, confetti bows, gift bags & xmas goodies... not to mention the awesome paper bombs decorating the heavens made by Yumi of Dear Plastic.



Big hooray to Lisa for co-ordinating such a magical land and for such a fun couple of days. To think this is only the beginning of it all... oh my!

p.s. In case you missed out, here is a wonderful Hello Sandwich tutorial for making confetti bows... such cuteness!

Cuckoo for birdboxes // Jeff Canham

Jeff Canham is one talented man. His beautiful sign writing style is like something from days gone by but bright and completely fresh. These one-of-a-kind birdhouses by Jeff and fellow San Fran artist Luke Bartels, are for sale at the curiosity shoppe & are the cutest and funniest things I've seen for a long time. Would love to see a little feathered head popping out of one of them! Buy them all & see more here. See more of Jeff's brilliance here.

Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles

 Another golden find from Book by its cover... This is a stunning book for all typeface and ornament enthusiasts... 325 pages of beautifully hand rendered detailing of typefaces, ornaments and styles dating up until 20th Century. As a cheeky bonus you also get an access card for a library of scanned fonts and images to use at your will. I'm adding it to my list... for one day soon I hope!!

Volume 2 is out soon too...covering 1900 to mid 20th century

{images from Julia Rothman & Taschen Books}

Lamp bags

Love these lights from Liquidesign

(if you're in UK you can by them from Magma)

Making paper bunting

Jordan Ferney (of Oh Happy Day) has put up a fantastic tutorial of how to make metres of tissue paper bunting... its so bright and happy and easy peasy too. I want to cover my whole home in it!!

Egg carton lights > tutorial

While on the subject of lighting... I just found this brilliant tutorial for making light shades from an egg box!! not only it is friendly to the world it's super easy too... doesn't it look beautiful?!

Rifle // Pom Pom Vines

Anna at Rifle is a master of DIY paper projects... this one's a good un!
(lighted paper garland is also by Anna)