If you’ve followed my site for any length of time, you might have heard me going on and on about my quilling tweezers. I don’t know how many times I’ve written “I don’t know how I could have done this without my favorite tool” or “This would have been so much harder if I didn’t have my quilling tweezers”. They truly are essential to the craft. But how do you know which ones to buy? Today, I’m going over the…
I think it’s just about official. Spring has come to the East Coast! The snow has melted, the birds are singing, and my son’s allergies are going haywire. And, those first flowers of spring, the crocus, are popping up all over the place. So that’s what I’m making today – a quilling paper crocus! This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep…
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by the people behind the company, Stencil Revolution, to see if wanted to try for their stencils for some craft projects. After scrolling around their site for a minute, I totally impressed with their selection. They have so many choices! But, what really caught my eye was the small word stencils. I fell in love with the “Be Kind” design, and after it arrived at my door, I quickly began playing to figure…
This week’s project is a mix between origami and quilling. Whether used alone or in with other types of quilling, these tiny flowers can add a serious “wow”! Let’s make some quilling paper rosettes! This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep coming up with awesome tutorials and tips! There’s no cost to you and I only ever include links to companies and products that I…
Last week, I wrote about how I had two great ideas for Valentine’s Day quilling tutorials. I started with the fringed heart – on the simpler side, but with a new technique. This week’s project is a bit more time consuming, but a real wow. We’re making quilling paper lace hearts! This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep coming up with…
I can’t believe I’ve been creating Valentine’s Day quilling tutorials for this site for the last 4 years. And for some reason, I never run out of heart inspiration. In fact, this year, I’ll be sharing 2 different crafts! Up first, fringed paper Valentine’s Day hearts, that we’re going to turn into a garden of flowers! This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site…
Happy new year everybody! It’s a brand new year. Anything can happen! And it’s the annual time to figure out how to decorate your home now that all the holiday festivities are through. Why not quilling paper icicles? This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep coming up with awesome tutorials and tips! There’s no cost to you and I only ever include…
For a few years, when I was very young, my family and I would visit my grandmother every Christmas. I don’t remember too much about those visits. But what’s always stuck in my mind, along with the ping pong set in her basement and the rounds of Pokeno we used to play, is her antique Christmas ornaments. They were beautiful – shiny, colorful glass in spheres and spires. And those memories have inspired me to recreate those shapes in paper. This…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a tutorial for quilling paper pine needles. I had been curious about how to make them for a while and I was pretty pleased with the outcome! And guessing by how many crafters have visited that post since, it seems that many others have been wondering too. This week, I’m sharing another easy way to make fir trees, but on a much smaller scale. I present to you mini quilling paper evergreen trees! This…
Now that we’re almost fully into the Yuletide season, the next few posts from me are going to be chock full of holiday goodness! This week, I’m sharing a craft that can seamlessly go from Christmas, all the way through the winter – Scandanavian gnomes! I know you’ve seen them – little men with long, fluffy beards that are the only thing visible under pointy hats. I took that idea and crossed them with a wooden peg doll to create…