Paper Christmas: 16 Papercrafting Projects for the Festive Season - Softcover

Dawe, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782215581 ISBN 13: 9781782215585

Publisher: Search Press, 2018

Synopsis

Craft your own Christmas in paper - 16 festive projects for the perfect homemade holiday!

Craft your own Christmas with 16 festive papercraft projects ranging from simple yet effective bunting to intricate snowflake tree decorations, bell jar Christmas trees, and an advent calendar village. Give your holiday season the homemade touch, from wrapping paper to tree decorations, using very few materials and innovative techniques, such as printing with shaving foam and creating stunning greeting cards using gold embossing ink.

About this title

About the Author

Emily is a freelance stylist, craft designer and all round creative, who is a thought leader in paper craft. She has always been creative and crafty; from getting mucky with glitter and glue when she was little, to completing a degree in Illustration at Brighton university, to finally landing her dream role of Home & Craft Editor on Woman's Weekly Magazine. She went on to work on The Craft Network, producing projects and presenting online tutorials for Ideal Home and teaching live workshops at brand events. She now hosts her own workshops in Heals, West Elm and Kirstie Allsopp's The Handmade Fair, teaching everything from marbling and watercolour to origami and quilling.

Emily's absolute favourite time of the year is Christmas: "nothing comes close to the enchanting and magical feel you experience at Christmas, where you can go to town with trimmings and decorations, garlands and sparkle. I love the variety of crafts you can produce at this time of year too; from the delicate details on the table to giant stars and festive banners, you really can go all out if you want! Papercraft is my passion, so it made complete sense to combine this with my love of the festive season, to create an inspiring book of Christmas craft and wonder!"

Review

From All Things Paper:
We're a bit overdue in celebrating Christmas in July, but the dog days of August are just as good a time to get a jump on holiday crafting. Luckily, British paper crafter Emily Dawe's brand new book for Search Press, Paper Christmas, was recently released on this side of the Pond and it's chock full of stylishly simple ways to do just that.
The book begins with an introduction followed by essential information about papers, materials and tools, techniques, and basic tips. The projects are divided into categories - Gift-Giving, Decorations, and Festive Fun. You'll be cutting, gluing, heat embossing, glittering, and humming Christmas carols in no time!
Many of the projects are ideal for beginners and most can be enjoyed by children. I suspect teachers, after school minders, and scout leaders will happily turn to Emily's ideas come autumn.
- Ann Martin www.allthingspaper.net
An urge to recycle or upcycle old materials might be one motivator for picking up this book from stylist and crafter Dawe, who admits that "nothing comes close to the enchanting and magical feeling you experience [at Christmas]." Her subtitle, though, is somewhat misleading: considering variations--like luggage and bunting gift tags--as well as alternative uses (e.g., turn a paper feather tag into a garland) means there are far more than 16 potential projects and outcomes here. Her concentration is on mastery: every pattern depends on good, step-by-step color photographs, which are all captioned simply. Of note are the rolled Christmas tree card, the folded book angels, and the advent houses. Sixteen pages of appended full-size templates encourage projects to be completed quickly. -Barbara Jacobs, BOOKLIST Nov 15 issue

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1782215581
• ISBN 13: 9781782215585
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112