Autumn theme Wedding Table number

 Photo Courtesy: Kevin

Sharing with you a craft project from June 2012. Better late than never right?! It was for my dear friend J, who was a beautiful June bride! We went for a simple table number based on her "Autumn theme" wedding decor and I added a zest of her other homeland, which you can guess from the Maple leaf...J went with a mini bouquet to hold the table number..

...Inspiration for her whole wedding decor originally stemmed from this picture that we fished online last year...

Source: Unknown

.:Materials& Instructions:.

• Cardboard paper, sturdy enough to hold its shape
• Gold spray paint, to pretty up the base (skewer+pin)
• Mini-pins, to hold the leafs to the base
• Super glue & paper glue, you want to be careful with the super glue when making up the base
• Scissors, to cut out the stenciled leafs
• Pencil, to trace out the leafs on the cardboard
• Sanding paper, to smooth out any rough edges on the skewers
• Bamboo skewers, which you can chop to the desired length
• Stickers (0-9) in gold
• Customised labels for names, made up of fancy beige paper and designed using Excel, cut with an exacto knife

 Voila!

Sneaking in a peek at her understated but very elegant wedding cake table...

All Photos by LiveYourStyle Atelier

Origami- Winged Dragon

Via instructables

And here's the step by step how to:

Images via instructables

.:Happy Dragon Year 2012:.

Paper 3D Owl

From 3EyedBear via NOTCOT

Hello, and how are you? (I feel like this is my first post on a brand new blog...I've tweaked a few things around L'Atelier, and I'm still working on a new banner, the above one is 'transitional'). Dear me, the last post related to Christmas! which feels like ages ago. It IS ages ago. So, here goes a free printable paper project by 3EyedBear, they have the coolest paper projects on their site. Make sure to visit.

Red& Green birthday cake table decor

Ok...Please ignore the bad lighting... I wanted to share with you a simple cake table decor I whipped up for a family birthday party the other day, using papers. Super easy and quick projects. I used transparent nylon thread (0.4mm) to hang the pompoms and daisies, which I inter-spaced with sequins, threaded on a glittery DMC thread. And save for the tissue paper, I had everything else on hand already!

Budget Party Decor: Decorating with paper

Paper can be fun, festive and ...cheap. Anyhow, paper is better than rubber(did you hear helium balloons' days are counted?) and low maintenance compared to fresh flowers. I love how people are using it more and more. Only google 'Decorating with paper' or 'DIY wedding' to see lots of amazing decor. I've rounded up a few ideas of how you can use paper for a party decor.

...Lighted Paper lanterns...

Via All you

...Crafty Paper lanterns...

Via Living on the crafty side of life

...Paper Garlands...

Via Qwickstep

Via Swiss Miss

...Paper Daisies...

Via Design Sponge

... Paper Bunting...

Via Oh Happy Day!

...Paper Pom-poms...

Via Brides of North Texas

Make pom-poms using Martha's tutorial.

...Paper Snow Flakes...

Via Intimate Weddings

Wiki How has a good tutorial on how to make a 3D snow flake (It's easier than you think!).

I can also think of paper flowers, butterflies, papier mache, pinatas... a whole lot of other possibilities. Heck, paper cutting is an ART. So is paper folding.

Previous posts on using paper as decor here, here and here.

These were made for each other

Penguin's Classic cloth-bound books& the library below

Images Via Shoebox Decor

Printable Christmas Crafts

Blank Gift Box 1&2

Gift Tags

(Source: http://familycrafts.about.com)

Snowflake and Paper Flower

Tutorials for making paper snowflakes and paper flowers right here and here.

The Extra Touch for Christmas Decor this year

Via marthastewart.com

What could be better than to go DIY-way for little trinkets that can be used to add a special touch to Christmas decor? After a visit to Martha Stewart's, I have only one word in mind, doily papers! They really can be turned into beautiful things...

beethings's

(Photo courtesy to design sponge)

I saw this rad house tour on design sponge, featuring the designer behind beethings on etsy. How swoon-worthy is her atelier? Be sure to check her shop, she makes the loveliest prints.

This came today

A traditional Indian Wedding invite. Beautifully embossed!And loving the 'relief' paisley pattern on the envelope. Am on the look out for an embossing kit by the way...

The coolest Business Card ever

By graphic designer Raquel Quevedo

p.s: Thank you so much Oh So Beautiful Paper for featuring this talented lady and hooking me up with her site.

Gift tags, wraps& tops

Japanese Bottle Wrapping Technique

Satin Ribbons, Matching Cards& Felt gift tops

Edible Gifts wrapping

Personalized Gift Tops

Wool as ribbons

Paper Ribbons& Paper weaving

Making Use of Newspaper& Recycled Paper

Origami Paper Box

June is creeping on us. This means two things: June brides will be wanting sweet gifts and Mother&Father's day is already gone by or is impending...Inspiration for Gift crafts

(Source: Martha Stewart)