Papermaking Fun!!

On Friday when I was driving home from work, I stopped in a field and picked these flowers.

Then on Saturday, I spent time making paper and pressing these flowers in the paper.

There are simple cards and then there are the ones which I had fun
adding color of other HMP papers.





The picture on right is the wet paper pressed on a green army blanket, the picture above is after the paper has been pressed under a hydraulic press for 20 minutes


and I've transferred it to a white sheet to take it through a drying process. Check out my etsy store for these neat cards by the end of this week!!

And the Winner Is......

The cattail stationery contest ended yesterday and thank you to all the people who entered.

And the winner is.....

10oneworld!!! Congratulations!! I'll put the cards in the mail tomorrow. Go check out www.10oneworld.etsy.com Her site is full of quality, organic cotton T-shirts and lots of other clothing. You receive coupons for earth friendly detergents as well!! Also she designed my banner. She's a great artist.

If you would like to buy some cattail cards, visit http://www.paintingpam.etsy.com/ to see more stationery, journals, and valentine cards. It's not too late to buy that special someone a handmade card!

Cattail Stationery Contest

I am having my first contest on my blog site. Look at my site and tell me your favorite item here or at my etsy site at http://www.paintingpam.etsy.com/ and comment on your favorite product. The contest starts tonight and will end on February 7. My son will select the winner from all comments left on my site. Make sure I can contact you.

The winner will receive 5 handmade paper notecards with cattail seeds in the pulp. A sizing has been added to the pulp so you may write on the paper and send a special note to a friend, family member or teacher. Look at the photo for the gift.

Don't forget to look at the Valentine cards below!

Valentine's Day is Coming

Hi,

I have made some Valentine Cards for the upcoming special day. Each card is unique and different. How many of you remember doilies?? Here is a doily on top of the handmade paper heart for contrast. Next is a card with with lace which I imagined as cupid's arrow through two hearts. The last one is hearts framed by lace.







Look below for a slideshow of my Valentine Cards!