dangly decorations

We made these Spring dangly decorations with our Papercharms.

First we painted them with macaroon-inspired pastel shades...

... and then dangled them from some budding twigs.

The perfect centrepiece for your Easter feast? Queenie the cat certainly approves.

diy easter eggs

Suggesting you make your own Easter Eggs sounds pretty painfully pious – but its actually as simple as it is economical...

We bought these empty egg-shaped boxes from Ikea, but you can find similar ones online.

Stick on a few ecopapershapes (we used our Alphabet and Papercharms) and fill them with chocolate and you've got yourself some pretty personalised Easter Eggs that even the snootiest Easter Bunny would be proud to place in their basket.

Paws off 'til Easter!

sold out!

Our Dress Up Dolls are all sold out! But they will be back in stock very soon and we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, if you need an ecopapershapes fix, check out our Alphabet, Tea Set, Papercharms and Specs...

easter goggles

We made some Easter goggles this week...

First we painted a pair of our Specs and some Papercharms for additional Easter decoration:

Then, for extra effect...

... we coloured in some polythene wrapping with red permanent marker and cut out two pieces for lenses.

Here's how they looked when we'd stuck the lenses on with sellotape and added our bunny and bird.

And here's what they looked like on (held on with a piece of taped-on elastic). You can tell it's the holidays and brushing hair is not high up on our list of priorities...

Perfect for hunting down Easter eggs.

just for kicks

It has not escaped our notice that shoelace accessories are having a bit of a moment. So we decided to diy, using our Papercharms.
 

We decorated our chosen shapes (moustache - natch, bird, cat and leaf) and gave them an extra coat of PVA glue to make them a bit more durable. Not entirely waterproof, but up to the odd drop of rain.

Then we punched two holes in each shape...

 ... so they could be threaded onto shoelaces.

Time out for obligatory moustache shot...

... before lacing them into place.

Best foot forward. 

Not just for kicks, as you can see, but great for stout boots also.

What shapes are your shoes sporting?

gift wrapped

Minna made me a really lovely present for Mother's Day. The way it was wrapped up was just as lovely as the present itself.

april fool

Did you get caught out today?