The striking use of decorative paper in collages created by iELA SNOW caught my eye on Instagram. I knew I would soon be sharing her appealing work here on All Things Paper as there's much to see in each colorful and scenic collage.   Camping

I loved honeysuckle season as a child... there was just something so tantalizing about plucking a blossom from the vine, pinching its base, pulling out the long filament and tasting the teeny drop of nectar that would appear like magic. Sena Runa has captured the beauty of a delicate honeysuckle flower as an on-edge quilled design. It is included along with nineteen additional project tutorials in her newest book, Quilling Flowers .  

It's always a happy day when a new quilling book by talented pro-quiller Sena Runa is unveiled. In just one week's time Quilling Flowers will be available for purchase in North America. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon now... be the first on your block to own a copy!    

I've long said that paper quilling is one of the least expensive hobbies known to crafters. Really and truly, all you need to see if it's something you might enjoy is a sheet of printer paper, a pair of scissors with which to cut strips, a tool on which to roll them, and glue.  

There's no better time to feature an artist who has a sincere reverence for our planet than during Earth Week.  

It was such a joy to put together this Artist Spotlight post. Why? Because the miniature paper cuttings that KK Bicalho , a fine artist and art educator in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, creates are just that...  joyful. For inspiration, she needs to look no further than the details of daily life.  As KK says, "There is a lot of hidden beauty out there, here and there. It is necessary to see in another way what is always there. Forgetting for a while the way adults' eyes look at everything and remembering what our childhood eyes used to do."     The j oie de vivre in KK's often whimsical Minuances (i.e. mini nuances) is due to her flair for capturing those little moments in time that we might otherwise take for granted. "By recording in paper silhouettes the situations that are around us, I give rise to a new way of appreciating life, with lightness and simplicity."   "I love miniatures! But my art goes beyond the paper that I cut. I dialogue with the s