In September I was contacted by an editorial assistant at Britain's Making Jewellery magazine who had come across my paper jewelry. They were planning to do a feature about quilled jewelry in an upcoming issue - would I like my designs to be included and could I send over high-res images? Yes and yes!


I replied to say that just last year my how-to book about making quilled jewelry had been released. This led to checking with Interweave to make sure it was fine to use images from The Art of Quilling Paper Jewelry, and I later learned that a review of the book would be included as well.


When I received the issue of Making Jewellery in the mail last week, I was delighted to see that they had indeed used the photos in the grandest way - super-size! - and had written a really nice review.


All in all, the magazine devoted fourteen pages to quilled jewelry - how nice is that! There is a basic tutorial for getting started, another for a pair of pretty earrings, and many examples of quille…

Paul Jackson's book, Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials, has been very popular with marketers who have looked to it since 2013 for attention-grabbing ways of announcing new products. I'm happy to announce that Paul, who has written more than thirty books on paper arts and crafts, has updated this title. Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials, Revised Editionincludes four additional projects that are shown in detail over sixteen pages.

If you have been part of the online paper community for any length of time, chances are good that you've come across Helen Hiebert, paper maker, artist, author, and so much more. She is known for her in-person and online courses, and an annual Twelve Months of Paper Calendar that is both a how-to book and wall calendar. A unique paper project is shown monthly with complete instructions, and most take thirty minutes or less to complete.

One of my favorite ways to prepare for Christmas is to give small, but beautiful paper craft tree ornaments to friends and family. Over the years I've made lots of different kinds and have gifted wonderful ones made by others as well. While thinking of ideas for this year, I visited Etsy and rounded up a gorgeous assortment of handmade ornaments... have a look!

Knowing that many of you enjoy making 3D paper craft figures that are simply printed, cut, creased, and glued into shape, I wanted to alert you to the newest designs from Éric François, the clever low poly model creator at Ecogami Shop. (Back in June I showed you his seaside figures.) With the holidays approaching, here are a variety of winter-themed and Christmas designs.

Paper crafters, I have good news for you! If you've admired beautiful, on-edge paper letters, wanted to try, but wondered how the heck quilled lettering is done, Cecelia Louie of Etsy shop Paper Zen has released E-books that provide patterns and templates for each letter of the alphabet. Learn Cecelia's foolproof method and you'll be a quilling star!


One E-book contains uppercase letters and the other, lowercase. Cecelia walks you through the steps via printable pattern and template files, excellent You Tube videos (she recommends this video as a good starting place: How to Outline a Quilling Letter A) in which she demonstrates step-by-step ways of enhancing letters, as well as shares many tips and freebies on her blog Paper Zen. Each book contains a pattern for the 26 letters of the alphabet for you to print and use as a template. Cecelia's videos show exactly how to make paper strips stand up straight and tall, turn sharp corners, and go around curves smoothly.
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If you have a favorite book and a love of paper jewelry, I think you'll be interested to hear about Mandie Shelton of Artsy Heartsy Boutique. She coils paper strips trimmed from the pages of well-worn, beloved titles and pairs them with carefully selected findings to create old world style necklaces and earrings.

Behold! Here are even more shops that feature high quality, artisan-made paper delights for the holidays and all year round. Visit the Holiday Gift Guide - Part 1 to double your fun.