Timeless Paper

Aren't these butterfies beautiful? Can you imagine them at a reception on every glass? For that matter, at an exclusive bridal or baby shower? How about a nice tea with your best girlfriends?

The butterflies look so delicate, as if they landed on each glass...

I must have this font! Flourishes abound!

So much more interesting than a flat table card. I love that they are three demensional.

These paper creations are fabulously special and decadent. Emily at Timeless Papers creates them and more at her Etsy shop. Menu cards, place cards, table numbers and napkin rings are also available. Currently, Emily has peacock, dragonflies, pumpkins, acorns and leaves as options in her Etsy store. I am sure that she could execute almost any theme, as she is wonderfully creative. The creme de la creme? There is a labor day special going on right now!

Present for a wedding or baby shower...

Here's a little something I made for a cousin's wedding.  I've been making paper cutting for years, in the past they were a little more authentic to the pennsylvania german Sherinschnitte.  I would tea dye them and frame them in wooden frames.

This bride is a little more modern, so I stopped over at Pottery Barn and picked up a cream colored frame.  I found some acid free paper in the scrap booking section at Target.  I folded some onion skin paper in half and sketched a patter on one side.  Then I cut the design out with embroidery sissors.  Then, with the cutting upside down, I ironed it flat.  Flip it over and then sketch the words you would like lightly in pencil.

Then with an acid free pen, write the words you would like.  I found a great little pen of acid free glue by Martha Stewart Crafts, perfect for small spaces at Michael's. 

Center the cutting in the frame and glue it to the acid free paper.  You are done! 

I just love the monochromatic tones for this piece.  It should work well in the bride's new house where she has tone on tone colors in the living area.

Here is another example of a cutting I did for a baby.  (I took out the full name and exact date for privacy.)

 Now for the best part, wrapping!  Would you believe that I found this great ribbon at Old Navy?  It was only 49 cents after the holidays!  I love the way gossamer ribbon catches the light. 

Here's the perfect card by Papyrus fromTarget to top it off.