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Wedding/Anniversary Gift

Most of the times a normal wedding gift will be gone in the flood of other common gifts. Sometimes it will find its way to an other wedding as a gift or sometimes it might end up in one of the forsaken racks.

Why not give a gift which the couple might actually find special and might be willing to flaunt?

For all the married couples the wedding day is special, there is no question about it.
How about using that fact in your gift?
Well, I am talking about framing their wedding invitation and gifting them.
It will definitely find a place in their list of great keepsakes.
It would be nice to see something which reminds them of their special day, hanging on their wall.

You can also use this idea as an Anniversary Gift for a special friend or relative instead of just wishing them :)

I tried to create the frame myself with the help of some origami paper flowers. Have a look!
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If you have an hour of spare time you can try making this yourself or you can just buy a traditional Photo frame from the shop and put the wedding invitation inside, It gives that classy look.

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Magazine Paper Earrings

As promised in my earlier post, here are the ear rings made out of magazine papers.
Mag-Paper earringsFairly simple craft. Took me less than hour.
I don’t think you will need instructions for making these. Have a look at the pictures you will understand the procedure.
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ring
wire

Note: Fold the bigger strips into smaller ones and then start rolling the strips.

You can experiment with different sizes. You can also attach a smaller circle below to make them look more noticeable..
You can make pendants too in the same way.
They look fab with lose hair. These paper made jewelry not only look fab but also make a statement by spreading the “Green” message. Recycle is the word :)

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Paper cut candle gifts

Ever thought of using paper for covering glass votive candles? They look beautiful trust me!
These look amazing on your table, perfect for a candle light dinner.
They also look beautiful in the day light on your desk to show off your artistic taste.
Have a look at what I made today. They were fairly simple to make and it took me around an hour to make these.
House

candle-lit house

floral design

candle-lit design

I tried some random ideas. I am really bad at drawing and designs. While doing the floral design I kinda left the paper cutting of the leaves hanging. Liked that look.
If you are planning to try this idea, do not use the paper around a candle with out a glass votive.

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Recycled Magazine Paper Gift

You can make some beautiful gifts with waste magazine papers or smooth finish news papers. Think twice before you throw the papers/magazines into trash next time. They can be put to better use with little effort :)
I tried to make a simple container with the waste papers today. The structure is not so even as I tried different sized circles.
Here is the result of what i made today.
It was little strenuous and it took more than hour for me to do this.

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Fill this with some candies/chocolates, Tie a ribbon around and gift it to your favorite someone and make their day.

You can also put a cute stuff toy and gift it to your special someone.

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This can also be used as a flower vase.
Mag-Paper-Vase

It can also be used as a candle holder. It will form beautiful shadows in the candle light.
Sorry i couldn’t capture the actual image

Mag-Paper-candleholder

Well the options to use it are endless. Its left to your creativity.
We can also make some beautiful jewelry with the magazine papers. I will update it in the future posts.

This one was pretty simple to make. But be ready to spend some time and get your hands dirty with glue :)
Mag-paper

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Paper Plate Clock

Yes, you heard it right :) . Well it doesn’t really show the time but serves good for a small meaningful gift for your special someone.
Sorry for the image quality :D
The coloured blocks actually have letter “U” instead of numbers in the clock.

Paper Clock

This idea works good for making a handmade card too with a cute little message inside like
“My world revolves around U”
“U are my all Time favourite ”
“Love U always”

I got these paper plates in WalMart, the color black is soo attractive :D
They look better on my walls than serving as normal paper plates :D ..

I made white Cardstock clock handles and used letter “U” instead of numbers around.

Paper Clock -2

Used the paper plate for butterfly display too..Have a look..

butterflies

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Handmade Paper Sculpted Gift

You can always make great hand made gifts with paper. Specially using layered and collage techniques, you can make beautiful wall decor pieces. They can also be framed and treasured.

If you think the person whom you are gifting has a thing for art and crafts, then such gift will definitely be appreciated and remembered.
Here are the sample pics of what I made today.

Paper Tree

Closeup

I tried the paper cut and layered technique today to make this and believe me it was very easy. The only suggestion is use a double sided tape to get the layered look instead of pasting with glue.

I also made a small bird house with the egg carton :D

bird house

paper Tree 2

I am actually planning to frame this work to give that neat professional look. This was the best design I could think of to try for the first time. I am sure you guys have better ideas. Unleash that imaginative self and half fun paper sculpting :)

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