Letter & Paper Arts
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Save Your Season's Greetings
Seshat suggests uses for all those greeting cards you'll be receiving this holiday season. Display, share, recycle or donate your used greeting cards.
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Vote For New Resource Sites: Ten of My Favorite Paper Resources
Ten awesome sites for paper crafters to obtain supplies and inspiration. Vote to add them to the resource section of the Letter and Paper Arts.
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How To Make Herbal Paper Sachets
Guest Author Lauri Jean Crowe guides you to making your own herbal paper drawer sachets to aromatically enliven your garment and linen storage areas.
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Spring Seeded Papers That Grow
Seshat teaches you how to make papers that will grow and entertain the hearts of the flower and vegetable gardener's in your life.
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Effective Magazine Clipping
Seshat explains an organized, effective method for clipping magazines as a source of images and text for paper arts projects.
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The Double Pencil Technique: An Inexpensive Way to Try Calligraphy
Seshat describes a simple technique using two pencils which gives the same effect as using a broad-tip calligraphy nib. A basic, inexpensive technique which can be used to beautify your lettering and paper arts.
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PPFK: Valentine's Jewels
Seshat's instructions for making paper "jewels" for necklaces, pins, earrings, etc. using construction and sand papers. Enjoy great Valentine's fun for kids and make awesome gifts for friends and family.
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Alphabets Part 1: Hebrew
Seshat offers fascinating facts about the Hebrew Alphabet in Part 1 of the Alphabet series which profiles the beauty of a variety of alphabets as both visual and communication tools.
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The Art of Lettering
Seshat discusses the variety of writing and marking implements available when creating lettering arts, giving the pros and cons of each method.
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Year End Wrap Up
Seshat takes you on a tour of the Letter and Paper Arts for 2000 with a look forward to 2001.
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A Gift That Says Thank You
Seshat offers a simple, yet thoughtful idea for giving thanks. Thank You Coupons. Remember all those who helped you during the year, and gift them a gift of paper which means so much more.
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PPFK: Turkey Handprint Napkin Holder
How to make a turkey napkin holder for holiday festivities out of handprints and imagination (and a few other supplies). Happy Thanksgiving.
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PPFK: Spool Printing
How-to Instructions for Spool Printing Projects for kids. Make use of old thread, twine and sewing spools,toilet paper rolls and your imagination to create beautiful abstract spool prints.
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PPFK: Hand-Made "Piggy" Banks
How to create a piggy bank which your child decorates with paper and their imagination using old canisters. Your child will be more inspired to save their pennies in a bank they have created themselves.
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A Single Sheet of Paper
A grandmother's experience of a single sheet of paper being a source of joy for chronically ill children at Mott's Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Paper Arts For Kids
Introduces a new segment of the Letter and Paper Arts: Paper Arts for Kids!! Offers how-to's, materials lists and suggestions for building on the basic project. For kids of all ages!!
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Storage and the Paper Artist #1
The first in a series of articles about storage and the paper artist. This one covers sheets of paper, rolled papers and paper cutouts and clippings.
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Melted Crayon Paper Techniques #2
Building on the process learned in Melted Crayon Paper Techniques #1, this article will show you how to create subtle papers from tracing paper and crayon.
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Crayon Paper Techniques #1
A simple technique for creating quality handcrafted papers using cardstock, crayons an iron and some old newspapers.
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Daddy's Lil' Angel Card
Quick and easy steps to create a "lil' angel" card, poster or other paper art gift for father's day from hand-made storebought papers and your own creativity.
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The Dip Handmold Method
Explains the basics of the dip handmold method of paper making and suggests techniques for exploration of consistency and final product.
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How-To Make Pulp
Describes methods of pulp manufacture for at home paper artists, and suggestions for experimentation.
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How-To Paper Making Terms
Explanation of basic paper making terms and supplies. Explains deckle, fiber, sieve, handmold, and introduces the pour and dip handmold methods of paper making.
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Introducing the Paper & Letter Arts
Discusses paper in our everyday lives and the way we can create both function and aesthetic from the papers we normally take for granted. Introduces authors plans for topic.
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