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Category Archives: DIY
Heart-In-Hand
My maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania Dutch, so it is possible that he made a papercut valentine or, perhaps, a heart-in-hand love token for my grandmother.
Cut Paper Valentines
I learned something this week: when designing a papercut I think like someone who works with a knife, not like someone who works with scissors.
Posted in art, book arts, DIY, free printable, instructions, paper cutting, paper folding, typography
Tagged art, book arts, free printable, instructions, paper cutting, paper folding, typography, Valentine
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index
In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading
Posted in artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, Design, DIY, free book, free printable, instructions, moveable books, origami, paper cutting, paper folding, paper toy, recipe
Tagged artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, design, free printable, instructions, Make Your Own book, moveable books, origami, paper cutting, paper folding, paper toy, stars
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-five and a New Year Star Kusudama
Perhaps this isn’t the best day to make the New Year Star Kusudama, but there might be time during the next week to complete it and have it ready for your New Year celebrations.
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Tagged design, free printable, instructions, origami, paper folding, paper toy, stars
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-four and the 2023 NASA Moon Phases Calendar
I have posted about the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator before, but since it fits so nicely with the Circle theme of this year’s Advent Calendar, here it is again.
Posted in book arts, DIY, free printable, instructions, maps, paper toy
Tagged book arts, free printable, instructions, moveable books, paper toy
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-three and a Perpetual Calendar
Weeks and years go around in a circle. This means that it is possible to make a perpetual calendar, a calendar that will work for every year.
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Tagged book arts, instructions, moveable books
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-one and Singing in Circles
Today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. In The Before Times we would celebrate the beginning of longer days by getting together with friends for a potluck supper followed by singing. I like part singing, and one of … Continue reading
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Tagged book arts, bookbinding, free printable, instructions, paper folding
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Nineteen and a Paper Moon
Today’s project is a round book with pages made from folded circles. It opens from two sides and can be unfolded into a sphere.
Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Eighteen and An Asterisk Snowflake
This snowflake structure was an accidental discovery made while I was making the Asterisk Garland. Here’s the very first iteration.
Posted in Design, DIY, instructions, paper folding
Tagged design, instructions, ornament, paper folding, paper toys
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Sixteen and Squares with Circles
It’s the sixteenth day of Advent 2022 and time for another set of polyhedra!
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Tagged design, free printable, instructions, paper cutting, paper toy
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