Paper Wraping

This is just a simple wrapping of a box... What I am trying to show is how with just a plain paper and ribbon you can still create something unique...

I decided to add some folding details on the wrapper to give it my own personal touch.... The folding details run all along all sides of the box as you can see from the side profile picture...

The ribbon was tied into a butterfly to snaz it up a bit instead of a normal bow...

Cylinders are so not easy....

Made this quite some time back... It is definitely not easy to make a cylindrical box especially when you are using corrugated paper... It took a lot of repetitive measuring to make sure it would fit right and look good plus it a lot of super glue to hold it all together...

It was a nice combination of pink and blue with silver ribbons... a nice combination for a naked forever friends sitting in it...

I think it turned out quite well...

Origami

Take a break from wrapping for a bit and lets see some foldings...

Sometimes for smaller items... an origami box would do perfectly...

I made this hexagon box with 4 colours... it's basically 3 colours making out the top and bottom side and a solid black all around to offset the colours... came out quite well I must say.... for my first time....

This on the other hand is a simple triangle box which I made a couple of years ago as christmas tokens to all my colleagues... Fill with chocolate bells and a small bear card.... simple and sweet...

One of my colleagues actually wanted to learn to make for his relative's wedding token... instead of the standard bunga telur for weddings... but after he heard that it actually takes 6 pieces of paper to make a box he decided it was too much effort... haha!! Well you get what you give... :) I think it is well worth the effort since two years on and this box is still on every colleague's table being used to store other stuff...

Baby's birthday....

My sis got invited for a baby's birthday celebration... So I was asked to make a box...

Since it was a baby boy I decided to go with cream/brown... didnt want the cliche blue for boy theme... just a simple cream box with ribbon details....

The box is two-tone (cream/white), made of thick construction paper...

...and the ribbon is a combination of grossgrain ribbon with detailing and satin ribbon with teddy bear motiff.

Bumbling Beezzz.....

This was created for my sister for her birthday.... She insisted she wanted a handmade box and card so here it is....

Fully hand crafted down to the little bees and its semi 3-dimensional wings... they are not stuck to the box so they can flutter... 3 bees signifying us three sisters... cutest one is me!! :D

I simply love the yellow and black combination.. the contrast is really nice....

The box...

The card....

Trademark...

I have been procrastinating on this site for quite some time now... keep saying I will only start once I found the time to take a nice banner picture but then the time has eluded me again and again so I decided I shall just start posting first and refurbish the looks of this page bit by bit....

A little bit about me... If you have seen me in person you might not think I am into such stuff but I am... haha! I just love papers and ribbons... There is not one country that I travel to that I do not search and buy paper or ribbons from... I always manage to find something crafty to purchase and bring home to add to my collections... I love to wrap and create pretty little things and give them away... It somehow gives a balance to my otherwise hectic and serious life... :)

I love anything to do with crafts from quilling to stamping to pop-ups and any other paper or ribbon crafts... I am constantly on the lookout for new things... the sky's the limit... I want to learn it all!!! :D

So I am starting a blog to document this hobby of mine... I hope everyone who stumbles across this blog would smile when they see my little creations... They are quite simple but it comes from the heart... I try not to purchase anything built but rather do them from scratch... Even the boxes I make myself...

I shall end this first posting with my signature trademark which appears on every little creations of mine....

Why a piggy behind? To be frank, coz this is one of the skills lacking in me... which is the ability to draw as you can judge by the looks of it... haha!! So hence the back is easier than the front... :D