Wedding Blog

In my post about themes, I briefly mentioned paper cut-outs, many of which I purchased while I was in China in the spring.

I mistakenly thought that paper-cutting was exclusive to Chinese folk art, but boy was I wrong! There is a whole world of paper-cutting out there and it is so beyond creative. You have to be super patient (which is something I am severely lacking!) and nimble.

I initially wanted to incorporate paper cuts into the wedding somehow– either in the invitations or decor, but I still haven’t decided. I will have to leave it up to my fantastic invitation designers to help me on that one! I think they’d make for great favors as well. In China, smaller cut-outs were also sold in little frames.

Check out some of this fabulous eye candy. This art is seriously underrated…

I found these on Etsy from Nickolya. Just plain awesome. The shapes are cut out of one card.

{image from etsy seller: nickolya}

This is a super informative video by Cindy Ferguson from the blog Scherenschnitte (the blog is full of beautiful paper cutting eye candy!)
Go to the blog for the template she uses in the video.

Paper cuts are functional too! Check out this Tord Boontje Midsummer Shade Light (one of the items I frequently ogle at the MoMA Design Store)

{image from www.momastore.org}

One of my favorite artists, Nikki McClure

She makes some of the most beautiful prints out of paper cuts. Also an Olympia, WA native (a shoutout to another one of the places I’ve lived!) You can purchase Nikki’s prints from Buy Olympia (they also sell other cool handcrafted items from local Olympia designers)

{image from www.buyolympia.com}

And if that’s not enough info, check out The Guild of American Papercutters for more paper-cutting resources!