Mrs. Canary, New York
Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Journalist/Editor
Engagement Date: February 16, 2007
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: October 19, 2007
Venue: Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers
About Me: I'm a born and raised New Yorker who loves all things crafty and artsy, food (cheese and dessert!), magazines, and shoes. I'm a power shopper always on the lookout for good deals or great quality-- sometimes I'm lucky and I find both! I love to dance and "shake what my momma gave me" but can also really enjoy a quiet night in with Mr. Canary and a good episode of Seinfeld or curl up with a good book.
Paper Cuts
October 31st, 2007 @ 6:21 pm by Mrs. Canary
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!
8 Responses to “Paper Cuts”
Yay…a shoutout to Olympia. Makes me want to visit the Spar.
if you’re into papercuts, you must also check out the work of mister rob (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5204464)
Miss Canary,
My aunt shipped cut-outs (made my an 80-something woman) from the Philippines and we wrapped native sweets in them and placed one at each place setting and then had martini glasses filled with them at the bar.
They were very fragile but gorgeous. The yellow ones (in the 2nd pic) even had our names cut out!
Tracy: Those are beautiful! What a creative way to incorporate them into the wedding. Hmm… thought percolating… 
Oh my goodness, did you see the post on Style Court today with the fabulous papercuts? They’re amazing! (And my first thought was “Must. Tell. Canary!”, ha ha.) http://www.johnbuckley.com.au/exhibitions/vanleest/wayfaring/index.html
P.S. Sorry — that last post was from me…. My laptop seems permanently defaulted to my real name, and sometimes I forget to change it!
OMG… those are amazing!!! Why do I love things that are so breakable. Arggggh! Thanks for the link Miss Tulip!
Thanks for the link! I need to do more papercuts, my blog is getting a little stale. Great site!
