Starting Tomorrow!!! The Paper Place’s 12 Days of December Giveaway!

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Starting Tomorrow!!! The Paper Place’s 12 Days of December Giveaway!

Friday, November 30th, 2012

Get ready, this year’s giveaway is going to blow your mind! For our 5th annual giveaway we decided to switch things up and instead of a prize pack of our delectable papers we wanted to focus on some of the amazing gifts we carry here in the store! So everyday for the first 12 days of December we will reveal a new prize and at the end – one lucky person will win it all!

Once the contest launches tomorrow, here are the ways you can enter through our contest entry page after you have logged via email or Facebook:

Follow us on Twitter
Tweet about the contest
Become a fan on Facebook (existing fans are automatically entered when they log in)
Share the contest on your Facebook timeline
Pin the contest on Pinterest

May the odds be ever in your favour!

Tags: christmas, giveaway, holiday, prize, the paper place, Win
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Letter Writing Summer Social Success!

Friday, July 27th, 2012

As many of you know, this July has been Letter Writing Month here at the Paper Place. This past Wednesday evening, we held our Letter Writing Summer Social at the store – an evening of letter writing, socializing and treats!

This was our first time having an event like this one and we had both unanticipated attendance and SUCH a good time! Guests had access to our craft stash, vintage typewriter and were invited to participate in The Love Lettering Project and sift through vintage stamps to mail their creations at the Pop-Up Postal Outlet! Thank you so much to everyone who came out and participated, wrote some letters, snacked on macarons, chatted and made beautiful things! We also extend a very special thanks to Lindsay of the Love Lettering Project, Jaime of Send More Mail and Kate of Toronto’s First Post Office for joining us for this fantastic evening!

Stamps from Toronto's First Post Office Museum

Jaime of Send More Mail and our vintage typewriter!

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Tags: handmade, Jaime Maddalena, letter writing summer social, letters, Paper, social, stationery, store event, the love lettering project, the paper place, The Paper Place events, writing
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Intrinsic Colour and Texture

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Everyone knows that Kozuke is one of my favourite papers. It is economical and it always responds to my commands.

For this slightly sculptural piece, I applied acrylic paint to strips of Kozuke. I usually dilute my paint until it is fairly watery, which creates a wonderful bleeding effect on the other side of the paper.

I had difficulty choosing which side of the individual strips to use in this work, so in order to enhance the amount of variation evident across the paper’s surface, I used both!

Adding texture to the paper by crumpling it (what a great sensation!) only intensified the succulent colour of the paint. I’m longing for the salty, turquoise waters of Lia Beach in Mykonos, Greece and am craving a sip of Mastika!

Tags: Acrylic Paint, Inspiration, kozuke, Paper sculpting, Succulent Colour, the paper place
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Washi Windows

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Before it gets replaced with the fabulous collages from our March Break Kid’s Challenge; I wanted to document Nick Rubi’s mesmerizing window installation. Nick’s installation was conceived to give passersby the oppotunity to experience the beauty of our some of our Japanese papers, which we seldom have an opportunity to display.

Nick carefully attached long strips of different types of washi and Chiyogami papers and labeled them all with the proper name of the paper.

Although these photos can hardly capture the sublime image of these strips of paper hanging in a gentle breeze, I hoped to share Nick’s beautiful windows with anyone who didn’t get a chance to experience them first hand.

❤ Mariel ❤

Tags: chiyogami, the paper place, washi, window display
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Sushi Time in Origami Land

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

This past week was the 101^st birthday of Akira Yoshizawa, who is renowned as the grandfather of modern day origami. You may have seen the Google Doodle dedicated to him on Wednesday. He was born in Kaminokawa Japan on March 14^th, 1911. His most significant contributions to the world of origami were the Yoshizawa-Randlett System as well as the wet-folding technique.

Yoshizawa-Randlette System

The Yoshizawa-Randlette System is a set of basic diagrams with arrows and line folds which have come to represent the standard language of origami today. Even if the written directions aren’t in a language you can read, the symbols of this system still allow you to execute each step. Wet-folding creates more sculpted looking, finished products through moistening the paper. This technique is usually used on thicker paper rather than thinner origami paper that can rip easily when damp.

Growing up, I did a lot of origami with my mom and sisters. I think it’s a great Sunday afternoon crafting project. I recently made some food origami from a sushi kit that looked good enough to eat!

I made some origami sushi and a pancake with butter, yum!

origami sushi

origami pancake

The Paper Place carries a lot of fun origami kits, books and different sizes and patterns of paper for any type of origami you would like to create. Come in and try something!

*******Jax

Tags: Akira Yoshizawa, DIY, Origami, Sunday Afternoon Project, sushi, the paper place, wet-folding technique, yoshizawa-randlett system
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