Paper Christmas Trees

I have been collecting vintage wooden cotton reels for quite a while - not the little ones, which are still quite easy to find, but the large ones, which involve quite a lot of treasure hunting.

This year I have decided to use a few of them as bases for the tiny paper Christmas trees I have been making.

They look good if you wind festive ribbon or ric-rac around the spool to add a bit of colour.

I am bringing them to Unwrapped tomorrow (Sunday) at UWA, along with my paper angels and lanterns.

I hope to see you there!

Paper Lanterns

This weekend I made some tiny paper lanterns out of vintage atlas paper.  I added a little wire loop so that they could be hung up as decorations.  Possibly even Christmas decorations?

I know it's a little early to be thinking of Christmas, but applications for stalls at some of the Christmas markets around Perth are already starting to circulate so that has forced me to start thinking ahead.