I wish I had photos of the little boxes I used to make when I was going through my angsty teenage years. I used to make dozens of little jewelry box-sized boxes covered with Japanese paper - starting each one from a piece of cardboard, painstakingly measuring them to make sure the top would fit over the bottom. For what purpose, I couldn't tell you now. I just enjoyed it.
I think this is how my love affair with washi paper began...
Nowadays, I'm lucky enough to live in a city that has stores with a pretty wide selection of papers to choose from. Nevertheless, I don't spend a lot of time in them. Because of my obsession, I can't bare to throw any scraps away so they get cut down from big projects like the book-binding and decoupage, down to card fronts, then to strips and dots and other bits.
My friends laugh at how I have to sort all the little scraps...
But they are all like jewels to me...
And can be used in lots other of projects.
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