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Since taking part in another of the brilliant sublackwellstudio online workshops, I’ve made seven paper rose wreaths. They’ve taken quite a while!
My wonderful daughters chose sparkly white and gold respectively so I combined those two colours for one of our own and each of us now has them decorating our homes.
For my lovely dad, I alternated gold roses with those made from pages of the David Austin rose catalogue. I’m addicted to david_austin_roses ! Dad also enjoys them in our garden, especially his favourite yellow ones, #molineaux and #grahamthomas. The single paper rose is made from those pages too.
Tomorrow I’ll take a gold one for my sister, a sparkly white for my sister-in-law and a variegated silver variety for my parents-in-law.
Finally, I’d like to thank Su Blackwell for her beautiful #book, which tells a little of her own story and contains her retelling of the classic fairy tales. #vasilisa, #aschenputtel (aka #cinderella) #beautyandthebeast, #donkeyskin, #thesixswans, #theredshoes and #bluebeard. All these stories are illustrated with photos of the most spell-binding paper sculptures and the accompanying paperback provides templates for some of them.

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I know some of you purchased #intothedarkwoodsbook as a Christmas gift, with the intention to cut out and assemble the talismans over the holiday season, and I would love to see your creative labours, as many of you will come up with your own interpretation in the papers you choose to work with, to adding extra elements and adornments to the objects. I ask that you please take photographs or video of your creation, and if you feel inclined, write a little, to let us know how you get on. Please tag #itdwgallery to share these. I will be offering a prize to a lucky winner picked at random from everyone who participates between now and 31st January, so sharpen your scissors and get creating! Prize will be announced soon. Also, some online tutorials will be available to download from the ITDW website (link in bio) next month. Details to be announced.

The seven talismans in paper frames that feature in #intothedarkwoodsbook They include a doll, a bird, a ring, a rose, a shirt, a shoe and a key. I'll soon be adding a gallery for you to share your talismans, which I'm really looking forward to! #itdwgallery 💫

If you're planning on making the talismans in #intothedarkwoodsbook, there is now an online gallery. To post images of your creation, use the hashtag #itdwgallery, where it will be uploaded to the #intothedarkwoods website. Printable templates can be downloaded at the URL in the booklet 'The Making of the Talismans'. I look forward to seeing your creations!

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