RECYCLING MODE AGAIN!!

Paper mat making and some setbacks….

My mom used to say that my grandfather(paternal) used to make mats using coconut fiber….

But I couldn’t learn from him, because he passed away some 14 years ago and he was bedridden for some 6 or 7 years before that… God bless his soul…..


Nobody in our family ever tried to learn it….
So I took help from the ever helping internet and I tried to make paper mat…

My first experiment was this …

This can be used as journal cover or photo album cover or many other things…
I have not yet decided yet what to do of it …. Whenever I decide and do something I will post it

So after this small success, I became super-over-confident and what did I do?!
I tried to make a vase using the same technique….



First I took an old magazine and cut several pieces of its sheets……


Then I folded them…





Then I placed them in this order….

This is where I was mistaken….
This method was right to make a flat mat… not a vase or box….. Then I rearranged….. and rearranged………………………………………….

And rearranged……………

Finally I made this vase…

At last I folded all the edges and pasted them using gum….

Finally I had a cute vase holder.
I placed a bottle filled with water and cut a few leaves in it…
A flower pot can also be placed in it or you can use it as a pen stand

if you use good paper this will be more study

also if you fold the paper 3 or more times it will last long

Another mistake I did was I didnt paste the folded paper...

so if you are trying.... keep these in mind...

Go green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I took a few magazine paper pieces and made this…
I don’t have a tutorial for this, because I did not take any pictures while I was making this,
But I am planning to make a few other things too using this technique…