Saturday, July 17, 2010

Papel Picado

I promised a few weeks ago that I would photograph the actual paper cut made for the save the dates. Here it is!  
Below is an informative video on how papel picado is traditionally made.  I only made one! So I just used an xacto knife. It would have been fabulous if I had made them like the artist in the video. Each person could have had their own little papel picado banner! It's one of the crafts that I fell in love with as a kid when we lived in Mexico City.



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3 comments:

  1. David RecordsJuly 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Excellent post. Why not attempt with chisels?

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  2. H.H.July 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    thats great! i'm wondering though how you used it for save the dates if you only made one?

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  3. katiecatherineJuly 20, 2010 at 9:59 AM

    hi holli,

    i have an earlier post showing the final save the dates. I scanned them. And colored them in photoshop. Then printed them!

    Here's the post:
    http://katiewithakcatherinewithac.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-conquered-save-dates.html

    cheers!

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