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Natural Leaf Print Pillows

by freshlyfound | August 12, 2024 | cushions, decor, design projects, Fabric and textiles, printing | 0 Comments

Natural Leaf Print Pillows - Screenprinting Experiments We've been experimenting with using real leaves in our latest Printing Projects. To begin with, we picked leaves from outside our own garden. Then we used them as stencils underneath a printing screen. They...

Geometric Screen-print from Bright Colours

by freshlyfound | August 30, 2021 | decor, design projects, inspiration, pattern, printing | 0 Comments

These are the new kids on the block - Geometric Screen-print covered Ottomans. I created them with bright Aquatex fabric paints, printed onto linen. (Actusally - some vintage linen curtain fabric I had on hand) Along with the dark and light gray polka dots, I love...

Cape Honeysuckle Leaf Print on Hexagonal Paper Vase

by freshlyfound | September 26, 2019 | art, decor, design projects, inspiration, paper craft, printing, South Africa | 0 Comments

The Story of The Hexagonal Paper Vase My continuous exploration to see what I can do with paper and what paper can do for me resulted in this latest project. It started spontaneously. I bought a box of Rotatrim paper, and once the reams were packed into the office...

Puzzle Craft Pots for Woza Moya Exhibition

by freshlyfound | November 9, 2018 | decor, design projects, exhibit, proteas | 0 Comments

We're passionate about creating beautiful items from recyled papers. Consequently, puzzle pieces, sourced from local charity stores, fall into that 'paper' category. As a result, it was so satisfying to fashion Freshly Found Puzzle Craft Pots How did we make...

Springbok Trophy – Folded Book Craft

by freshlyfound | October 1, 2018 | book craft, corporate, decor, design projects, inspiration, paper craft, South Africa | 0 Comments

An exciting recent commission to create a Folded Book Buck Trophy! You may have seen that years ago I had made a quick prototype. Consequently I found the prospect of fine-tuning the design quite exciting. We created a fair size herd.! As a result a Freshly Found...

Decorative Geometric Shape Pieces for Event

by freshlyfound | April 25, 2018 | corporate, decor, design projects, paper craft | 0 Comments

We created a set of Geometric Shape pieces for an event company. They needed table decor for a special occasion. Consequently we are delighted to add these polyhedron objects to our portfolio. These decorative mini structures are bright, vibrant and life-giving.I...

Apple Coloured Batch of Indigenous Flowers

by freshlyfound | March 1, 2018 | decor, proteas | 0 Comments

Gentle bright and warm apple colours for these indigenous flowers. This was the theme for this batch of proteas. Cheerful and yet comforting. Made from new and some recycled papers in the new Freshly Found Protea design. This was a commission from a good friend....

Puzzle Pot – Perfect for Dry Arrangements

by freshlyfound | October 20, 2017 | art, decor, design projects, exhibit, paper craft | 0 Comments

This textured grey puzzle pot with turquoise rings formed part of the Intellectual Property Exhibition at Alliance Francais . The function was held in Durban earlier this year. It was the first larger item that I made from Puzzle pieces. Last year I created some...

Springbok Chandelier from Hand-cut Map Paper

by freshlyfound | October 6, 2017 | art, decor, design projects, exhibit, paper craft, recycled, South Africa | 0 Comments

I've wanted to work with silhouettes of South African animals. As a result, This Springbok chandelier mobile gave me the chance. A real delight to artistically represent a national South African animal. It is entitled Sit-Spring-Stand It is one of a trio on...

Create a Village of Playing Card Houses

by freshlyfound | September 10, 2017 | christmas, decor, paper craft, recycled, tutorial, wedding | 0 Comments

You need 21 playing cards to make a cute card house. Its a great way to use up a pack with a missing or damaged card, You will be able to make 2 houses from 1 pack of cards. The whole process requires no cutting and no glue. All you need is the cards, and a scoring...

Paper Tubes Create Heart Pencil Holder

I love working with paper - and this is my latest project! Tubes of vintage book paper connected into a heart shape! And I'm loving the large wooden chopping board I sourced at the SPCA last week. I scrubbed it clean, and now it makes a good background for pics! How...

Puzzle Hearts

We were so happy to have some new products at the market this week, and soon to be available online too! Claire Norden produced some gorgeous puzzle hearts for Freshly Found. I have claimed the white one for myself. Claire colour co-ordinates the pieces before...

Book Art Wall Decor – Wall Sconces

I made these wall sconces from leftover book bits. The top surface is nice and flat, but needs goodies that are not too heavy. A peppadew gift from a friend, a Freshly Found Flower Pin and this blocked illustrated page from a vintage 101 Dalamtions work quite...

Jacobean Book Print Poster Embroidery Style

All the work I do with books, leaves me with lots of paper print offcuts. I am fascintated with the different fonts and colours of the book pages and the way they age differently. I have a serious collection of vintage craft books too, and so I used a Jacobean...

At Last!

Today for the first time for ages, I didn't have hectically urgent deadlines or tasks nipping at my heels. What a pleasure it was to spend some time on my home. I made these cushions up from thrifted linen dish towels. I love the colours and the happy patterns....

Recycled Jersey Blanket Patch worked Knits

The Jersey [Jumper or Sweater] blanket is finished at last!The blanket is made from many vintage jerseys which I collected over a few months. I went for neutral colours as I wanted a light coloured blanket.If you would like to make one yourself, here are some...

Book Art Furniture – Tables and Pillows

Thanks to Apartment Therapy for featuring the book table I made a while ago! I thought I would take this opportunity to show you what it looks like now - It's become a bedside table. The folded page rounds are interspersed with LPs! The pillows on the bed were made...

Weekend Creativity

I spent quite a bit of time working on the Hexagon Blanket for my daughter. It is wider than a scarf now [116 shapes] but needs to be at least 5 times the size! 464 more hexagons to go! I do hope to finish it while she still likes the idea and before she leaves...

Cushion Cover from Vintage Shirt

Shew! It's a Shirt! A while ago, I told you how much I enjoyed Pozzynet's post on Shirt Cushions. Well, I have finally done it myself. I found a delightful blouse, just begging to be turned into a cushion. The process was not as simple as I first thought, and...

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