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Paper Strelitzia Project with Artist Lesley Magwood Fraser
It's been a delight to work collaboratively with my friend and local Durban Artist - Lesley Magwood Fraser. Lesley delivered a pile of paintings and drawings to me, and I have cut them up into Paper Strelitzia Blooms, adding some recycled book paper...
Paper Poppies Hand-made to Order.
Paper Poppies - creating the parchment version of Papaver nudicaule, more commonly known as the Iceland Poppy was a colourful delight. The gentle, bright hues were a treat to work with. Following this commission, we've added these to our Freshly Found...
Paper Strelitzia Buttonholes from Painted Book Print
Paper Strelitzia Buttonholes The Strelitzia is a vibrant indigenous South African flower - also known as The Bird of Paradise Flower or the Crane Flower. It's name suits it's bright and angular appearance! It was lovely to make a set of buttonholes for a wedding with...
Tissue Paper Daisy Chain DIY
Daisy garlands bring to mind images of freedom, fun and dancing in a summer field. The design of these light paper daisies linked to form a delicate paper daisy chain hopefully evokes the same feelings, and can be made any time of the year. The design is made from...
Daisies in the Grass – DIY
The Rose has but a Summer reign, The daisy never dies. James Montgomery The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air. Robert Burns I'd like to introduce you to a freshly found paper batch of those simple long lasting flowers that the quotations above describe so...
How to Whip up Chopstick Origami Flowers
I think chopsticks make much better flower stems that eating utensils! This is purely my personal belief because I battle to use them in any way that is significantly satiating to my hunger! Here we used these wooden stems with traditional origami lilies to make a...
Painted Paper Peace Lilies
Peace lilies are indigenous to South Africa, and one of my favourite flowers. I love their simplicity and have enjoyed making them up out of paper. I used book paper, but here in this bunch, I added a layer of white acrylic paint, before wet moulding the petals. I...
New Indigenous Buttonholes
This is a big week for Freshly Found. We will be launching some new products at 2 amazing pop-up shops in Durban this weekend. These buttonholes will be at both the Miss+Meisie Showcase and The i-love pop-up shop. Mini Strelitzias and Mini Peace Lilies - Both are...
Some More Indigenous Flowers♥
Book vases with indigenous sprigs... My paper versions of the cheerful Vygie, the healing Cancer bush [Sutherlandia frutescens] and Peace Lily [Spathiphyllum] all of them in various book...
Gentle Gentian
Today we are going to be making up a large batch of paper boutonnieres or buttonholes. It reminded me of some we made a while ago. We had 2 weddings with a similar colour theme, and used gentian violet to dye the paper. Gentian violet has a few medical and...
Strelitzias
I've been working like crazy to list all the paper flowers in the online store before leaving for the Design Indaba Expo. The range of strelitzias are going in this morning - Hand painted, Natural Rooibos and red cabbage dyed, as well as a batch made from...
Agapanthus
The Agapanthus is another one of my favourite South African flowers that grow in my garden. The simple purplish blue funnel shaped flowers suspended by green stalks in a botanical pompom give me so much pleasure. It's been a delight to artistically represent these...
Freshly Found Boutonnières
So happy to have The Freshly Found Vintage Paper Lily featured as a Boutonniere in the latest FAIR LADY Bride! The Vintage Tie Pins make good buttonhole blooms...
Topographicial Blooms
Fresh Origami Blooms - I love the way that maps translate into blooms - the topographical colours are gentle and appealing - like the lilac heights of the mountains in China and the jagged red veins of the country borders. I am so pleased to say that Khule Shezi has...
Zulu Lulu and Paper Flowers
We took a trip to the Midlands a few days ago. We often stop off at Zulu Lulu and this time we bought a smoke fired pot! I've admired these for ages, and am delighted to own one myself! I have filled them with paper flowers. Similar ones are for sale online and...