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Having a few friends over for a small gathering?  Want to little have gifts, favors or name place cards?  This little Paper Pillow Kit is perfect.  The kit is very reasonable and includes five pillows.  They are a little rustic with wood grain pattern paper.  I have added a few floral embellishments, now they would be perfect for a spring tea! The tags could be used for names or sweet sentiments, in my samples I have stamped sentiments. Supplies: Paper Pillow Kit Corrugated Cardboard Double side tape Glue Floral Pillow #1 Serenade Tuscan Grey Floral Pillow #2 Watercolor Pinks Butterfly Pillow #3 Paris Printed Blue Ink for sentiments   Each Paper Pillow Kit includes five pillows, a wrap, tag and enough jute for each pillow. Contents are pictured below.     When the pillows are folded they measure 3 1/2 long x 2 3/4 wide and 1 inch deep.  The ends are scored to make folding e...

One of my favorite types of boxes is the ever versatile pillow box, which can made in a variety of sizes and hold a magnitude of things from Treats for Halloween to small gifts such as jewelry.  The other reason I love them is they are so quick and easy to make, you can find lots of templates for them online, and even the latest Graphic 45 Paper Pads have them on the backs of their covers which is where the one I am using today came from. Supplies Used: Graphic 45 & Glitz 8 x 8 Paper Collections (available from Altered Pages) Radiant Neon Inks (to ink the edges of my papers) Double Sided Tape Scissors Bone Folder The 8 x 8 Paper Collections from Graphic 45 and Glitz which you can find in the Altered Pages Store are the perfect papers to use for making them too, teamed with the decorative journal cards and pieces that you will also find in these collections. Start by selecting your papers and using the template trace and cut out the shapes.  Sc...