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Signed, Sealed, But Not Always Delivered: The Lost Art of Letterlocking

“I am to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning” is a heartbreakingly frank line taken from the final letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8th February 1587, the morning of her execution at the command of her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. This brutally honest letter, addressed to her brother-in-law,…

Today I’m Shopping for Vintage Star Finders

There are countless applications that we can download on our smartphone these days to identify the constellations, but I’m not so much searching for the stars right now as I’m searching for inspiration– design inspiration. And these vintage Star and Planet Finders I found in abundance on the internet today, provide a whole lot of that. This…

These Miniature Japanese Paper Crafts are the Antidote to Pokemon

Somewhere in between Lego and Origami, is the world of Japanese miniature paper crafts. I know, I’ve been on the weird and wonderful side of the internet again today, getting very familiar with a company called Sankei, a Japanese paper craft company that sells all their scale model paper craft kits on Amazon. While you’re…

Stop Everything and Check out these Tiny Fairytale Book Sculptures

I like to think I spend a good amount of time celebrating my inner child, and anyone else who does so too is automatically going to be my favourite person in the room. Su Blackwell, creator of these whimsical paper sculptures, is one of those people. Firstly, I think we had the same childhood: As a child, I…
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