The art of paper quilling is a timeless craft and can used for any project from decorative wall hangings to DIY embellishments that are beautiful. Here are 15 ideas you can try yourself:
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1.Homemade Cards
Quilled flowers are pretty way to embellish homemade birthday or congratulatory cards. Instead of buying one from the store, making it yourself lets the person you care enough to take time out to make something pretty for them.
2.Paper Jewellery
Use your creativity to make yourself some beautiful paper jewellery such as earrings and necklaces using metallic quilling paper for that lustrous sheen. These make for some great accessories for yourself or even as gifts for your friends.
3.Christmas Décor
Make a radiant butterfly or a frosted ice snowflake using your paper quilling expertise and make your own homemade tree decorations.
4.Quilled Flowers
Make yourself from bright and cheerful flowers using paper quilling techniques to add some colour to your room and place them strategically in vases. This way, you don’t have pluck them from the garden and deal with the dried remnants, while still adding beauty to your home.
5.Wall Decals
You could make a few cute owls in pastel shades and place them on a tree branch for some wall decals in your bedroom. Or anything else that suits your preferences.
6.Photo Frame
Design your own photo frame using a matte piece of board as a frame and adding elegant flowers or any other design made from paper quilling. Use complementing colours, or go for a theme that goes with the photo you plan to use it for.
7.Roof Hangings
Using transitioning techniques in paper quilling make some beautiful stars with different shades of a colour and hang these using some twine or cord. When sunlight filters in through these, they will leave a beautiful pattern on your walls.
8.Charms
Use warm pastel colours to make some mini hemispheres and you could use them on a pretty charm bracelet, or even hang them from a clip on your purse or backpack.
9.Quilled Art
You can create some beautiful pieces of art using paper quilling that represents things and places you love. Make a wall hanging depicting a scene from your favourite holiday, or a showpiece your mom will cherish.
10.Bag tags
Have trouble locating your bags from the luggage carousel at the airport? Make unique quilled tags for your luggage to easily identify your bags and be the source of envy among your fellow travellers.
11.Gift Packaging
Make the gifts you give more special with some special packaging tricks using quilled gift cards, or gift boxes made with paper quilling. A personalised gift packing is bound to make everyone feel special!
12.Bookmarks
For your bookworm friend, make some pretty bookmarks using paper filigree so they never forget the page they are on. Use colours or themes that match their favourite genre of books.
13.Hair Accessories
Amp up your hair game with your own handmade accessories using paper quilling techniques. Add embellishments to a plain headband, or add a bow or pretty butterfly on a simple clip to add some glamour.
14.Keychains
Personalise your keychains using paper quilling, use different colours to make something that represents your interests, or you could make something that reflects the different keys such as your house keys, car keys, or the key to your desk at work.
15.Name Plate
Make your own name plate for your house door using a beautiful paper quilling design. Shape your name in an interesting design and add elements that reflect your personality.
