Japanese paper is often called washi or chiyogami. "Washi" literally means Japanese paper, and "chiyogami" refers to paper with traditional Japanese imagery printed on it. These papers have some of the most elegant, gorgeous prints on them I have ever seen. Some even have gold or silver leaf on them. The clever artisans over on Etsy seem to love them just as much as I do. Here are a few of my favorites of the items I found:
Doesn't that make you want to start shopping for next Christmas? Which one is your favorite? Be sure to drop by all these Etsy stores and check out their other listings. Believe me, I have only scratched the surface of all the great items on offer. Keep a lookout for another post full of all the jewelry items that couldn't fit in this listing.
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I did some research about washi at the Origami Resource Center.
7 comments:
I LOVE Etsy! Thanks for sharing those finds. I might have to get some of those tins.
Oh, that is lovely. I just made my first Etsy purchase yesterday and am very happy with the result! I plan on making several more purchases there in future!
Cool stuff! Posts like this are always bad for me...
You are going to be the death of me... and yet I love you.
But my wallet does not.
@Jill: I think they're so cute!
@beth: I've bought several items from Etsy now, and I've been very happy with all of them.
@Kailana: Mwah ha ha
@Dandy: My wallet feels the same way about me...
These are gorgeous. I love'em!
These are so neat, love the bookmarks especially! Thanks for sharing your finds :)
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