Jneelovestea

Personalizing Paper Projects

Purple, "Get Well"

Flowers made into an arrangement, along with origami vase

Black and White Patterns, and Purple "Cheer"

Black Checks placed on tan paper for a more manly look

Another style of origami flower

Origami Pocket, with windowpane check flowers,can be hung on wall.

"Cheer" Flower

Flowers, Origami vase

"It's a Boy", "Its's a Girl"

"Love"

This is an origami flower, I made for our school, I am designing these little corsages to be sold at the football games with a portion of the profits to go to the school.  Our school colors are black and orange, and are called the "Dutchmen".  If you notice, the school logo is on the flowers.  I like this idea, and am using it on other projects, as well. For those of you who make paper flowers, think of the possibilities!  You could put a sentiment on them, personalize with a person's name, Express affection by printing "Love you" on them, Print "baby"  for a shower decoration, the possibilities are limitless.  I am really excited about this!  It doesn't have to stop with flowers, either.  On any small paper project that can fit through your printer can be done this way.You could personalize wrapping paper for small gifts, handmade envelopes, cards, anything.  I simply go into photoshop and pick the watermark for my background, on mine you can choose if you want it straight, or at a chosen angle, how close together you want the words, size, color of font, and etc.  You are only limited by your imagination.  I also use background designs and print my own graphics to personalize my items, say, like my granddaughter likes zebra print, if I can't find paper I like, I just print my own, and then make the flowers for her from that.  I've added various other pictures, sorry they aren't in a very nice layout, I can't seem to get my pictures to line up where and in the order I want them in my posts, so I just fight with them a little and then let them decide where they want to sit (kind of like kids in a car fighting over who sits where, or at the table...sound familiar?!).  This isn't the idea of the century, it's just a simple little thought that might make your flowers and pennants, and other paper items more personal, or themed in a way you would like.