Thanksgiving Place Cards

There's always a reason to hanji! These are my holiday dinner place cards made with a traditional lotus blossom design in Thanksgiving colors.

Holiday Hanji

Thanks to everyone who attended our holiday sales over the last few weeks. Our weather hasn't been very cooperative, but we've had hearty customers braving the elements, and we appreciated seeing each and every one of you.









Here are a few photos of our recent sales. Kat and I (mostly Kat!) have been busy creating things for the sales, and having a blast doing it.











We still have one more sale before the holidays... check out the website.

Sale prep day

We spent the day yesterday getting our hanji items priced and organized to sell at our upcoming sales. (Check the website for dates.)

The crew was on hand: Cheryl, Bonnie and Barb, making for a really fun, laugh-filled day.

Lots to organize: boxes, pendants, framed pictures, lamps, paperweights, coaster sets, holiday ornaments... the list goes on and on (and on). Hope to see you at a sale!

Pentant Class

Our recent hanji glass tile pendant class was fabulous. Participants used designs that Kat and I cut, and combined them with colorful mulberry paper backgrounds. The results were stunning.





















Kat and I had our finished collection of pendants on hand to sell, as well... we're in full production mode now that we have several sales coming up. Check the website for dates and locations.

Maedup

The Korean Cultural Association sponsored a Maedup (Korean knotting) class a couple weeks ago. It was fantastic! Kat and I had tried a class when we were in Korea the last time, but we didn't speak Korean, and the teacher didn't speak English, and while we had a good time, I can't say we learned too much!


But with a good (I'd say great!) teacher, we were able to make our first Maedup knot to create a cord for a necklace.


I decided to add a bail to mine so I could make a glass pendant to match.

I cut a simple design -- this one means good fortune, and made a glass domed pendant.

Here's the finished product. I like it!

We've got a pendant class on Sunday, October 24. Come and make your own pendant, and we may even have a few lovely cords to go with it.

Designs for cards

My family makes an annual jaunt for a weekend to enjoy the fall leaves. For many years, we've headed for Hayward, Wisconsin; this was a spectacular year for color.

The gorgeous surroundings were the perfect inspiration to create some new designs to add to notecards. I cut a few sa-mul-nori dancing guys, some butterflies and a stylized Korean phrase that translates roughly to "Long live Korea!"

Hanji Box Class

We kicked off our new Hanji Sunday season with a box class. Our enthusiastic group started by picking a small paper mache box -- lots of shapes and variety.

It was clear that this creative crew was going to turn out some lovely boxes.

Next, the hardest part: selecting paper. But the hanjiers were up to the task, and quickly put together some stunning combinations of brilliant colors and patterns.


The class members carefully measured their boxes and cut the colorful mulberry paper to size. Once it's all cut, they adhered the paper to the boxes.

The results were outstanding!!