Just like our fellow crafters, we’re making a lot of handmade gifts this year for the holidays. Once the projects are completed, you need to wrap them in something, so why not branch out and try this delightfully fun and easy Dyed Washi Paper project from Yellow Owl Workshop’s Make It Yours: Patterns and Inspiration to Stamp, Stencil, and Customize Your Stuff? (Get the project here.) You’ll have one-of-a-kind wrapping paper that people will want to reuse.
Once you get the hang of it, making dyed washi paper won’t take much time, so it’s the perfect project to pair with an audiobook of short stories. Try listening to one of these:
“A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor…. McBride at his brave and joyous best.” ‒New York Times Book Review
Listen to an excerpt Five-Carat Soul
Quintessential Jojo Moyes, Paris for One & Other Stories is an irresistibly romantic collection filled with humor and heart.
Listen to an excerpt Paris for One & Other Stories
The New Yorker magazine named Matthew Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America. His stories crackle with humor, intelligence, and style.
Listen to an excerpt Sam the Cat and Other Stories
Project reprinted from Yellow Owl Workshop’s Make It Yours: Patterns and Inspiration to Stamp, Stencil, and Customize Your Stuff. Copyright © 2017 by Christine Schmidt. Photographs copyright © 2017 by Aubrie Pick. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.