Last year I made paper leaves to decorate the gallery window. As these were successful I am using them again! However, to add some hanging leaves to the window, I have laminated some real ones, collected on my early morning walks. This was done not without mishap! I learnt that you have to keep the leaves as flat as possible or the laminator becomes jammed! Not sure how long they will last but as it is just for a few weeks it doesn't matter. I saw some hanging in a local charity shop window, looking like wet leaves floating down, and the volunteer told me how they were done.
I have also decorated some gift bags using the Autumn theme. This time for the gift tags I have used dark green mount card which is white on the reverse. This makes a really sturdy gift tag that hangs beautifully! I cut it using a metal ruler and scalpel and the hole was punched with a leather punch. They were decorated with splattered gold acrylic same as the bags and finished off with white hole reinforcers and sparkly black and gold thread. I am thinking of making some sets of Christmas tags with mount board to sell in the gallery.
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