paint cut paste

for one of our holiday gifts for family members this year, N and i created very personal stationery. (inspired by a friend – thanks, amy!) it’s such an easy projects and the results so pretty!

first, we had a ton of fun making large watercolor paintings on heavy watercolor paper.

then i cut the paintings into small squares (after photographing them for posterity, of course.) i glued them to some blank stationery cards that i found on clearance at michael’s (they’re always good for packs of blank cards)

we stamped the backs of them (with our cute paintcutpaste.com stamp) so our family would know that they were hand painted by N.

then i sorted them by color schemes for each household of N’s grandparents, great-grandmother, aunts, and uncles and tied them in packs of 8 with pretty ribbons and a gift tag.

i must say that our family members said they are only going to send them back and forth to each other so that they can keep them around… reluctant to send these pretty paintings away.

this would also make for a great birthday gift, wedding gift, baby shower gift, or valentines!

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